CARY, N.C. – One local company set forth to give back and bring soldiers home to their families this holiday season.

Ed Roshitsh, CEO of Cary based Dude Solutions took to social media site Linked-In to find soldiers to buy plane tickets home for. Originally, he asked the public to give names of active duty service members who would not get to come home for the holidays and he would cover the costs of flights for five of them.

As the post spread, other businesses wanted to get in on the mission.

They are now paying for plane tickets for almost 50 troops.

“It’s amazing some of the messages I’m getting back from some of the recipients.  I’ve gotten messages from some of the moms and dads of some of these people that they hadn’t seen in two or three years just makes you feel really good,” Roshitsh said.

You can throw your loved one’s name into the hat until midnight tomorrow.