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From Karen Kerry:
 
Our biggest need right now is getting the word out and having people come to Hill on Veterans Day at 6:30PM. It is a free event! The best place to go for information about the event is www.vetsatthehill.org.
 
I'll send along some PR information that you can pass along to friends, co-workers, friends on Facebook or friends from church. We are hoping to Fill Hill!
 
In this century of terrorist attacks, fleeing refugees, and aggressive international rivals, Michigan provides ten percent of the volunteers who serve in America’s armed forces. This Veteran’s Day, November 11, those who came home from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, will tell their stories on the stage of the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium. The Veterans Story-Hour will be punctuated by a spirited medley of patriotism and sacrifice performed by the University of Michigan Alumni Band and the Concordia University Choir. This is a free event, open to the public and stakeholders alike, to kick-off a year of fund-raising that will build a Fisher House in Michigan. This $8,000,000 gift, with donations solicited by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, will create a home-away-from-home for veterans undergoing medical treatment. We can all take pride in giving back to those who have given us so much and to prepare to support those who serve and protect our country now and in the future.
 
Our storytellers are :
  • Art Holst, WWll Vet in General Patton's Army, former NFL referee and professional public speaker 
  • Fletch, aka Robert Fletcher, Korean War POW for three years (the Observer featured July 2015) 
  • Brendan LeJeune, Marine- Fallujah and Iraq, graduate UofM 2012, Masters in War Studies for King's College London 2014 
  • Greta Krapohl- Greta L. Krapohl, PhD, RN 
    Lieutenant Colonel,  U. S. Army (Retired) 1986-2006
     
Hope to see you on Veterans Day! Ann Arbor Rotary North could create a page and fundraise for a Fisher House on CrowdRise- we did that for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor. Check out the website www.vetsatthehill.org.
 
Karen Kerry
Past President Rotary Club of Ann Arbor 2014-15
 
Click READ MORE for Service Above Self-Honoring our Veterans invitation and press release.