Dear Family and Friends,
As you may know, Jenny and I are hard at work training for the 34th Annual Marine Corps Marathon and 10K in Washington, D.C., October 25, 2009.
Our training and running will be special, however. We will be running with the TAPS Run and Remember Team in honor of a fallen hero Capt. Justin Peterson, who was one of our closest friends. Justin is survived by his wife and three children. Families like the Peterson’s all across our nation have the opportunity to take advantage of TAPS and its outstanding programs because of fundraisers such as the Run and Remember Team.
TAPS stands for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. TAPS is a wonderful and heartfelt national, non-profit veteran’s organization that reaches out to families and loved ones who have been impacted by a death of a loved one in the armed forces. The heart of TAPS is its national military survivor peer support network and its focus to help and support families, friends, and military personnel as they cope and recover.
TAPS does so much. TAPS covers every branch of the service, including the Reserves and the National Guard. TAPS’ programs and services are available not only for spouses and children, but also for parents, siblings, fiancées, and friends. TAPS offers a 24-hour crisis and information hotline, a quarterly magazine, newsletters, a website, compassionate peer support, including weekly chat lines, National and Regional Military Survivor Seminars, and also, the Good Grief Camps for the very youngest survivors… the children.
TAPS’ Survivor Seminars and Good Grief Camps give military survivors an opportunity to come together to share in a weekend of remembering, healing, and love.
Will you please sponsor us in the Marine Corps Marathon so that TAPS can continue its mission to support those who have been impacted by a death of a loved one in the armed forces? You can log onto our donation page(s) at the following address:
http://friendsoftaps.kintera.org/2009marinecorpsmarathon/ben_ringvelski
http://friendsoftaps.kintera.org/2009marinecorpsmarathon/jennifer_ringvelski
Running with the TAPS Run and Remember Team is a very special way of honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation, and in helping those whom they have left behind. May God bless you and the memories of our nation’s fallen heroes.
As you may know, Jenny and I are hard at work training for the 34th Annual Marine Corps Marathon and 10K in Washington, D.C., October 25, 2009.
Our training and running will be special, however. We will be running with the TAPS Run and Remember Team in honor of a fallen hero Capt. Justin Peterson, who was one of our closest friends. Justin is survived by his wife and three children. Families like the Peterson’s all across our nation have the opportunity to take advantage of TAPS and its outstanding programs because of fundraisers such as the Run and Remember Team.
TAPS stands for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. TAPS is a wonderful and heartfelt national, non-profit veteran’s organization that reaches out to families and loved ones who have been impacted by a death of a loved one in the armed forces. The heart of TAPS is its national military survivor peer support network and its focus to help and support families, friends, and military personnel as they cope and recover.
TAPS does so much. TAPS covers every branch of the service, including the Reserves and the National Guard. TAPS’ programs and services are available not only for spouses and children, but also for parents, siblings, fiancées, and friends. TAPS offers a 24-hour crisis and information hotline, a quarterly magazine, newsletters, a website, compassionate peer support, including weekly chat lines, National and Regional Military Survivor Seminars, and also, the Good Grief Camps for the very youngest survivors… the children.
TAPS’ Survivor Seminars and Good Grief Camps give military survivors an opportunity to come together to share in a weekend of remembering, healing, and love.
Will you please sponsor us in the Marine Corps Marathon so that TAPS can continue its mission to support those who have been impacted by a death of a loved one in the armed forces? You can log onto our donation page(s) at the following address:
http://friendsoftaps.kintera.org/2009marinecorpsmarathon/ben_ringvelski
http://friendsoftaps.kintera.org/2009marinecorpsmarathon/jennifer_ringvelski
Running with the TAPS Run and Remember Team is a very special way of honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation, and in helping those whom they have left behind. May God bless you and the memories of our nation’s fallen heroes.
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