Help me draft the Hulk for the Marine Corps
June 25, 2008
UPDATE: I talked to the guys at Marvel and they have agreed to donate TWO Incredible Hulk statues to ship to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (depending on where the Marines/Army wants them). Ask and ye shall receive… Thanks for all your notes and calls. Definitely touch base with Chris if you want to make a direct contribution to his organization Heroes 4 Heroes. Thanks!!!
Yesterday I mentioned that I was able to purchase (via auction) one of the HUGE Incredible Hulk statues you may have seen in major movie theaters. Chris McCoskey commented,
“I have been trying to get one of these for my charity (www.heroes4heroes.org) for months! I can’t believe you won. If your wife hates it and you want to donate to a good cause we would be happen to take it…then auction it for money to ship our packets to soldiers serving in harms way :-)”
I responded that I might be able to get a second one (they cost around $3100) and that I would be willing to ‘donate’ a third of the cost if we could find two other people willing to contribute. I asked Chris to tell me more about his organization and he responded via email,
Heroes4Heroes is an organization I started that sends portable entertainment media to our troops stationed overseas. For the most part we have been sending comic books and DVD’s, but we have sent books and video games too. This year we have shipped over 2,000 packets and we plan on doing another big shipment soon. We put on a live art show every year as our main fundraiser. Check out the website www.heroes4heroes.org for some of the great pictures from soldiers who have gotten our packets, see Gen. Petraeus’s executive staff delivering our packets and even read a letter Gen. Petraeus sent us. I would love your help with the Hulk statue.
Chris is a good guy so I contacted the PR rep I worked with at Marvel to get the original statue and have asked him if he could get Marvel to contribute of the statues (only 200 were made). In the meantime I was hoping I could find a couple of you with deep pockets to agree to go in on simply buying on outright (for the $3100 price). I am in for $1000 so all I need is two of you to contribute the same. What do you say? Will you help me draft the Hulk for service?
