Media Contact:  Robert McDowell
Phone: (321) 251-7850

CHILDREN OF FALLEN TROOPS IN RECORDING STUDIOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ADDING VOCALS TO OEC CHRISTMAS CD OCTOBER 7, 2006
 
ORLANDO, FL -- October 3, 2006 -- Operation Ensuring Christmas ...for Children of Fallen Troops and Veit Renn of Renn Music Productions announced today that ten children of troops killed in action since 9/11 will be in Recording Studios across the country adding their voices to the OEC ‘voices of the children’ Christmas CD. The children will all be in the studios on the same day at the same time, the afternoon of Saturday, October 7th. The CD features the children singing traditional Christmas songs and parts of original songs written especially for them. The release date for the CD is scheduled for November 11th, Veteran’s Day. OEC will begin taking pre orders for the CD on October 6th, 2006. 100% of the proceeds from the CD will go to OEC and it’s programs benefiting the Children.
 
Veit Renn has sold over 50 Million CD’s including over 11 million Nsync CD’s, 4 Million being Nsync’s Christmas CD. Renn will be doing the bulk of the CD project at his RMP Studios in Orlando. Renn Music Productions is also the home of American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson who is co-starring in Dream Girls with Jamie Foxx, Beyonce’ Knowles and Eddie Murphy in theaters December, 2006. In addition to recording at RMP Studios, children will be adding vocals to the CD at the prestigious Studio West in San Diego CA, PostPro Studios in Raleigh NC and Jupiter Studios in St. Louis MO.

 
Operation Ensuring Christmas, a 501-c3 not-for-profit, was founded in October 2004 to provide financial, moral, and rehabilitative support to the children of fallen American troops. The organization provides children with Christmas gift cards during the holiday season, as well as a VIP “Christmas in July” Orlando Theme Park vacation. “These children truly are VIPs, Very Important ‘Precious lil heroes’ who have made the ultimate sacrifice a child can make for their country, the loss of a parent in service to our great Nation,” OEC founder Robert McDowell.  
 
Camryn Darling of Davenport Florida, one of our VIP child stars on the CD, lost her father in Baghdad Iraq. Army Pfc Norman Darling was killed by a car bomb April 29, 2004. Operation Ensuring Christmas sent Camryn on a fun filled Disney Cruise to the Bahamas in April 2006 where she was reunited with her Bahamian grandparents, the Darlings, who she had not seen since her fathers funeral. The CD will help to raise the funds necessary to send many more of these children on their much deserved VIP vacation and provide Christmas Gift Cards to the children this Holiday season.  
 
OEC has been thanked by President Bush at the White House for our efforts to support the children. OEC’s kids are supported directly or indirectly by the NFL’s NE Patriots, NASCAR, MLB’s TX Rangers, WWE and by Foundations, Corporations and generous individual Americans.
 
OEC is a member of America Supports You, a nationwide program that recognizes citizens’ support for military men and women.  The program helps link all the different efforts of the nearly 200 charitable organizations supporting the troops, and communicates that support to our Armed Forces and families through www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil .
 
For more information about Operation Ensuring Christmas, visit www.OpChristmas.org .
For more information on Saturdays recording sessions including recording times, children, etc. or to schedule an interview with McDowell, e-mail This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or call 321-251-7850.
 
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