FORT RILEY, Kan. - There will be a ceremony to present $500.00 grants to about 25 Soldiers in the Army Wounded Warrior Program. The Soldiers receiving the grants were wounded while serving in the Iraqi Theater.
The Army Wounded Warrior Program assists and advocates for the most severely wounded Soldiers and their Families throughout their lifetimes, wherever they are located.
Officers of the Kansas American Legion will preside and facilitate the donations to the Soldiers, provided by The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. The Soldiers are among 1,000 recipients of grants being given nationally to veterans who incurred a 30-percent or more disability while serving in the theater of operations during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. The American Legion assumed all distribution and administrative costs so the entire Coalition donation of $500,000 is awarded to veterans.
The ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m., February 20 at Building 609G, located to the rear of Irwin Army Community Hospital.
Media are invited to cover the ceremony. Those wishing to attend should contact PAO Lisa M. Medrano not later than 4 p.m. 19 February at (785) 239-8414.
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The Army Wounded Warrior Program assists and advocates for the most severely wounded Soldiers and their Families throughout their lifetimes, wherever they are located.
Officers of the Kansas American Legion will preside and facilitate the donations to the Soldiers, provided by The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. The Soldiers are among 1,000 recipients of grants being given nationally to veterans who incurred a 30-percent or more disability while serving in the theater of operations during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. The American Legion assumed all distribution and administrative costs so the entire Coalition donation of $500,000 is awarded to veterans.
The ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m., February 20 at Building 609G, located to the rear of Irwin Army Community Hospital.
Media are invited to cover the ceremony. Those wishing to attend should contact PAO Lisa M. Medrano not later than 4 p.m. 19 February at (785) 239-8414.
