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High Points Keeps on Climbing For AHERO A letter from Jeremy
Dear AHERO friends
and family:
I moved to Stuttgart, In July, my family and al! on ati ern int ne go s ha recovery went to share: High Points ERO and friends, my AH of lp he the th We have exciting news wi t rk so soon, bu expect to return to wo Germany. We did not fense civilian. as a Department Of De nd ha my try to dy rea well and I was ly . We no longer seek on ve increased our goals ha we t, fac In lp . he ed to pp s, as well, ints mission has not sto on international peak s ht sig r ou g tin That said, the High Po set w , but are no ints in all 50 U.S. states to reach the highest po ssion. ding for AHERO’s mi raise awareness and fun state high points, raised feet-plus, reached 12 0 ,00 38 ed mb cli , les mi deser ving disabled ove more than 15,000 Oregon coast with six the on g hin In our first year, we dr fis d an le of camping many wonderful peop sponsored a weekend l blessed to have met so fee I d more than $6,000, and an ar d ye un ng ati aro tiv mbers couraging, inspiring, mo s and active-service me an ter Ve ed ur inj d Veterans. It was an en an r wounded pport AHERO and ou willing and eager to su the U.S. O and to share the AHER nts in every categor y, me ve hie ac s iou ev pr d year is to surpass the : Our aim for our secon lp us reach these goals s our 2019 agenda to he re’ He . pe ro Eu in on missi mmunity s from the European co an ter Ve US d de un any, for wo p to Garmisch, Germ y, the Zugspitze - Winter HighPoints tri s to the top of German an ter Ve th wi p tri s ghPoint Mt. Whitney - July international Hi the Continental U.S., of top the to s an ter ints trip with Ve ast (at Newport, Ore.) - August U.S. HighPo ans on the Oregon co ter Ve th Veterans wi p tri g hin ints fis se money for disabled rai d an ss ne are - August U.S. HighPo aw d n to sprea ints messaging campaig - Continuous HighPo act me at jeremyonsor any, please cont sp lp he to e lik uld wo or you und interesting to you, If any of these events so e parameters. att p details and endanc tri for m .co ail gm 3@ thompson580 “cured.” process. We are never ing nd r-e ve ne a is s an ery for our Veter rld has to offer, our readers that recov ny positives that the wo ma the ing nc I would like to remind rie pe ex , with others every day. by sharing our stories iated, and to love living ec pr ap l We survive and thrive fee to r, wa of as to cope with the traum learning healthy ways
From top left corner...Mike Potts, Brian Forest (USMC), Bernida Flynn (Host Mom), Steve Hendricks (USMC Disabled), Jeremy Thompson (Host USMC Ret Disabled), Natalie Vines (US Army Ret Disabled), Meike Thompson-Horrer (Hostess), Steve (US Army Ret Disabled)
From left...Paul Bollinger (USMC/US Army Res Disabled), Jeremy Thompson (Host USMC Ret Disabled), Kevin Albrecht (German Naval Infantry), Marcus Lisker (German Navy Diver)
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