Hero Stories for January 2008

Great list of support organizations. AAFES Gift Certificates http://www.aafes.com/docs/homefront.htm The Army and Air Force Exchange Services is where most servicemen and women do their shopping. You can purchase gift certificates for those in Iraq and those hospitalized. Adopt a Platoon http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/ Adopt a Platoon has several ongoing projects to ensure that every soldier overseas does not walk away from mail call empty-handed. "America Supports You" Program (U.S. Departmen...

Got a very nice letter from Michigan. -------------------- I wanted to thank HeroBracelets for my sterling silver deployed soldier bracelets. They arrived today and we're thrilled. Our nephew is currently serving in Iraq and we think about him every day. We saw one of your bracelets recently and thought it would be a great thing to wear while he is serving. We liked the bronze colored deployed bracelets, but when we saw the silver bracelets, we knew we wanted those. They are really beautiful....

Lt. Col. Richard J. Berrett

Saw this piece and thought it would be a good thing to reproduce. When HeroBracelets looked for a charity to give money to from the sales of HeroBracelets, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund came right to the top. Since we've started HeroBracelets, we've been able to send tens of thousands of dollars to the fund (we think we'll be over $100,000.00 by the end of 2008!) When we looked at organizations, we became aware of a LOT of "non-profits" that were just making a few people a lot of money and ...

Kirby, the loving 10-year-old border collie-Labrador, licked Army Sgt. Brian Radke's reconstructed right hand, the one with the missing index finger. Maybe dog saliva will help, Radke said Tuesday. After 71 surgeries over 26 months, the wounded soldier and former Vancouver high school football hero is home in Hazel Dell for Christmas and doing well. He walks with a limp but talks straight, spreading gratitude, compassion and good humor, despite five pieces of shrapnel still floating in his br...

The Fisher House at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base kicked off its Capital Campaign Monday morning setting a goal of raising $1 million towards the cost of a $2 million facility to be built next year. The Fisher House foundation has challenged the Wright-Patterson to raise half of the cost. On hand for the kickoff were retired Lt. Gen. Dick Reynolds, former commander of Aeronautical Systems Center: Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke, commander of Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson; Col....

FORT LEE, Va. - Are you digging under the sofa cushions for misplaced change and rolling coins from your money jar to help pay for college tuition? Given the soaring costs of higher education, you certainly aren¹t alone. Perhaps a $1,500 scholarship could help? Applications for the 2008 Scholarships for Military Children Program must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 20. They are available in commissaries worldwide or online, where they can be filled out on the computer a...

Came across this story tonight. A great idea. ------------------------- John Santa and Lt. Col. Greg Rawlings both appreciate two things - the sacrifice of soldiers and bluegrass music. So the pair decided to turn an annual jam session into a "musicathon" to benefit the Fisher House, where families of wounded soldiers stay on Fort Bragg. "The way this thing works is, it's kind of like a walkathon where people sponsor you for so many hours," said Rawlings, who plays the guitar, bass and mandol...

Here's a letter from Richard Robinson of Portland, Oregon. ------------------------- I ordered your Memorial Army Bracelets in the name of a friend of mine from high school. Jacob was a great guy and a great friend. We had written many times since his deployment in Iraq. When I heard he was killed, I was devastated. I wanted something to remember him by and I found your HeroBracelet web site. I'm VERY happy with the bracelets. I ordered one for myself and several more for other friends that k...

Sharon Ricklic's fifth grade class at York Elementary School in New Philadelphia, Ohio has another news story about their efforts to become more involved and learn more about their country. This is the class that all ordered HeroBracelets in the name of a local Fallen Hero and presented his parents with a pair of silver HeroBracelets. Sharon Ricklic’s class gets another accolade.<