Local America Supports You Homefront Group Meets with President Bush at the White House President Thanks Groups for Their Support of Troops and Families WASHINGTON— February 28, 2007 - The executive director of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes was one of 10 America Supports You Homefront groups invited by President George W. Bush to a private meeting at the White House today to discuss the importance of his work, and to thank him for his organization’s support of the military at home and abroad.
Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes is a nation-wide organization that helps severely wounded veterans and their families rebuild their lives by providing services such as direct financial aid, private housing to families while their loved one is recuperating at a medical center, career transition assistance and more. The group also hosts an annual “Road to Recovery” conference in Disneyworld. As of January 2007, Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes had assisted between 3,200 and 3,300 service members and their families.
“There are some remarkable acts of kindness by people who have taken it upon
themselves to serve their country by helping a neighbor in need,” said President Bush of the groups’ work. “Whether it be helping the chaplains help kids, or whether it be helping a family of the injured, whether it be working at Walter Reed or supporting troops getting ready to go into combat, these good men and women really represent the very best of America…I'm proud to be the President of a country with so many decent citizens.”
“I ask my fellow citizens to support our troops and their families. There are all kinds of ways you can find out how to do so,” President Bush added. “AmericaSupportsYou.mil, for example, is a Web site that if you really do want to participate like these citizens have, that you can find a way to contribute your time or your money, your talents, to really send a message that America supports these brave volunteers who are out defending their country in the war on terror.”
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