Amy Peters, wife to SSGT John Peters (Air Force, 552 mxs, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma) recently contacted Wish For Our Heroes for financial assistance for groceries, gas, clothing, and two new cribs for their newborn twins.
Lt Colonel Lee Shick, of Randolph Air Force Base, enjoyed the Spurs game on January 19, 2011, with his three teenage children.
By Jane Slater, CBS 11 News – With Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo sidelined for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, there is little he can do to save the Cowboys’ middling year. But Army Staff Sgt. Brian Redding said Romo has saved his life twice.
It looked like Christmas morning in the Armstrong living room the eve before Thanksgiving. Shreds of wrapping paper littered the floor. Opened toy boxes lay discarded, the prizes inside on the couch, chair and tabletops.
When Joanie and Ron Jurewicz returned to their long-time home on Dugan Road from a day trip to the Seneca Allegany Casino Monday evening, they received the shock of their lives.
When 7-year-old Kiara Brewster walked into Timber Ridge Elementary School, in Killeen, she had no idea of the surprise she had in store. By 9 a.m., everyone involved with Kiara’s surprise was gathered inside the office waiting to be walked into her first grade classroom.
When James and Brandy Kushto’s house burned down in January, they had already experienced a year’s worth of troubles in a month’s time.
Indianapolis-based nonprofit Phoenix-Wish For Our Heroes is preparing to grant its 50th wish. Later this week, the organization will make the wish of U.S. Army’s William Lestienne come true. He asked for help boosting morale among members of his Fort Campbell, Kentucky unit currently in Afghanistan.
Approximately 70 soldiers run in a 5K fun run/walk to help raise money and awareness for Wish For Our Heroes at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center Aug. 18.
With so many Americans living in such a precarious financial situation, sometimes all it takes is one significant event to send the fortunes of these citizens to spiral into ruin. Like an array of dominoes, tipping one causes the rest to fall. And sometimes all they need is a helping hand.
Active-duty soldiers face plenty of challenges on the battle field, but many of them also deal with problems at home. One Greenwood man saw that need and decided to do something about it.
While Annette’s husband, Kevin, an Army reservist serving in Iraq, was drinking a can of cola, he spotted an advertisement for the Pepsi-sponsored “Phoenix Wish for our Heroes” project. It occurred to Brown that he could submit his wife’s name to the contest and possibly earn her the birthday present of a lifetime.
