Hey Everyone! I am raising money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation which you can read more about below. I will be running the Rock N' Roll Half Marathon with my mom on Sept. 5, 2010 in Virginia Beach!

I am really excited about helping out a great organization and serving the people who protect us each and everyday.

Thank you for every donation : )

Check back for progress updates!

So far I have compiled a special list of veterans I will be running for:

Alan Reinhart, Leo Reinhart, Gerald Leonhard, Brian Leonhard, Jerry Pistor, Ronald Leonhard, John Nagy, Jon Symmes, Rich Thomas, and  Kyle Anthony.

 

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation mission is devoted to providing a college education to every child who has lost a parent while serving in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations during an operational or training mission. The forces covered by the Foundation are some 50,000 military special operations and support personnel stationed in units throughout the United States and overseas bases.

The Warrior Foundation is currently committed to providing scholarship grants, not loans, to more than 760 children. These children survive over 600 Special Operations personnel who gave their lives in patriotic service to their country, including those who died fighting our nation's war against terrorism as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan and the Philippines as well as "Operation Iraqi Freedom." To date, 143 children of fallen special operations warriors have graduated from college.

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation also provides immediate financial assistance to special operations personnel severely wounded in the global war on terror. Once notified of a special operations soldier, airman, sailor or Marine hospitalized with a severe injury, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation immediately sends funds to the service member (or his/her designated recipient) so the family and loved ones can immediately travel to be bedside.

To date, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation has provided over $700,000 to wounded special operations personnel.