HHH Florida AMVETS News HHH American Widow Project Give A Prayer In Hell Ride With “Blackhorse” Memorial Day 4th Annual Recall AMVETS Post 4 Sponsor: Sons of AMVETS, Squadron 4 1014 Skipper Road Monday, May 27, 2013 12:00-5:00 p.m. Recall at 15:00 hrs (3:00 p.m.) $1.00 Hamburgers – $1.00 Hot Dogs – $1.00 Sides (Plus a Raffle) All Proceeds and Donations will go to the American Widow Project My name is SFC Sullivan, Timothy J. U.S. Cavalry Scout; My Regiment is BLACK HORSE 11TH CAVALRY ARMY (Retired). RECALL is a 21-gun salute done verbally, with seven names of the fallen. Each name is called (3) times and is answered on the 3rd call, by a member of the audience. On the 3rd call they answer, “Not present but accounted for Sergeant.” This is done by putting the audience through a cavalry troop formation, in which I use four bugle calls RECALL, 1SG CALL, TO THE COLORS, TAPS. After the first bugle RECALL, “Memorial Day On This Day I See” is read (copy is included in the packet). I then introduce myself and explain RECALL and inform them they will be put through a cavalry troop formation for RECALL. I’m dressed in battle dress, with saber and spurs for I’m Order of the Spur. Food, shirts and raffle tickets will be sold before the raffle after RECALL. All proceeds will go to the American Widow Project. Please come and join the honor to remember the fallen that gave all and left their loved ones for our freedom. I will reach your heart and soul through this HONOR of RECALL.
The American Widow Projects
The Fisher House
Our Mission The mission of the American Widow Project is to provide military widows with the vital support through peer-based support programs designed to educate, empower, inspire and assist in rebuilding their lives in the face of tragedy. About Since 2001, over 6,600 U.S. service members have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. This number does not include the thousands more that have lost their lives due to sudden illness, accident, homicide or those that have taken their own lives due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. At the same time, more than 3,600 young military widows face their worst nightmare when they receive that dreadful knock on the door by two military in uniform notifying them of their spouse’s death. While the service member’s sacrifice is often acknowledged by society, many simply forget or fail to recognize the sacrifice of the spouse who is now left a grieving military widow. Oftentimes the invisible wounds of military widows are disregarded due to age or a simple lack of knowledge and understanding. The American Widow Project recognizes the sacrifices made by the families of our fallen and believes that no military widow should feel alone in her grief. Each military widow deserves the opportunity and tangible tools available to help rebuild her life. Because of that, the American Widow Project provides the vital peer-to-peer, emotional and educational support necessary to maximize success, healing and hope for a brighter future. What We Do Our Site at http://americanwidowproject.org/ was built to house ideas, stories and advice; we have compiled a multitude of resources to help with the lifetime of struggles that come along with being a military widow.
The program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America’s military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond what is normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House Foundation donates “comfort homes”, built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times – during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease or injury. There is at least one Fisher House at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House program serves more than 19,000 families, and have made available over four million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. By law, there is no charge for any family to stay at a Fisher House operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Fisher House Foundation uses donations to reimburse the individual Fisher Houses operated by the Army, Navy and Air Force. No family pays to stay at any Fisher House! In addition to constructing new houses, Fisher House Foundation continues to support existing Fisher Houses and help individual military families in need. We are also proud to administer and sponsor Scholarships for Military Children, the Hero Miles program and co-sponsor the Newman’s Own Award.
Carillon Bell Tower for Cemetery Please help us build the Carillon Bell Tower at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida. Send check or money order to: AMVETS Department of Florida Service Foundation 1529 Aqueduct Lane Key Largo, FL 33037
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