Military Video Connection Program - American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley

Military Video Connection Program

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley, with support from PenTeleData and Service Electric Cable TV and Communications, gives military families in Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties an opportunity to communicate "face-to-face" by creating personal video messages that can be sent free of charge to loved ones serving in the military around the world.

The program uses a computer equipped with a video camera to record a three-minute video message which is then "attached" to an e-mail message and sent to the serviceman or servicewoman's personal e-mail account.

Videotaping will be by appointment only at the Red Cross office located at 2200 Avenue A, Bethlehem, Pa. You must have an appointment; no walk-ins, please. To set up an appointment, call the Red Cross at (610) 332-1589, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Following are the program requirements:

Participants must be immediate family members such as a spouse, parents, children and siblings currently living in Lehigh, Northampton or Carbon counties.

Military dependents are asked to bring their Uniformed Dependent Military Identification Card identifying the military member.

Participants must have an e-mail address for the service member and an e-mail account of their own from which to send the message.

There is a maximum of five people per videotape session.

Jeneen Liebegott and her children watch the video they made for her husband who was serving in Iraq.