Saturday, January 19, 2008
A Note from Jack
Greetings Family,
Those of you at Family Christmas will recall that this year's charity is for the organization that is providing no cost trips for World War II vets to be honored with a visit to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. I have been in contact with someone locally who attended as a guardian for a vet who attended a previous trip and he indicated that this is indeed a first class operation that provides for all the needs of the attendees, many of whom have limited mobility, medical needs, etc., while providing them a most memorable experience. Each one day trip is limited to 100 WWII vets and about 25 guardians (one per 2-3 vets).
The organization is called American Warrior and has a website Americanwarrior.us which gives information about not only the veterans trips but also about the other services provided to vets. Although there is no cost to the veterans for these trips, guardians are asked to pay the $300 expense for airfare, etc. The Wilska siblings have agreed to provide this expense and one of us is willing serve as a guardian if needed. Uncle Ralph has enthusiastically indicated a desire to go, has completed an application and is currently on the waiting list. Trips are arranged during the warm weather months whenever the organization obtains enough funds to cover their costs which is about $20,000 (for charter flight, tour buses, food, etc.). The funds we collect will be to help provide for another such trip.
To date I have received $705 in donations. To those who sent checks, thank you; to those who would like to contribute please make tax deductible checks payable to American Warrior and mail them to me by the end of January so that I may present our Family contribution as one large gift.
As always, thanks so much for the generous love and support,
Jack
Those of you at Family Christmas will recall that this year's charity is for the organization that is providing no cost trips for World War II vets to be honored with a visit to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. I have been in contact with someone locally who attended as a guardian for a vet who attended a previous trip and he indicated that this is indeed a first class operation that provides for all the needs of the attendees, many of whom have limited mobility, medical needs, etc., while providing them a most memorable experience. Each one day trip is limited to 100 WWII vets and about 25 guardians (one per 2-3 vets).
The organization is called American Warrior and has a website Americanwarrior.us which gives information about not only the veterans trips but also about the other services provided to vets. Although there is no cost to the veterans for these trips, guardians are asked to pay the $300 expense for airfare, etc. The Wilska siblings have agreed to provide this expense and one of us is willing serve as a guardian if needed. Uncle Ralph has enthusiastically indicated a desire to go, has completed an application and is currently on the waiting list. Trips are arranged during the warm weather months whenever the organization obtains enough funds to cover their costs which is about $20,000 (for charter flight, tour buses, food, etc.). The funds we collect will be to help provide for another such trip.
To date I have received $705 in donations. To those who sent checks, thank you; to those who would like to contribute please make tax deductible checks payable to American Warrior and mail them to me by the end of January so that I may present our Family contribution as one large gift.
As always, thanks so much for the generous love and support,
Jack
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