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A Lens to Raise Funds for Operation Helmet
This lens is another lens created to benefit Operation Helmet as part of the Project Help Lensraiser.
Operation Helmet is a 100% volunteer, non-partisan, charitable organization. They currently provides needed helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those ordered to deploy in the near future. These pad inserts are saving the lives of soldiers everyday.
Image Source: Available on Amazon.
My Connection with Helmets
These earlier connections, buried in my subconscious, must have been part of the reason that I so readily got involved with the Project Help Lensraiser for Operation Helmet.
One of the connections resulted in a helmet possibly preventing a death, the other the lack of a helmet contributing to a death.
The Original Helmets for Operation Helmet Lenses
A Compelling Reason to Wear a Helmet
They haven't performed a successful brain transplant yet.
Wear a Helmet.
Ned Crossley
Former Climbing Coach
West Point Military Academy
A Great Wear a Helmet Campaign on YouTube
My Connection with Rock Climbers and Helmets
My boyfriend in High School and College was an avid Rock Climber and involved with Search and Rescue. On a routine climb he fell sustaining a concussion that required overnight hospitalization.
He probably would have died without his helmet.
Importance of Wearing Rock Climbing Helmets
Many climbing injuries could have been prevented or made less severe if the climber involved had been wearing a helmet.
Craig Luebben
Author of Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills
Wearing a Climbing Helmet
Petzl Meteor III Climbing Helmet in the Amazon Spotlight
Mountain Climbing Helmets on Amazon
Why the Need for Operation Helmet?
The Shock-absorbing pads keep the helmet from slapping the skull when hit with blast forces, fragments, or being tumbled along the ground or inside a vehicle.
This decreases the chance of brain injury from IED's, bombs, RPG's, vehicle accidents, falls, etc.
In other words, the Operation Helmet Upgrades protect the troops from traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Bob Meaders Testimony on YouTube
A Featured Lens on Operation Helmet
More about Operation Helmet
OPERATION HELMET is a 100% volunteer, non-partisan, charitable organization headquartered in Montgomery, Texas (near Houston) with volunteer operations around the country.Operation Helmet provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those ordered to deploy in the near future.
These helmet upgrades do three primary things:
- 1. Protection - Shock-absorbing pads keep the helmet from slapping the skull when hit with blast forces, fragments, or being tumbled along the ground or inside a vehicle. This decreases the chance of brain injury from IED's, bombs, RPG's, vehicle accidents, falls, etc.
2. Comfort - If it is comfortable, it will stay on troop's head longer and more often.
3. Stability - Keeps the helmet firmly on the head and out of the eyes.
RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher
My Connection with Bicycling and Helmets
My Finnish uncle died in the 1980's from head injuries that he sustained after swerving to miss hitting people while riding his bike.
He wasn't wearing a helmet.
Bell Citi Cycling Helmet in the Amazon Spotlight
Wearing a Bicycling Helmet
Lance Armstrong on Helmets
The unfortunate thing is I hit my head which cracked my helmet in two. ... It wasn't that serious and nothing was wrong.
No breaks. No stitches; just road rash and a little beat up.
Lance Armstrong, 2005
Bicycle Helmets for Adults on Amazon
Wondering about Lance Armstrong's Fate without a Helmet
We can only imagine what might have happened to Lance Armstrong and his head, if he hadn't been wearing a Helmet.
Probably would have looked like the Egg.
Bicycle Helmets for Children on Amazon
Bicycle Helmets for Young Children and Toddlers on Amazon
A Featured Lens on Bicycle Helmets
A Supporter of Operation Helmet on YouTube
Tin Hats to Composite Helmets: A Collector's Guide in the Amazon Spotlight
Tin Hats to Composite Helmets: A Collector's Guide
Amazon Price: $16.14 (as of 02/15/2012)
A Collector's Guide brings together in a single volume the primary protective helmets of the world's military forces from 1915 to modern times. It traces the development of the helmet from the Great War French 'Adrian' through to the current American ACH composite helmet.
With around 700 images of a vast range of helmets, this is an essential work for collectors and historians alike.
Currently available for preorder.
More Books About Army Helmets on Amazon
You Can Make Your Own Page to Support Operation Helmet
Helmet Headquarters is a little project run by an ambitious group of Squidoo lensmasters, in support of the nonprofit Operation Helmet. Our goal is to spread the word and do a little fundraising for a cause that saves lives, lens by lens, helmet by helmet, person by person.Make a page in support of Operation Helmet.
Click on the button below to get started.
A Lens on Project Help Lensraiser on Squidoo
Image Credits
Wearing a Bicycling Helmet - Paul C. Glen Falls Race 1. Royalty Free Use.
Reader Feedback on More Helmets for Operation Helmet
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rms
Oct 31, 2008 @ 10:46 am | delete
- Congratulations! This great lens is the winner of the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens contest and is now being featured at:
www.giantsquidshowcase.com
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Frankster
Aug 21, 2008 @ 3:18 am | delete
- Another excellent lens for a great cause. I've featured it on Gifts for Soldiers Bear hugs, Frankster
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chefkeem
Aug 16, 2008 @ 7:16 am | delete
- Kirsti - thank you for raising awareness for the absolute necessity of proper head protection, for athletes and soldiers alike. Operation Helmet has been tremendously successful in saving the lives of our heroes by providing free helmet upgrade kits. It's our responsibility to help with donations and to spread the word. You're doing a wonderful job with this lens. *****
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Benefiting Operation Helmet
This lens was created as part of the Project Help Lensraiser on Squidoo. 100% of the proceeds of this lens are donated to Operation Helmet to help protect our heroes.Make a Lens, Support the Troops, Raise Funds for Operation Helmet.
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