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Kangaroo Express "Salute Our Troops®" Campaign Presents $182K to the Florida National Guard Foundation

Kangaroo Express presented a donation of $182,342 to the Florida National Guard Foundation during the state’s November Cabinet Meeting onTuesday, Nov. 19.

The donated funds were raised during Kangaroo Express' third annual "Salute Our Troops" campaign, which raised nearly $2.7 million total for military support organizations.

Florida Governor Rick Scottjoined local Kangaroo Express region directors to present the check donation to the Florida National Guard Foundation, helping to provide emergency relief assistance for basic needs to the soldiers and airmen of the Florida National Guard.

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Donations to the FLNG Foundation will build on those collected during the first two years of the Salute Our Troops campaign to continue to support our military and their families. These donations have helped to assist the men and women of the Florida National Guard in times of emergencies and deployments. Among others, the funds helped to expand to purchase new playground equipment for the Family Readiness Center at Camp Blanding, host baby showers for spouses of deployed soldiers, assist a children’s camp that brings together dependents of deployed guardsmen and more.

In addition to the FLNG Foundation, donations from the campaign will directly support the USO, helping to lift the spirits of America’s troops and their families around the world; Fisher House Foundation, donating “comfort homes” at major military and VA medical centers that enable military and Veteran’s families to be close to a loved one during hospitalization; as well as either other state-based military support organizations.

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