volume 1, number 7 Thursday, March 12, 2009|
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From the Gazeebo...
THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE WARRIORS' WATCH RIDERS As Spring approaches, our ride calendars are filling up fast. For the bikers, there will be fun rides, support rides, bike shows and rallies. DON'T FORGET OUR WARRIORS when planning your Spring and Summer activities. Many of our Welcome Home escorts are short notice, as you know, and that requires a degree of flexibility on our parts. Our work as Troop Support volunteers is vitally important. We are educating the nation with our activities, bringing attention to the love, honor and respect that we have for our troops, their families, our first responders and our veterans. In terms of how the public views our warriors, we are CHANGING THE CULTURE - ONE SOLDER AT A TIME.
COMING UP! The bike show in the Chicago area was a tremendous success, as we reported in a past newsletter. Over 200 new WWR members were signed up on the spot! Now we have a similar show coming up in Oaks, Pa. The Warriors' Watch Riders will be partnering up with the Freinds of the Forgotten, interfacing with the biking public and letting them know who we are and what we do. THANK YOU, Friends of the Forgotten, for your partnership with WWR! Here is the link to the Sanctioned Events mission forum: SOUTHEASET PENNSYLVANIA: BIKE SHOW at OAKS 3/14-15/09
SPREADING THE WORD! The Warriors' Watch Riders will be featured in an article in the April Issue of East Coast Biker Magazine. For those of you outside of the distribution area, the magazine is available on-line in the same form that you see in print, at this link:
WWR STORE For the first time since the inception of the WWR "Store," every item that we offer is now in stock all at the same time. 11-inch WWR back patches, 4-inch vest patches, 2-inch Beret Flash patches, flag covers, WWR Honor Coins, American Colors WWR Embroidered hats, WWR embroiderd biker-style do-rags, pins - everything. There are also several items that come directly to you from the supplier, via arrangements between those suppliers and the WWR to offer you individual items at bulk prices. Windshield banners, embroidered shirts, coin holder bezels, nametag patches, WWR Flags and banners, and more! All of this is available at the WWR store at this link. Remember, no one makes any profit from the WWR store. We charge only enough to purchase the items in bulk from the manufacturers and pay for shipping and shipping materials and supplies and PayPal fees. The purpose of the WWR store is to provide you with a source of items with which to proudly display your affiliation with the Warriors' Watch Riders, not to make a profit. The WWR has no money of its own, we do NO fundraising and we do NOT accept donations. We proudly do what we do on our own time and at our own expense.
MISSION PLANNING - WEEK OF THURSDAY, MARCH 11 THROUGH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 WISCONSIN/NORTHERN ILLINOIS: WELCOME HOME, THURSDAY, MARCH 12
********** SHORT NOTICE! **********
WI/IL 03/12 Thurs MKE 'WH' MWD Alan Thursday, 03/12/09 General Mitchell Int'l Airport (MKE) 5300 S. Howell Ave Milwaukee, WI 53207-6156 Staging: 2:00 PM (tentative) STAGING LOCATION UPDATE PARKING: Use parking structure. Due to arriving Int'l flight at IAB (Int'l Arrivals Bldg) we are not able to stage in parking area. Meet inside @ Concourse C (North side) Airport arrival "Welcome Home", will NOT include an escort. Watch thread for updates. RC WI: Denise Dietsche
CONFIRMED: FOLLOW THIS MISSION LINK FOR UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN ILLINOIS: THURSDAY, MARCH 12 WWR, we have been invited by the family to Welcome Home Spc Jason Parsons, US ARMY - medic 1 tour wounded in Iraq. US Army SPC Jason Parsons, 31 years old is returning from his 1st tour in Iraq. He was a medic and survived several IED explosions while treating wounded soldiers. In one of the explosions Jason suffered back injuries and is now being Honorably Discharged under medical conditions. Please come out and Welcome Home this American Hero.
CONFIRMED: FOLLOW THIS FORUM LINK FOR UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN ILLINOIS: FRIDAY, MARCH 13
The WWR has been invited to welcome home Naval officer Keven Haggerty. CONFIRMED: FOLLOW THIS FORUM LINK FOR UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------
WE'RE GETTING BUSY! Below are the links to upcoming CONFIRMED missons beyond next Thursday. These links will take you directly to the misison planning forum for that ride: NEW JERSEY:Heroes History is Acknowledged McGuire AFB 3/22 NEW JERSEY: 4/3 VISIT WITH THE VETS @ VA HOME DELAWARE:WELCOME HOME LCPL JOSHUA REMMELL,USMC 3/21 SOUTHEASE PENNSYLVANIA: Welcome Home Spec. Timothy Russell 3/22/09 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: :Welcome Home SGT COX & CPL HAGMEIER 3/26/09 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: Welcome Home LCpl Holdsworth, LCpl Green 3/18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS: WELCOME HOME LCpl RYAN McMAHON 4/10 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: WASHINGTON'S CROSSING ON MEMORIAL DAY 5/25 NORTHERN ILLINOIS :Mokena Lions Bike Raffle and Poker Run 9/19/09 SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA - Welcome Home SPC Andrew Lebold, 3/17/09 WISCONSIN :MKE ~WH USMC LCpl Erick Hoefakker 3/19 NORTHERN ILLINOIS: WELCOME HOME LCPL JAMES RIECHERS 3/18/09 In addition to the CONFIRMED MISSIONS above, following are upcoming SANCTIONED EVENTS: SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: Regions:WARRIORS' WATCH REGIONAL BIRTHDAY BBQ CENTRAL/EAST PENNSYLVANIA: Annual Memorial Soldiers of the Law Ride 4/25 NORTHERN ILLINOIS:FISHER HOUSE BENEFIT RIDE 8/09 NEW JERSEY: VIETNAM Traveling WALL CHERRY HILL NJ 4/16-19/09 WASHINGTON DC: Viet Nam Traveling Wall Rig Dedication 3/26/09 DELAWARE: FALLEN LEO RIDE - EDUCATION FUND 4/26/09 All of the above threads can be viewed even if you are not registered on the fourms. However, if you have NOT YET REGISTERED ON THE FORUMS, PLEASE DO SO NOW to ensure that you do not miss any of the excitement, planning and discussion of this upcoming activity! Click on this link and register on the forums now! Until then: MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS, THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO DO, HAVE, OR WILL DEFEND HER, AT HOME AND ABROAD. - LUTZ
*This newsletter is named "The Weekly Ride" or "The Ride", for short, in memory of and to honor Sgt. Jennifer Hartman, U.S. Army. Sgt. Hartman was killed in Iraq by America's enemies. She died in defense of our freedom at the age of 20. This quote from Jennifer was read at her graveside: |
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