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Hairless for Our Heroes



Members of Soldiers’ Angels’ volunteer leadership have raised the stakes on this year’s online Valour-IT Veterans Day fundraising competition.   Divided among four “virtual teams,” a wide variety of bloggers and other New Media mavens have been competing online since October 26 to inspire the most donations to help wounded troops by Veterans Day, November 11.  If the teams can blast through their collective goal of $140,000 and bring in an additional $100,000 in donations, Soldiers' Angels founder Patti Patton-Bader and National Communications Director Shelle Michaels have promised to shave their heads in honor of the achievement. 

“This project changes lives,” says Patti. “Wounded heroes say that being able to use a laptop helps them feel whole again.  Physical therapists are actually designing therapy sessions around Wii Sports!  And something as normal as a handheld GPS reduces stress and helps a hero cope.  With all that this project can do for our heroes, I’m happy to shave my head if it will motivate donations!”

Each of the devices Valour-IT supplies helps restore confidence and independence.  Voice-activated laptops reconnect the wounded with the world and develop self-confidence by showing soldiers they can continue to be engaged and productive despite their injuries. Physical therapists report Wii Sports and similar programs are extremely beneficial when used in physical therapy settings. Wounded personnel with short-term memory loss due to TBI and severe PTSD use GPS systems to keep from getting disoriented when they move on to more independent living.

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Dogs trained to interact with people in need of emotional support are proving very useful for veterans with severe physical or emotional wounds (i.e. PTSD). Under the guidance of Patsy Swendson, Soldiers' Angels is developing a team of "Support Dogs." This is one of the first two dogs of the new team in action.


Soldiers' Angels is a proud to stand with fellow Angel Aviella Winder, who is about to release her debut CD and will be donating a portion of its sales to Soldiers' Angels.




  

Since being crowned Miss Teen Minnesota International in 2009, a position she will hang onto until March 6, 2010, 17-year-old Jessica Scheu has been promoting her platform – Soldier’s Angels – and its message: “May no soldier go unloved.”

In her work with Soldier’s Angels, Scheu adopted a soldier who she corresponds with by writing letters and sending care packages. She also participates in the Ladies of Liberty program, which supports women soldiers during deployment, and the Warriors to Citizens military program based in Farmington.

-- The Savage Pacer Newspaper


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