Tom Tressler came into the Center one day and said he wanted to do something to help the troops. He came up with the idea of collecting DVDs and sending them to the troops.  He called it "Project In Theatre". He spent a lot of time contacting different companies with this idea.  Finally he found one that wanted to participate in this mission.  When it was all said and done…
We will be meeting with Convergys at their global headquarters downtown, Cincinnati on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.  Convergys agreed to participate by collecting CDs and DVDs to send to the men and women serving in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Their goal was to collect 600 but their total was 845 CDs and DVDs.  This is a great response to a request to help support the men and women fighting terrorism.  We felt it was important to give them an opportunity for some entertainment while not on hazardous missions. We will also have some military personnel at the meeting to confirm for Convergys  this is a great idea because, while they were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, this type of entertainment wasn't available and it will certainly raise the morale of thousands of the troops.
The plan is to send the CDs to the FOBs. (Forward Observing Base) where they will remain for the next unit that is stationed there.
A big thank you goes to Convergys and their employees who contributed. Special thanks to Tom Tessler for making this happen.
Till they all come home,
Keith Maupin