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the Gary Sinise Foundation has gifted a grant for decontamination units to an east Texas fire and EMS agency. The grant exemplifies the foundation’s mission to look out for the safety of first responders. According to EMS World, Lumberton Fire & EMS in Hardin County, Texas, was on the receiving end of the generous donation and plans to install environmental decontamination units in both the fire station and in the department’s ambulances. Supporting Lumberton Fire & EMS is by no means the first charitable giving that the Gary Sinise Foundation has undertaken since the global outbreak of the virus. On...

Gary SinisePatricia Heaton made her own suggestion on social media after TIME's Person of the Year announced its shortlist on Monday night, offering up actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise. "Hey @TIME , why isn’t @GarySinise ever on the Person of the Year list? Hey @TheAcademy, why isn’t he ever picked for the #jeanhersholt humanitarian award? He raises $30M a year to build homes for wounded vets along with his #goldstarfamily support. Retweet!" the "Everybody Loves Raymond" actress wrote in a tweet. Heaton's choice was apparently well-received online — with more than 30,000 people sharing her opinion.

I'd like to tell you about an American hero I know: Gary Sinise. Gary, as you know (unless you live under a rock), played Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump and currently stars in CSI New York. He boasts too many other award-winning roles on stage and screen to list. What you probably don't know is how much time, energy, and money Gary spends to serve our troops, both active-duty and veterans, and their families. I first saw Gary perform in the basement of a Catholic church in Highland Park, IL about a million years ago. The lighting was rotten and...