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Patriots Day is How Our Community Can Support Our Veterans and Fallen Heroes
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By Jerry Nowicki, Resident Since 1987
The fight against terrorism stills rages on and continues to take a heavy toll on our military and their families. Improvements have been made in the care of our wounded veterans and those suffering long after the battle with PSDT, however, government agencies cannot do the job alone.
The burden continues to fall on the many volunteer organizations in communities like ours to fill the gap and lend support to the military, both active and those separated by injuries sustained on the battlefield. Veteran suicides are still on the rise, and many deaths are attributed to them feeling alone in their struggles.
Patriots Day was started in our community in 2011 and continues to be a vital force in supporting the veterans of the bay area who are in need. Through the generosity of our community we have raised just over one half of a million dollars in the past eight years to support our local veteran’s charities.
A blinded veteran knows his community cares
This year’s Patriots weekend will be on the 14th and 15th of September. Once again collections of your pledge cards and cash will be most welcomed and greatly appreciated by our local charities who depend on your generous support each year so that they can help our local veterans and families in need of help.
The program is chaired by Norm Prickett and Jerry Nowicki with the support of both the Blackhawk HOA and the Blackhawk Country Club and volunteers from the Senior Golf association.
The funds raised go to support three local veterans’ charities:
PGA Hope is a project that was founded by the PGA. The program is aimed at the rehabilitation of veterans with physical and mental disabilities to enhance their physical, mental, social and emotional well-being through golf.
Care packages in the combat zones mean a lot
Operation Care and Comfort is dedicated to providing care for the troops and families deployed in combat zones and when they return. They adopt veterans from our bay area and have developed a unique care package program containing needed and requested items. They also work with the sports and entertainment venues as well as season ticket holders so that veterans and their families can attend for free.
Troops Direct is a charity started by a member of our Blackhawk family and is focused on delivering mission critical items to our troops to aid them in achieving success on the battlefield. The reality is that despite the best efforts of our military, often our troops come up short on what they need and Troops Direct fills that gap. It has probably saved precious lives in the process.
