United We Roll at Stardust Radio

If you take a few minutes to read through the blogs written by family members of our wounded on Caring Bridge or other locations, you will see how much ALL of their lives have been changed. From our wounded Hero to the family members who have had to leave other children at home or who have to leave jobs at home in order to be with their loved one who is so critically injured, the hardships have just begun.

Many of the injured men and women face years of rehab from their injuries that run from loss of limbs to Traumatic Brain Injuries. Some injured patients are able to come home, but require special equipment that the family cannot afford so they must stay in a medical facility and away from their loved ones. Others may come home, but they require the help and supervision of their loved ones. This often means someone has to give up a job, an income, a home and more to take care of their injured son/daughter/husband/wife/father/mother/brother/sister.

These young men and women are injured because they went into harm’s way to keep Freedom alive, not just in a land far away, but here at home as well. We need to stand up and do something to help – and there are a lot of ways you can help. This is one way that will not cost you anything, that will not take much of your time, that will not require you to stand on a street corner and wave a flag (though we should all be proud to do so), but can make a HUGE difference in the lives of our wounded and their families.

PLEASE DO NOT TURN AWAY FROM THIS REQUEST. FOR INFORMATION ON THE LEGISLATION AND HOW TO HELP GO TO THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT WEBSITE AT:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Advocacy Alert
HELP PASS LEGISLATION TO ASSIST OUR MOST SEVERELY WOUNDED WARRIORS
AND THEIR FAMILIES TODAY!!!

WWP’s top priority this year is for Congress to pass legislation to establish a national program to train and provide ongoing support and a modest allowance to family caregivers of our most severely wounded warriors. The Senate bill (S. 801) won committee support and could come to a full Senate vote in the coming weeks. The House bill (H.R. 3155) was just passed unanimously out of committee and will be reported to the full House shortly. Both bills contain the needed elements for a coordinated, comprehensive national program; however, S. 801 covers the OIF/OEF families who need this help so desperately while the House bill still leaves many of these families without healthcare or a monthy allowance.

Thank You!