You will be part of 44 race/walks across the country on 9/11 supported by The Steven Siller Foundation and USA Cares, two beneficiary organizations dedicated to post 9/11 Wounded Warriors and Veterans.* The Lexington Race/Walk will be conducted by The Corporal Bill McMillan-Bluegrass Chapter AUSA, the third beneficiary organization, one dedicated to our local Wounded Warriors’ and Veterans’ needs.
Register at tunneltotowers.org, then go to “911 race near you,” and click on “Lexington.” You can select Run, Walk or Volunteer for event help or sign-up as a fundraiser team.
Make a great, new patriotic 10th year memory as you benefit your local Wounded Warriors and Veterans. We can do this. “Let’s roll.”
For information contact Phill Pittman, 859-940-3315 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
* Charitable Beneficiaries - Tunnel to Tower Run/Walk
The run/walk will benefit three distinct organizations. One is the Steven Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation (see http://www.tunneltotowersrun.org/) . The Foundation is committed to building a proper house for all military quadruple amputees. They have coordinated an online registration activity (Actve.com) and national publicity campaign plus they are giving us support in the details of running an event like this. We have a web site on Active.com where interested people may register.
http://tunneltotowers.org/Lexington.aspx
The second beneficiary is the USA Cares Organization http://www.usacares.org/ .which is a nationwide operation started out of Radcliff KY. Since 2003, USA Cares has responded to over 30,000 requests for assistance with more than $8,000,000 in direct support grants where money raised in a state stays in that state. They have saved over 1,400 mortgage foreclosures effecting over 2,850 children.
The third beneficiary is our local Chapter and we plan to use our funds to support wounded Warrior Activities at Ft Knox and our local Veterans programs in conjunction with the VA Medical facilities on Cooper Dr and Leestown Pike. See our new website at AUSA.org in the Chapters drop down. Click on Tunnel to Tower Run in the Chapter Events Section then click on Register Here or go to tunneltotowers.org/Lexington.aspx
