First the great news

 

I am proud to say we will be presenting laptops to our Wounded Warriors at Fort Hood Texas in early 2010.

Master Sgt CJ Grisham, a active duty military blogger, will take the point with the Fort Hood mission and we at the Gathering of Eagles, with our wonderful Gold and Blue Star Mothers, will visit with our brave wounded and share with them our love and respect for their brave service to our nation.

 

To recap the year of 2009, I am proud to inform you we have presented laptops to both Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC on September 11, and also at Bethesda Naval Hospital on Sept 13. Gold and Blue Star Mothers shared with our wounded a Mothers love and words of comfort during these presentations.

 

Our laptops missions then moved forward to Fort Sill OK, where Debi Bohannan , Blue Star Mother. stepped up to make a great presentation of laptops and IPods to our wounded together with other Blue Star Mothers.

We were well received at Fort Sill due to her hard work to lay the ground work.

 

Laptops & Ipods will be presented to our Marine Wounded Warriors in Jan 2010 at Camp LeJeune NC.by members of the Gathering of Eagles, Gold and Blue Star Mothers and support from Chapter 5. Rolling Thunder. Jacksonville NC.

 

The laptop missions will then move forward to Fort Bragg NC for our Army Wounded Warriors, planning is now in progress for a presentation date.

 

To date with the many personal donations by true troop supporter we have presented, or will present in 2010, forty laptops to our Wounded Warriors. We have also presented Ipods and DVD players along with the laptops.

 

Work is in progress to begin writing requests for grant funding to continue these laptops missions forward.

 

The NC Lady's auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars will make their 2010 fund raising efforts next year to further donate funding to continue these laptops missions. Once again our Ladies lead the way.

 

Initial planning has Begin to present laptops to our Canadian Wounded Warriors who have served with pride and courage with our military in combat.

 

Jamie & I wish to extend our personal thanks to each of you for your support in 2009 and promise you we will continue to work with you to insure we honor out troops in 2010.

 

A special thanks to our Gathering of Eagles chairman Larry Bailey for his leadership and personal efforts to raise laptop funding.

 

Please continue to spread the word to all and to donate what you can afford in these hard times we all now face together.

 

I have found that what we do best we all do together.

 

May God bless each of you and hold you and your family's safe in the new year.

 

Happy New Year  

George & Jamie Samek
Gathering of Eagles NC