The cause

UPDATED: 3/5/2011

NOT THE MILITARY THIS YEAR!

In 2010, Team Tango Alpha2 donated the proceeds from the raffle to a military family in need and planned to do the same this year... until we received an email from Al Downs, captain of Team SoVa out of Virginia. Instead of helping a family in the military, which we still think is a great thing to do, we are going to help a paintball family in need.

The wife of Brian "Bunker" Ingram (named due to his 7'+ height and 250+ lb frame) of Team SoVa, lost her job due to missing so many days of work due to illness. A week after being let go (and losing her healthcare), she found out the reason she was missing work was a diagnosis of cancer.

She has now been accepted and is being sponsored by the American Cancer Society for her surgery that is to be performed at Duke University. The surgery needed is grossly expensive and the American Cancer Society is sponsoring all of it, but 10% which is still a big number that the Ingrams just can't afford. Duke will not perform the surgery until she has raised the money to cover this. In an attempt to assist her raise this money, so she may have the surgery as soon as possible. (The sooner she has it the better her chances), Team SoVa is producing "A Relay for Life" Charity paintball game.

Instead of donating to a military family, Team Tango Alpha2 is donating 100% of the proceeds from the raffle at Generation Kill to the Ingram family to help pay for the surgery. The money the raffle and/or auctions raise we will add to the money that SoVa raises in order to help this family.

Please bring cash to purchase raffle tickets or to bid on any auctions at the raffle so that we can raise money for this paintball family in need!

To find out more about the Ingram Family and their situation, the Relay for Life game, you can contact Al Downs, captain of Team SoVa at aldva@sovaspecops.com or http://www.soVaspecops.com

Supporting our Military

We realize that, everyday, our military troops are facing these horrors and we are "just playing soldiers", while they are doing it for real. For other ways to help...

• Operation Send Christmas
• USO - Help support our troops
• Operation First Response - support our nation's wounded Heroes and their families with personal and financial needs.
• Help-Veterans.org -  has helped more than 300,000 Veterans face the challenges of life after military service
• Freedom is Not Free -  Dedicated to assisting wounded service members and their families, and the families of the fatally wounded

[Producer's Note: We realize there is nothing "fun" or entertaining about the horrors terrorists have caused, and ARE causing, for the people of that country, the U.S. the world, and our own military. We also recognize that players choosing to play on this side are not making a political statement, endorsing or supporting terrorists, but are just picking an opposing side of a military style scenario game. "Game" being the key word there. We all play this game in honor of our military forces who risk their lives everyday in a conflict against real world terrorists. Please don't misinterpret our desire to produce this as anything other than an opportunity to educate, entertain and raise money for a military family in need.]