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Valor Hours | 4 Freedoms Event | K9's 4 Warriors | Red Cross Events
Veterans and eligible dependents are invited to CareerSource Capital Region’s Valor Hours! Valor Hours offer an opportunity for veterans to receive tailored career guidance, connect with a supportive community, and access specialized services. Join CareerSource Capital Region in Quincy on Tuesdays from 9 am to Noon and network with other veterans, meet with supportive career center staff, and take the next step towards your career goals. CareerSource Capital Region, 1140 W. Clark Street, Quincy, FL. (850) 875-4040
To learn more see attached flyer or visit >> https://bit.ly/ValorHours!
Friday, 14 June 2024, 10am, Four Freedoms Park, Madison FL
There will be a celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Four Freedoms Memorial in Madison FL beginning at 10AM. The ceremony is expected to last about one hour.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS MONUMENT
6 JANUARY 1941-FDR DELIVERS HIS ”ADDRESS TO CONGRESS” HE ADVOCATES FOR THE LEND LEASE ACT-HE SPEAKS OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS-MANY HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA COULD NOT HAVE STOOD UP TO GERMANY W/O LEND LEASE
MARCH 1941-FDR COMMISSIONS STATUE-GET THE ART COMMUNITY BEHIND THE FOUR FREEDOMS, WALTER RUSSELL, PREEMINENT ARTIST OF THE TIME IS SELECTED
7 DECEMBER 1941-PEARL HARBOR
10 DECEMBER 1941-COLIN KELLY-AMERICA’S FIRST HERO OF WW2
16 FEBRUARY 1943 -WALTER RUSSELL COMPLETES STATUE, MAKES AVAILABLE FOR FDR TO REVIEW
22 NOVEMBER 1943 - UNVEILED IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BEFORE 60,000 PEOPLE
* STATUE TO BE PLACED ON CAPITOL GROUNDS IN TALLAHASSEE
* COLIN KELLY SR-ASKS GOVERNOR SPESSARD HOLLAND TO PLACE STATUE IN MADISON TO HONOR HIS SON
* STATUE DEDICATED -14 JUNE 1944-ACCEPTED BY CITY OF MADISON WITH POST 68 AS SPONSOR
* “FOUR FREEDOMS” ARE IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Colin Kelly Memorial Unveiling
☝️ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF THE UNVEILING ON 14 JUNE. LARGEST EVENT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MADISON FL
You are cordially invited to a very special event next Tuesday, June 18 at the Ochlockonee River Kennel Club.
The Ochlockonee River Kennel Club (ORKC) is having a special guest speaker on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Karen Breakell, Manager of Major Gifts, will make a presentation about the non-profit organization, K9s For Warriors. Since 2011, this organization has been rescuing and training shelter dogs (called Battle Buddies) to become certified service dogs for military veterans (called Warriors) suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and/or service related sexual trauma. The organization recently paired its 1000th Warrior and Battle Buddy. One of the organization’s mottos is “Saving two lives at a time!”
Joining Karen will be K9s graduate and Warrior, Jonathan Cassel and his Battle Buddy, Douglas!
Please invite your friends for this very special evening. An informal social and “pot luck” gathering will begin at 6:30pm, followed by a brief club business meeting. The special presentation will begin by 7:15pm. The ORKC clubhouse is located at 226 Merritt Lane, Havana, FL. This location is not all the way into the city of Havana - so be sure to GPS your travel route, unless you know right where to go!
Karen and Frankie, a Battle Buddy in training during a socializing office visit.
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact me by email or phone (call or text).
Hope to see you there!
Mary Helena (M.H.) Allen
CELL: 850-544-1067
Links below are to several upcoming public events sponsored by the Red Cross. For additional information, contact Liz (Smith) Tissicino, Regional Service to the Armed Forces and International Services Director, at the American Red Cross of North Florida, 751 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32204, Mobile: 904-307-7102.
Stress Solutions: Virtual: A Virtual Resiliency Workshop, Friday June 28th at 11 am Eastern Time