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Admiral Denton Foundation
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| In the News... |
U.S. Navy names new SERE school in honor of Admiral Denton
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Diyala Province of Iraq - one of the children set to receive school supplies from the U.S. Children have been seen using sanbags as well as MRE bags sewn together to carry their books to school, according to CPT Maney. |
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"The name is a not to the school's mission: to train sailors and Marines to withstand the worst of being held as a prisoner of war" Seacoast online
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"Most of the kids never owned a stuffed animal before so you could see in their faces how excited they were."
"Now, they have something to hug when they go home and it will also remind them that the people here in the U.S. care for them." |
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Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation
P.O. Box 850548
Mobile, Alabama 36685
PH: (251) 473-1010
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In the News! |
September 2009 |
Dear Friends,
Since our last newsletter, our accomplishments in the past three weeks are such that we would like to share them with you because it is thanks to the support from all of our friends, partners, and donors who make these things possible. Thank You.
Many Blessings,
Jeremiah Denton Jeremiah A. Denton, RADM USN (RET.)
Founder and President
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 Iraqi School Children Set to Receive School Supplies
In the News!
The first phase of the school supplies to Iraq with the Operation Schoolhouse project arrived Balad last week.
The Press Release entitled "National Air Cargo Teams Up With Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation To Send School Supplies To Iraq" was displayed on quite a few reputable news links (and has appeared in at least five different languages):
Forbes.com
Global Investor.com
Journal of Commerce
Aviation Today
SunHerald.com (Biloxi, Gulfport, south MS)
CNBC.com
U.S. Army CAPTAIN Drew Maney confirmed that the school supplies have arrived and are in his possession. He and his team will distribute the school supplies that his 12 year old sister collected to Iraqi school children in the Province of Diyala, (such as the child shown in the photo on left who was seen using a sandbag to carry his books to school). Distribution has been delayed several days due to bad sand storms. We will provide the full story and follow as the supplies get delivered.
Prior to the shipment departing the U.S., the article entitled "Army sister collects supplies for Iraqi kids" was posted on a number of news links as well from the Military Times.com to a front page article in the Miami Herald.
MilitaryTimes.com Read Article
To learn more about Allie Maney and why she was inspired to help the children in Iraq, you can watch her interview on WEAR Channel 3 in Pensacola/Ft. Walton, Florida. Allie sets a great example for children of her age.
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| U.S. Navy SERE School Named in Honor of Admiral Denton
SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape.
The U.S. Navy's east coast SERE headquarters is dedicated as the Rear Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. SERE Building. As most of you know, Admiral Denton spent 7 years and 7 months as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
The special school for training U.S. Navy and Marines to "survive, evade, resist, escape" if ever captured is relocating from Brunswick Naval Air Station, ME to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH. The school was named in honor of Admiral Denton in Brunswick and will continue to hold his name in honor of him at the new location.
"The name is a nod to the school's mission: to train sailors and Marines to withstand the worst of being held as a prisoner of war" as stated in the article.
To read the recent article about the ground breaking ceremony for the new SERE School facility to be built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, please see the link below from SeacoastOnline.com:
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 'Loving Hugs' from the U.S. to Philippines
To the children in the hospitals
We partnered with Loving Hugs, Inc. and FedEx to ship hundreds of stuffed animals and our first distribution was August 21, 2009. Our nine volunteers in Cebu distributed the stuffed animals to the kids in ward area, pediatric ward, and isolated area of the Cebu City Medical Center.
The kids were very happy when they learn that the gifts came all the way from the U.S. Now, they have something to hug when they go home and it will also remind them that the people here in the U.S. care for them. Most of the kids never owned a stuffed animal before so you could see in their faces how excited they were.
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Two New Homes Sponsored!
Thanks to the support of our generous Board member!
Construction on two new homes will begin mid September for two families in the Philippines.
This has been made possible from the support of one our Board members who volunteered to sponsor the two homes. Thank you!!!!
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| Correction to August Newsletter:
Please note: In our Summer Newsletter, August 2009, Admiral Denton indicated in his letter that he is invited by the Secretary of Defense to be the keynote speaker at the Pentagon on National POW Day this September. The correct date is September 18th.
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