Nov 11 09
“Thank Our Veterans” Day!!! (”Happy Veteran’s Day” just didn’t sound right for some reason.)
I would like to take a minute to thank all veterans who serve, or have served, our country. While we go about our lives here, we sometimes forget the tremendous sacrifices that these soldiers and their families endure for our freedom and protection. I would especially like to recognize my grandfather for his Army service in WWI, my father’s service in the Navy in WWII, my father-in-law who served in Vietnam and gave a total of 23 years to our country in his Naval career, to my niece’s & nephew’s father who served in the Marines in Desert Storm, my brother-in-law, Dan, who served in the army, and to my nephew, Bob, who is currently serving in the Army in Afghanistan. While there are so many to acknowledge, I would like to pay special tribute this day to a local family who I have had the honor to meet. Our prayers go out to the family of Elizabeth Loncki, Padua graduate and member of a bomb disposal unit in Iraq, who was killed in action in Iraq on January 7, 2007. May our prayers and thanks bring you some small measure of comfort today. It is my great honor that the Loncki family are supporters of The B+ Foundation and sport the B+ apparel.
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I would like to congratulate Heather Frank for posting a personal best in the NYC Marathon. While that is impressive enough, Heather also ran the race with Andrew’s name on her singlet. Thank you, Heather, for honoring our boy this way.
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Thank you, Steve Baron, for inviting me to speak at Montgomery County (PA) Community College today. I hope I didn’t bore you too much! Remember, when you lay your head down on the pillow tonight, did you make a difference in the life of at least one person???
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Please take a look at the homepage of www.BePositive.org for great holiday gift ideas. “We Craft for You” is donating a percentage of all of their holiday sales to our Foundation, Marini’s Christmas Trees in Wilmington is doing the same, and we have some nice B+ jewelry that would make great holiday presents. We thank “We Craft for You” and Marinis for their support.
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