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About 50 U.S. Navy recruits could not be home for the holidays (probably the first time for most of them) and Gold Star parents, Bob and Linda Stack have decided to do something about that.
They plan to get these sailors to Christian Liberty Academy around 9am and are requesting an escort followed with a flag line and greeting as they spend a day away from the barracks.
After they all get inside, there will be a brief welcoming from Bob Stack and Matter, and then we are free to mingle with them while we all enjoy coffee, donuts, and fruit. After that, they will be given phones to call home. If you can, stay for awhile and ask them what Christmas was like growing up. Each and everyone of them has a story they want to share with you. If you can stay for the luncheon, you are wanted and welcomed… just RSVP Bob Stack at 847-567-4318.
This will be a 2-part mission. You can greet the arriving escort at Christian Liberty with TimJim, do the escort from the oasis or hopefully, both!
FIRST PART:
There will be an escort from the SB Lake Forest Oasis. All are welcome 2, 3, or 4 wheels.
We will intercept the bus as they are driving down I-294. Staging for this part will be at 8:15am. We will depart when they drive past.
Staging Time: 8:15 AM
Staging Location: Lake Forest Oasis
Ride Brief: 8:30 AM
Departure: About 8:45 AM or when the busses pass
SECOND PART:
Tim Lorman will be handing out the flags for the flag line at Christian Liberty Academy. NOTE.... This year the Recruits will be entering the school on the west side on Ridge St. Remember that once the recruits are inside, we are also invited inside to talk and hang out with them.
Staging Time: 8:45 AM
Staging Location: Christian Liberty Academy, 502 W Euclid Ave Suite 203, Arlington Heights, IL
RCs:
Escort - Matter - 847-321-5278
Flagline - TimJim - Tim Lorman 630-621-6025
The recruits will be singing one of our favorite Christmas carols to their hosts at Christian Liberty Academy; That song is ANCHORS AWEIGH!
This will be our 12th year for this mission.
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The moon gives you light,
And the bugles and the drums give you music;
And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans,
My heart gives you love."
~Walt Whitman-Drum Taps & IMO Bob (GoArmy) Smith
Riding in Memory of JonD, Proud Parent (Deb), Mike, Irish, Kat, RCRON, Wheelmaster, Chicago Jim, Bob (GoARMY) Smith, Barto, Fitz, Wayne Tronsen, Amps, Wayne (SnakeHawk) Lutz, and my father, MSGT Leo Charlier USANG Red Arrow Division.
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