Patti, I want to thank you so much for your call on Tuesday morning. We continue to respond to the countless e-mails and phone messages but we wanted to again thank you for being among the first to contact and offer financial support. Though we are federally supported we can not provide a fully funded education like the West Point a school some of students actually turned down. Our Cadets are committed to serving their country and over the past 48 hours that resolve has been reaffirmed. Your offer to assist will help us provide financial assistance to those who best deserve the gift you provided. Again thank you for your support. We are very grateful. MAJ H.
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Originally posted 17 April 2007, 4:44 p.m.:Virginia Tech Army ROTC Cadets Support their Fellow Students, Soldiers' Angels donates $10,000.00 to Virginia Tech ROTC Cadet Endowment Fund.
Soldiers' Angels Challenges the nation to donate to the Virginia Tech Corp of Cadets
Pasadena, California -- April 17, 2007 - The students and faculty of
Virginia Tech have experienced an unimaginable horror this week. The
slaying of over 30 students has left the campus in a fog of disbelief
and given rise to a flood of unanswered questions. The sanctity of the
university, an institution of higher learning for our country's young
adults, has been breached by the sights and sounds from the deadliest
shooting rampage in American history . The stories have been splashed
across the televisions and computer screens of America, and Americans
have blanketed the survivors and their family and friends with thoughts
and prayers. Even though the stories of tragedy and heroism are not
fully known, the destruction has been wrought and the process of healing
has begun.
The participation of the Virginia Tech Army ROTC in the ceremonies
following this tragedy will be integral to the healing process. The
Cadet Corp will participate in the convocation, flag raising ceremonies,
and will help with student support. The Army ROTC cadets are motivated
young men and women who will one day swear an oath to protect our
nation. They will take on this obligation knowing that they will be
placed in harms way to push the fight in the Global War on Terror
forward. However, at the present time they will be called upon to serve
their fellow students. They will stand up at a difficult time and
represent the proud military institutions of this country.
The Virginia Tech Cadet Corp's history is the history of Virginia Tech.
The school was opened as a military academy in 1872 and its corp of
cadets have honorably served this country in every war since. During
World War II, 7,285 Virginia Tech alumni served in uniform with three
hundred and twenty three of them being killed. It is ironic that one of
the first stories of heroism coming out of this tragedy is that of
Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, a holocaust survivor.
Professor Librescu was an engineering science and mathematics lecturer
at Virginia Tech for 20 years. Students in his class have reported that
he held the door to his classroom shut to give the students time to
escape through a window. He died when the gunman shot through the door
to gain entrance to the room. In the 1940's the students of Virginia
Tech answered the call to fight Nazi Germany and years later Professor
Librescu answered the call to protect the students of Virginia Tech.
In honor of the students and professors who died in this tragic event
and the sacrifices made by the Virginia Tech Corp of Cadets for our
country, Soldiers' Angels is giving $10,000.00 to the Virginia Tech Army
ROTC Alumni Endowment Fund. Soldiers' Angels challenges the nation to
double this amount by logging onto www.armyrotc.vt.edu or by
sending donations to Virginia Tech Army ROTC, Account # 872289, 226
Military Building, Blacksburg, VA 24061. The donation you make will help
the Virginia Tech Cadet Corp continue on so that it may live up to its
motto of "UT PROSIM" - That I may move Forward.
In the time honored tradition of civilian support of American soldiers,
Soldiers' Angels sponsors programs which provide support to American
soldiers and their families. Soldiers' Angels' programs include first
responder packs, support, and laptop computers to wounded soldiers who
are receiving treatment at American military hospitals; care packages,
letters, and support to deployed soldiers; armored blankets to military
ambulances; items shipped for deployed soldiers to give children in the
war zone; and memorial trees for the families of soldiers who have died
in the service of their country.
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If you would like more information about this topic or to schedule an
interview with Patti Patton-Bader, please call Don Mackay at
(615)676-0239
2 comments:
I am An Australian Soldiers Angel.
My heart goes out to that community and its people.May they rest in the arms of Angels, always have sunshine and a rainbow on their shouder,Thinking of them all t this sad time.Charlee Wagga Wagga
NSW Australia
Dang good work. I've said this so many times, but I never tire of saying it: "You guys do GREAT work!"
Now...forgive me, please, but I'm gonna get all pedantic on the writer of this release, since this is one of my hot buttons. Who wrote this release? Whoever it is, they need to go back to school, because it's NOT "corp of cadets," or "The Cadet Corp" it's CORPS .
As I said...please forgive me...
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