Thank you Getgoing for your concern for our hospitalized Veterans.
Dear Friends of Vet to Vet and Sitrep with Charley Jones (KRLD Radio),
Christmas is almost here and I am taking this morning to write you a letter.
I was a combat medic in Vietnam and know the trauma and suffering our frontline combat troops experienced. Veterans who fought and sustained permanent disabilities have spent years in ongoing treatments and surgeries at Veterans Hospitals across the United States. These men and women sacrificed their futures for the freedoms our general population takes for granted.
We have had the opportunities to travel, go to school, raise a family, and attend family gatherings during the year especially Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Most disabled Veterans in wheelchairs or in spinal cord injury units do not have the luxury of family or friends during the holiday season.
These men and women who are in cold, and almost empty federal hospitals on December 23rd, will be there on December 25th.
"Alone" takes on a whole new meaning when you are in a hospital bed on Christmas Eve with just thoughts and memories of those wonderful times we had as children with our parents or with our children who now have their own lives and responsibilities. These "back-burner" Veterans need our help.
I will be serving Christmas meals and giving gifts to our Veterans on the 22nd of December, 2002 at the Veterans Hospital in Bonham, Texas @ 13:00 and at the Veterans Hospital in the Transitional Care unit, Dallas, Texas on the 23rd @ 13:00.
I want your help. Let us find the money, time, food, and gifts for those that have no where to go on Christmas. We all have friends with many talents gifts and abilities, ask them for their help. These individuals have or can obtain the items we need for our Veterans for Christmas Day.
I am asking you for all the support we can muster to make Operation Santa Claus-2002 very successful.
My email address is jjo550@aimail.net
Vet to Vet is the organization and all contributions are tax deductible (501 (c) 3)
My address is 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100-427, and Dallas, Texas 75205. Phone 214-352-2505 or (Fax) 214-352-2095
Website is www.sitreponline.com
Let's get to work for our Veterans and I would suggest that we forward this email to as many of our friends can assist. I will update the progress of this project on my website. Thanks for your time and have a great day.
Your friend,
Jess Johnson