Our Heroes Journey had the great privilege to help host Squadron 469
"Spring Family Day" at Camp Pendleton.
We had a great day with many of the families of this squadron. Our Heroes Journey assisted the Easter Bunny, and was
able to provide all the special treats and spring "beach pails" and special stuffed eggs for the children. The kids had a
blast on the egg hunt, coloring easter eggs, feeding the ducks on the lake and all the fun activities in the park. It was so
wonderful to meet all the children of this squadron and spend such a special family day with them. The families were
treated to a BBQ with all the fixings. The 7-11 corporation helped us to provide some yummy sandwiches for the families,
as well.
March 18th, 2010
2010 has gotten off to a busy start for Our Fallen Soldier. We continue to assist families & children across the nation of
deployed, wounded and fallen soldiers. Our mission stays strong, as we enter our fourth year of operation.
Our Fallen Soldier also continues to receive requests for assistance on a daily basis. We try to assist as many as possible
that fit within our realm of assistance. Although we can't report these "Assistance" cases to you specifically, we are able to
assist in most cases thanks to our generous donors. We will continue to work with each family on an individual basis, and
assist whenever possible. We have had the opportunity over the past few months to assist a few military families get to
memorial services and special honor courts for their fallen soldier.
Our Website continues to get "Memorial Page" requests on a daily basis. We personally post each memorial page and are
honored to share the memories with the family, friends and all who come to ourfallensoldier.com. We pride ourselves in
being respectful of families and screen all posts that are placed on any given Memorial page.
We have been addressing our 2010 goals; we set forth for the year and are proud to have implemented our biggest project
"Our Heroes Journey" which was set in place to support military and their families before, during and after deployment. We
have already adopted our first squadron of Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA. We will be actively involved with this group as
they get set to deploy in early summer. There are 125 children in this squadron and 220+ Marines. We are planning our
first "Spring" family day with this group that will take place in a few short weeks. (see OurHeroesJourney tab at the top right
- for more information)
As finances allow, we will continue to adopt military groups of all branches around the United States. We are excited to be
working with these special military families. It is our hope that our presence will help the families through transition times
and make deployment times go smoother for the children, the spouses left behind and boost morale on combat lines with
regular care packages from home. We are currently working through the details of our next adoption of an Army Reserve
Units in Kansas, who will also deploy soon.
In November & December we hosted our First Annual "Turkeys For Troops" and were able to distribute nearly four dozen
turkeys to military families over the holidays. It was an honor to assist these families with a special holiday meal.
We are working hard to spread the word regarding "Red Fridays" to support OUR troops. Every Friday, we are asking our
nation to go RED in support of our military. We have great T-Shirt and sweatshirts available on our website in youth and
adult sizes. We will soon be introducing "personalized" custom t-shirts to support the cause as well. Look for those in the
next few weeks. It is our wish that people across the nation would stand united in RED on Fridays to support our Troops.
Memorial Day is fast approaching, Monday May 31ST. We are currently working with companies across the nation to go
"Casual For A Cause - Blue Jean Friday" and help us fundraise. This is a simple and fun way to help assist our efforts and
raise support for our troops. Whether your company is big or small, everyone can participate in this fun day. We will most
more information on this on the right side, under the "tab", "Ways you can Help".
We are also pleased to announce our partnership with 7-11 convenience stores here in Northern San Diego county. 7-11
has embraced our cause and is selling our FREEDOM bracelets on their local counters to help us bring awareness to our
cause and support for our military families. We are honored to be working with the franchisee owners and the corporation
on 7-11. Oh Thank Heaven For 7-11 and their community outreach program.
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Kelly Luisi
kellyluisi@ourfallensoldier.com
www.ourfallensoldier.com
PROUD Sister of Fallen Hero Sgt. Kyle Colnot, KIA 4/22/2006
PROUD Wife of a Two Time Iraqi War Veteran
"To live in the hearts of those you leave behind.. is never to die” - Quote by Robert Orr
| "Boots On The Ground" The founders of ourfallensoldier.com, which was established in August of 2006 have created a major project "Our Heroes' Journey" to address the significant needs they have come to see through their daily interaction with Military families across the United States. Many of our service members are facing multiple deployments after a war that has lasted nearly a decade. This has caused tremendous stress to our military, their marriages, their spouses and children. Our Heroes' Journey is a adoption program. Visit the website |
| As many of you know Our Fallen Soldier was founded and is operated by the Gold Star Family of Sgt. Kyle Colnot KIA 22 April 2006 in Iraq. The organization and this website exist only in the hope that it will assist all families and friends of our fallen soldiers by offering our love and support as well as memorializing the heroes who gave all for our freedoms. We would like to obtain contact information from all fellow Gold Star Families as well as friends of the family. This information will be held in strict confidence; only to be used for our family to communicate with the Gold Star community. Fund raising activities will not be conducted through the registry. Please complete the registration card shown below and send to us. Again, we share in your great loss and look forward to knowing you. God Bless |
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