From The Front Lines, an eight hour web telethon, gets under way in about ten hours (4pm Eastern). The goal of the event is, “sending the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in American history.”

The grand finale for the push will take place on June 26th when a Jerry Lewis style 8-hour Internet Telethon (”From the Frontlines”) will take place. This cutting edge production “From The Frontlines” will be broadcast live online by UStream.tv and hosted by Melanie Morgan & Michelle Malkin. Live and taped reports will be broadcast from our troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan during the historic 8-hour event.

You can see the progress of the fund raising in the sidebar.

UPDATE: At the live stream the new total is over $512,000!!!

They have an unbelievable lineup of guests for the telethon. Take a look:

Of course the real stars will be the live and taped reports from the troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan.

You don’t have to wait until four o’clock if you would like to help. You can see the array of packages available by clicking on this banner: