Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 24, 2006, YoungHeroes.US announces the guest list for the January 29, 2006 Two-Hour Special Talking with Heroes Talk Show. Talking with Heroes is not about politics. It is about honoring and supporting our men and women serving our country and their families.
Talking with Heroes guests are men and women talking about their experiences while serving and helping the people in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other areas of the world. Guests include leaders from military support groups who send hundreds of packages to our deployed men and women as well as helping them and their families here in America. Guests include companies, entertainers and others who help and support our troops.
The guests on the Jan 29, 2006 {5pm PST} Show are:
Major Nico Marcolongo, active duty Marine Corps officer and founder of Buddy Bowl Inc. a non-profit dedicated to raising money for military, law enforcement, and children's related charities through the annual flag football tournament. Major Marcolongo will talk about Buddy Bowl Inc.'s charitable efforts and his participation in the Sumatra tsunami relief efforts. He says that the people there were very grateful for the support and assistance they were receiving from the U.S.
Sparky George, Founder of San Ramon, the founder of Hats Off America, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that raises money for the families of military personnel killed in the line of duty while serving the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hats Off America was created by Sparky George, owner of Classic Car Auto Restoration and Repair in San Ramon, CA, a Vietnam veteran and the “Bear Flag Runner” of Danville. In honor of service personnel being deployed in Iraq, the Bear Flag Runner has been running six miles a night, five days a week with a five-pound weight, regardless of weather, since September 15, 2002.
Carolyn Blashek, Founder of Operation Gratitude. Together with the California Army National Guard, 746th QM BN, Van Nuys, seek to lift troops' morale, and bring a smile to their faces by sending care packages to service members overseas. Operation Gratitude care packages contain food, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation, all wrapped with good wishes of love and support.
SGM Gregory Wawrytko, retired from Fort Carson as the G1 Personnel Sergeant Major for the 4th Infantry Division, completing a 30 year career in the Army. He now serves the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the Colorado District 5 Commander and as the Senior Vice Commander of VFW Post 101 in Colorado Springs. He will discuss how the VFW can assist deployed men and women and what the VFW can do for them when they return home.
Mary Harper - Founder of Operation Shoebox, is an organization Mary stared when her 5 kids and son in law deployed to Iraq. Five deployed in 2003 and then Chris deployed alone in 2004 and she currently has 2 there now. She wanted to help more than just them. They started out small only shipping to 2 units and they have now sent close to 120,000 care packages. They are sending about 1300 -2000 stockings a week now to try and make sure Christmas comes for as many as they can! Their goal is over 10,000!
SGT Sean Delaney recently went from Active duty to the National Guard. He served as a Black hawk crew chief in the 3rd ID and is also a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Currently he serves in the National Guard aviation unit. He served 6 years active duty and is in his first year with the National Guard
CPT Becky Gregg enlisted in the Army as a Specialist in 1996. She served 4 years as a 91KP9 (Biological Science Assistant) at USARIEM in Natick, MA. SGT Gregg was selected to attend the Interservice Physician Assistant Program in 1999. Upon completion in 2002, she was commissioned as a 2LT. 2LT Gregg deployed to the middle East with the 3ID in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon return from the deployment, she served as the senior Physician Assistant in the 703rd FSB.
Shauna Fleming, Founder of www.amillionthanks.org is a 16 year-old junior at Lutheran High School in Southern California who started a letter-writing campaign for the troops when she was just a freshman in 2004. She set her goal at 1,000,000 thank-you letters after her principal, the faculty, and the students got on board. By November 2004, just six months after the campaign started, she reached her goal of 1,000,000 thank-you letters. This grew to over 1.4 million letters and now her goal is 2.6 million letters in 2006.
All Talking with Heroes talk shows can be listened to in our past show archives 24 hours a day/7 days a week, from anywhere in the world where there is access to the internet.
For More Information:
Bob Calvert, Talk Show Host
www.talkingwithheroes.com
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