Our initial Hero from 2008 currently resides in Florida
near where he attended school. Since we met him, he has
successfully completed his internship with a fire department
in the greater Jacksonville area and also completed Fire
College in Ocala, FL as well. The donations received from
our 2008 Inaugural Welcoming Home our Heroes, (WHOH),
event, provided key living expense assistance, (telephone
and car payments, etc.), to our Hero during this time
which allowed him to concentrate his efforts towards successfully
completing his studies!
Since graduation, he has decided to change directions
in his life. This summer, he will begin work at a local
Air Station near his home in Jacksonville where he will
be coordinating the repair and distribution of airplane
parts. He will also volunteer again this fall at a local
camp for pediatric burn victims and will continue his
work with a national veterans advocacy organization as
well. He continues to enjoy helping other veterans, and
recently returned from Landsthul, Germany where he visited
injured troops lending comfort and support to the troops!
Our 2008 Hero will always be incredibly grateful to the
very generous people who participated in the Welcoming
Home our Heroes event as he could not have achieved his
goals without their support!
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