We Do Care - Supporting and Thanking out Troops! About Us

In 2009, We Do Care will continue our partnership with Joint Task Force Guantanamo and have added two additional locations. They are:
1. Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia
2. FOB Altimur, Afghanistan

We are very excited about these new locations! You can read more about them below.

Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia is home to the men and women of the United States Military Training Mission and its current Chief is Major General Paul Van Sickle. We expect to have over 250 runners participate in the 9.11 mile run at Eskan Village. In August, the temperature in Riyadh will be approximately 120 degrees, but may rise to as high as 145 degrees. We are proud of the dedication and support of our men and women in Eskan Village and look forward to our shadow run there.

You can read more about the great work our men and women in the United States Military Training Mission are doing at Eskan Village Saudi Arabia. Their unit motto is "Mission First, People Always."

We will be adding more information about the soldiers deployed at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Altimur, Afghanistan in the coming weeks. Please check back to learn more about these brave soldiers.

We Do Care partnered with Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2008 to have over 200 service men and women deployed to "one of the finest gated communities in the Caribbean" take part in our September 6th inaugural Freedom Run at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. We are looking forward to having them all run again in 2009.

You can read of the great work our men and women in uniform are doing at Guantanamo Bay. They are Honor Bound To Defend Freedom!

Click Here To Register To Run

SHOUT OUTS IN 2009
View The Individual Video Shout Outs From The Troopers At Guantanamo Bay As They Wish All Freedom Run Runners Well

Lt.Cmdr. Brook Dewalt

Sgt. Carmen Gibson (FL, US)

Petty Officer 1st Class Ameera Zees (San Diego, CA, US)

1st Sgt. James Cheater (Salado, OK, US)

Capt. Ross (US)

Staff Sgt. Mike Gholston (US)

2nd Lt. Joshua Frye (TN, US)

Staff Sgt. Salazar (US)

Maj. Diana Haynie (Hyde Park, NY, US)

Running As A Family - 1650 Miles Apart
We promise Chicagoland's most inspirational race and our first race registrants will provide a piece of that inspiration. First Lieutenant Sarah Cleveland will take part in our race with her mother and sister. The catch is that Sarah deployed in April to Guantanamo Bay with the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

Sarah's sister Heather will be traveling to Barrington from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and her mother Susan will make the trip from Little Chute, Wisconsin so they may participate with Sarah - while 1650 miles apart!

Click here for Freedom Run Details

Click here to volunteer during the race or Freedom Festival

Hot & Sweaty Just Like Us!
The family sent in the picture to the right of the whole gang - moms, dads, sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles participating in a race while Sarah was deployed on an earlier mission to Afghanistan.

Susan commented to me "I love when we can run as a group, knowing that Sarah will be running at the same time and the same distance but in a different place is very cool. While she is deployed, I find myself wondering at certain times where she is and what she is doing. This time we will know exactly what she is doing. She will be hot & sweaty just like us!"

We do hope you'll join Sarah, Susan, and Heather during what promises to be Chicagoland's (and now Guantanamo Bay's) most inspirational race! Click here to register.

And remember, in support and thanks of our troops, We Do Care waives all race fees for Active Duty and family members of deployed troops as well as a 50% discount for other military members and veterans.

Send Sarah, Susan, and Heather A Note

If you'd like to send these three special ladies a note of thanks and support, or just to let them know that you'll see them on September 6th, use the link below to navigate to our comment box and we'll be sure to get them your good wishes.
Send us a note here.