Run for the Fallen

Meeting Betsy Schultz today was wonderful. She recently started a not-for-profit, Captain Joseph House Foundation, in honor of her own son, Capt. Joseph William Schultz, who was killed in action May 29, 2011. The Foundation provides a unique service, a respite/retreat opportunity for families to heal and rebuild.

Captain Joseph House is a 1910 craftsman home maintained with the charm and comfort of an old-world English estate, yet modernized to meet the needs of three families throughout the year. With up to three families sharing the same week, the House will foster an environment where new friendships can take root and draw strength from the common experience of loss.

This transition respite/retreat will provide an opportunity for a family to begin building new memories and new traditions as they regroup and learn to live, laugh and love within this recreated family unit. The CJHF organization extends the continuum of care for military families who have lost a loved one and made the ultimate sacrifice.

For more on how you can help, and how you can take part, please visit:
http://www.captainjosephhousefoundation.org/

Contact is: CPTJosephHouse@cjhf.org

Received this from a friend of Zac Charles, who is a US Medic serving in Afghanistan. Wanted to share his acoustic music.

Post by Jaimee Edwards:
Attn: Supporters of soldiers, veterans & families- Listen 2 this song, “Until I Get Home”: http://www.youtube.com/user/ZacCharlesMusic. “Like” his Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/​Support-US-Army-Medic-Zac-Char​les/208394285864633?ref=hnav.

If you’d like to enter a contest giveaway.. “Refer ZC & Win 2 Tickets to See ZC Sing Live in Oceanside , CA. Jan’14th!” Zac Charles will be performing his famous hit, “Until I Get Home” at the 2012 BIVA Patriot Awards Ceremony, among celebrity guests, politicians, military members, media, etc. The event will be held at the Mira Costa Concert Hall@6pm on Jan. 14th, in Oceanside , CA . In order to enter contest, you must be 21 years of age or older. Contest Rules: Grand Prize winner will be mailed 2 tickets in advance based on referring the most # of people to “Like” Zac’s Fan Page. The people referred must post on this Page that they were referred by you (First/Last name, please). All will be tracked & posted daily on #of new fans of ZC, and who’s in Top 5 for the race to win. A script for you to use is listed below:

“I’ve entered a contest to win tickets to see Soldier,Singer/Songwriter Zac Charles sing live in California . Listen 2 this song, “Until I Get Home”:http://www.youtube.com/user/ZacCharlesMusic. In order for me to win, I need you to select “Like”on his Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-US-Army-Medic-Zac-Charles/208394285864633?ref=hnav & post on the Page wall my first/last name as your referral. Thanks for supporting me and a soldier who is coming home from Afghanistan !”

You can post this script on any social network, Twitter, blogs, personal emails, etc. Any way to increase your chances of winning-Contest ends & Winner will be announced: Dec. 15th. Best of luck to all!

Thanks for your assistance w/this, much appreciated!

Slideshow of the life of Spc. Paul E. Dumont.

Facebook honor page for Paul: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107957919240718

Amongst Vanity Fair’s competition for top journalism accounts of the decade, 2000-2009 is Christopher Hitchens’s “A Death in the Family” (November 2007).

Read the article (click above), or read the nomination article.

Albany, GA – MCLB in Albany, GA renamed it’s K-9 kennel after Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee this past Friday, March 19th, 2010. Parent’s Rachel and Jerome were present for the unveiling ceremony, and have adopted Dustin’s K-9, Lex, after Lex was wounded in Iraq. This is the first time the Marine Corps has allowed this to happen. For more information, please visit the sites below.

Watch the news story.
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