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Chapter Achievements
From the Field: equipment for severely wounded port the effort, members are solicit-
Tampa (Fla.) Chapter veterans at the James A. Haley VA ing donations from area businesses.
When Lt. Col. Shawn M. Keefe, Medical Center in Tampa.
USMC, needed help organizing a Sandhills (N.C.) Chapter
golf tournament fundraiser to benefi t Western Montana Military The Sandhills (N.C.) Chapter’s Empty
wounded warriors, he turned to fel- Officers Association Stocking Fund made the 2007 holiday
low Tampa (Fla.) Chapter members, Some Montana servicemembers in season brighter for more than 1,000
who run Operation Helping Hand Iraq and Afghanistan are getting care needy families in Moore County, N.C.
(OHH). Members agreed to help reg- packages from Western Montana Mili- Chapter members Lt. Col. Dick
ister players, take photos, and handle tary Offi cers Association members. To Meadows, USAR-Ret.; former Navy
monetary aspects of the tournament date, members have mailed 40 pack- Lts. Keith Junk and Stephen Leggett;
through OHH. ages with comfort-care items, letters Col. Chuck Henry, USA-Ret.; and
Nearly 145 golfers played in the of support from local students, and a Brig. Gen. Robert Norman, USAF-
tournament Jan. 9 at Bay Palms Golf note from chapter members thanking Ret., spearheaded last year’s effort.
Course at MacDill AFB. The event the troops for their service. Nearly 60 chapter members, volun-
raised more than $20,000, which will Chapter president Col. Gary So- teers, and local sponsors contributed
be used to purchase iBOT Mobil- rensen, USA-Ret., says members mail hundreds of hours to the effort by
ity Systems and other rehabilitation the packages each quarter. To sup- helping screen applicants, advertis-
ing the program, and obtaining items
totaling more than $220,000 to give
to needy families.
Coronado (Ariz.) Chapter
Brig. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, director
of the Arizona Army National Guard,
addressed 85 people at the Coronado
(Ariz.) Chapter’s January meeting.
According to Salazar, a military intel-
ligence company and armory might
be established soon in the Sierra Vista
area, which would provide the chap-
ter with a source of new members.
Chapter members already are
reaching out to active duty offi cers. In
February, Col. Melissa Sturgeon, USA,
The Western Montana Military garrison commander at Fort Huachu-
Officers Association’s Deployed ca, Ariz., addressed the chapter and
Care Packages Committee mem- wound up joining MOAA under the
bers, above, prepare packages to Give Me 10! recruiting program. MO
be mailed to deployed servicemem-
bers. Tampa (Fla.) Chapter mem-
— Contributors are Col. Lee Lange II,
bers and a volunteer, left, register
USMC-Ret., director; Col. Barry Wright,
USA-Ret., deputy director, Council and
golfers for the first Wounded War-
Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For
riors Golf Tournament in Tampa. submission information, see page 18.
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