"A Piece Of My Heart" by Shirley Lauro

This is a powerful, true drama of six women who went to Vietnam, five nurses and a country western singer booked by an unscrupulous agent to entertain the troops. The play portrays each young woman before. during and after her tour in the war torn jungle and ends as each leaves a personal token at The Wall in Washington. 

For more information on the November 2011 performance dates in Clayton, Missouri, please see http://placeseveryone.org/index.php?page=33 

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The Travis Manion Foundation

The Travis Manion Foundation is dedicated to honoring the fallen by challenging the living. As part of our mission to honor the fallen, we’d like to honor your loved one by having a wounded or disabled veteran serve a Fellowship through The Mission Continues program in his or her name.

There is no cost to you. We’d simply like to honor your loved one and challenge a returning veteran to keep your Fallen Hero’s spirit alive through community service.

As a Family of the Fallen we strive to offer your family: A way for you to honor your loved one. A community for Families of the Fallen & the service of your loved one. The chance to provide the Fellow with a stronger sense of what they are accomplishing by carrying on your loved one’s name and spirit. A stronger connection between veterans and community.

We hope you decide to join our program. If you do, please provide photos and a short biography about your Fallen Hero with the enclosed sheet.

In return you will receive photos and a short biography about your Fellow along with impact statements generated during his or her service. At the conclusion of the Fellowship (normally 16 weeks) we ask that the Family of the Fallen submits a letter of reflection about the Fellowship experience. This not only helps us with our program but also helps the Fellow by showing them the impact they have made on your family while continuing their own service and strengthening their community.
If you are interested in being a part of our Fellowship Program please fill out the enclosed information on the second page and send us back your signed copy.

Thank you again for your sacrifice and service.

Families of the Fallen Participation

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"What Freedom Means To Me"

I was given a hero bracelet in the fifth grade. It has the name of a fallen soldier on it, Corporal Keith V. Nepsa of New Philadelphia, Ohio. I had the freedom of choosing the color of my hero bracelet. I chose purple to remind me of the purple heart he received for serving our country. I am now in the sixth grade and wear my bracelet to remind me of my freedom.

My bracelet means freedom. It has been bent and scratched from being caught on the little league baseball fence . It has had blood on it after I wrecked my bicycle and dirt from playing in the woods behind my house. I've cleaned cookie dough off it after baking in the kitchen with my mother. I sleep peacefully with it on. I learn at school with it on. I worship Jesus Christ with it on. I see the bracelet on my wrist and am reminded that I am so fortunate to live in The United States of America. I love my freedom! Freedom means so much to me, for without it I would not be able to wear my hero bracelet.

Like my bracelet, the cost of freedom gets bent and scratched, dirty and sometimes even bloody. Once I visited Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. where I saw row after row of tombstones representing soldiers who had to die to keep this great country free. This is when I realized that Freedom is not free!

Written 12/1/2008 by Drew Gooding, Sixth Grade, Welty Middle School, New Philadelphia Elks Lodge

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Bumper stickers are $5.00 each, Profits go to support goldstarfathers.com web-site, and projects to encourage families of the fallen to memorialize their son or daughter that died while in the service of America.

Please send the number of bumper stickers wanted with the appropriate amount for each, with your return address.

Send your request to;

Bumper Sticker
c/o Gold Star Fathers
1065 Flatwoods Lane
Paris, Tennessee 38242

Checks accepted. Make checks payable to Stephen R. Blackwell Sr. In memo note bumper stickers.

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