Posted on 06/16/2011 2:31:44 PM PDT by curth
March 2008. Talking about throwing baby showers and donating the gifts to young Army wives and possibly a crisis pregnancy center. And, um, no. No radio microphone in the delivery room. LOL -
Palin:
[Bob] Wants KWHL to throw me a baby shower. I say “yes” , if the gifts can go to these young Army wives who don’t have much, they’re far from their families, the dads aren’t there for the newborns first months , etc. And now Ft. Wainwright ‘s aviation unit was notified of a four month extension on deployments. Would u assign someone to work with Bob on that angle? Thanks
Kris Perry:
Yes, I’ll give him a call initially and then have someone work with him on details. Love the idea about the young army wives.
Sharon Leighow:
Governor- I have been asked about a baby shower in Juneau. I have already received offers to host it. Please let me know if you would be interested in a similair event. I too think the idea of helping young Army wives is fantastic.
Palin:
I would be interested in such a thing in Juneau – perhaps a different group of recipients for this area? Maybe to benefit the local Crisis Pregnancy Center?
Kris Perry:
I spoke w/Bob. He agrees on the donation and thinks it’s great. He brought up the possibility of doing it after the baby is born so the baby would be present as well. He’s envisioning ALOT of people, i.e. Egan Center and I’m not too sure about that idea. We’ll work out details once timeframe is determined.
He also asked again about the live audio recording of the birth and what you thought. A private moment?
Palin:
Don’t want to take this too far. Kinda wish I hadnt had to tell anyone, but crazy to think it could have been hidden long. No- no Egan, and I’m not going to assume this will be as smooth and easy as the other kids’ births, so can’t imagine inviting in a rock radio microphone.
ht/Sue
Press release for the baby shower. Some edits by the Gov at the link. This is the final version:
August 15, 2008, Juneau, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today announced she will attend a baby shower in Trig Palin’s honor next week and that all gifts will be donated to help military families.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Family Ties Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit organization created to provide immediate support for the military families of wounded service members deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. The event is being hosted by local morning radio personalities Bob and Mark from 106.5 KWHL.
“My family has been so blessed by the arrival of Trig. It is my honor to share that blessing with our men and women in uniform through this event ,” Governor Palin said. “I invite all Alaskans who’d like to support our wonderful military families to participate.”
The event will take place at Romano’s restaurant, on Fireweed Lane at C Street, on Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. The public is invited. Romano’s restaurant will donate a portion of the sales from the evening to the Family Ties Foundation.
They dug for a goldmine and hit a land mine.
Your efforts are awesome. Thank you so much for all you’ve done. I can’t get away from Sarah; meaning I am drawn again and again to her as a candidate for 2012, even as I get a little encouraged by the fact that we actually might have a decent pool from which to choose. But she continues to stand out.
My own story of the week - our church is doing VBS this week, I have been a half-hearted crew leader (although I homeschool my own kids, I’m not a “kid person”), and then yesterday during craft time, I was sitting at a table with a beautiful red-haired 10 year old girl who said, during the course of a conversation that just happened to get around to father’s day, just matter-of-fact, no complaint whatsoever -
“My dad won’t be here for father’s day.”
(Me) “Oh really, why not?”
“He’s training in Texas for Afghanistan.”
“Oh wow, will you see him before he goes over?”
“No.”
“How long will he be gone?”
“A year.”
“Really? Is this his first tour?”
“No, his THIRD.”
I had to really strain to compose myself. Thanked her for her sacrifice, and made sure she would go home and thank her mom for me. Just overwhelmed by what these families do for the rest of us.
Awesome story.
I busted a tear when reading your post.
The families of our Warriors are sacrificing so much too. Yet, the lying libs think nothing of it. Hell, many of the Warrior families are being screwed by the govt. they swore to protect.
Sickening I say. Repulsive behavior.
I have One in Afghan and One in ‘the not a war’ Libya.
As you pointed out, many folks forget that the family of the Warriors suffer too.
OK, rant is over. Please don't be offended.
redshawk.
Don't be offended, are you kidding me? Thank you for YOUR sacrifice. I can't even imagine the stress of having kids over there. Rant away!!! You earn the right by living it every day.
Out of the mouths of babes ,are we so humbled.
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