>>> something that's made me happy, nine days from now, st. louis will host the nation's first, and so far only, welcome home parade for iraq war veterans. this took off after call of action on facebook. now one month and nearly 3,500 friends later p they will make january 28th , welcome home for heroes from iraq day. congratulations. tell me how this all started.
>> it started, not to correct you, but you said 30 days ago. it hasn't been that long.
>> it hasn't been that long? you were really working your tails off. how many days did it take for you to raise that money, friends?
>> we hit our mark before midnight on january 14th , which is the deadline we set for ourselves. that was the first phase. we have been many phases moving forward for there.
>> how much money were you able to raise? i have here $25,000. what did you raise?
>> that was our first deadline. what did we raise at this point? i haven't had time to check. we got a lot of help from -- it started with the people of st. louis . if anybody asks who our sponsor was, it was people. we got huge help from these folks. anheuser-busch and the mayor.
>> i think it's great that you mentioned anheuser-busch donated $10,000 to the effort. it is surprising, and i think a lot of people would be surprised, that this is the first and only parade planned. what would you like to say to them who cannot make it to the parade?
>> i'd like to say two things. the parade is the rock n roll part. there's an amazing thing happening in st. louis union station , where we will have a group of 100 veteran service organizations. people that help vets. people that understand when they are coming back. we're going to turn it into one grand warehouse to put these folks together and throw some entertainment in there. the parade and everything is one way of saying thanks. the work gets done inside. that's what this is all about.
>> i wish you the best, and all of those people that are working so hard. i know it's going to be a wonderful day. thank you and good luck.
>> thank you.
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