CARING FOR AMERICA
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2010 Caring for America Project Lee Republican Women Federated is proud to have chosen “Paws for Patriots”, a charity of South Eastern Guide Dogs as our “Caring for America Project” for 2010. This worthy charity is supported by donations from our membership. The aims and goals of “Paws for Patriots” is to provide trained dogs to as many Veterans as possible. Not only are these dogs a lifetime companion for our brave Veterans, the dogs are also used as therapy dogs in the many Veterans hospitals. The Southeastern Guide Dog center is in Palmetto, FL and they have recently added a “scent” garden as part of the training process of the dogs. All these services cost money and are not supported by the VA, so we hope you will be generous with your donations, no matter how large or small. We are pleased to announce that LRWF presented a check for $1500.00 to “Paws for Patriots” representative Roy Kennedy at our January luncheon meeting. A big “thank you” to all LRWF members who donated to this worthy project.
2011 LRWF Caring for America Project Our Caring for America project for 2011 is raising funds to help Pfc Corey Kent, a soldier from Cape Coral severely wounded in the Afghanistan War. After being in Afghanistan for only three weeks he was critically injured while on foot patrol, losing both legs and all the fingers on his left hand. He has already had multiple surgeries and faces several more as well as some extensive skin grafting. The LRWF couldn’t think of a more worthy cause to raise funds for this year….Pfc Kent will require a lot of medical care for a long time and our donation will help defray some of these costs! For more information or to make a donation contact our Caring for America Chair Renie Frank at rfrank600f. |
2012 LRWF Caring for America Project
We raised funds for an organization called Footsteps to the Future….this group supports girls who have “aged out” of the foster care system. They give some financial assistance, provide counseling, help those who have not graduated high school get their GED and also get them into higher education programs or training to be a beautician, cosmetician or other trades. They have a home in Fort Myers where these girls can just come and get moral support.
For more information or to make a donation contact our Caring for America Chair Renie Frank at rfrank600f.
2013 LRWF Caring for America Project
In 2013 we’ll be raising funds for Voices for Kids, a non-profit agency supporting Florida’s 20th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program-Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties. The Guardian ad Litem Program supports volunteers who advocate for abused, neglected and abandoned children in court, the child welfare system and the community. VFK’s mission is to ensure every abused, neglected, and abandoned child in Southwest Florida has a Guardian ad Litem volunteer (GAL) and every GAL has access to financial assistance and resources available for meeting the child’s health, educational and social needs, not provided by any other source.
For more information or to make a donation contact our Caring for America Chair Renie Frank at rfrank600f.
