AaSP: Providing Remarkable Service To Those Serving Us

Program:
by George Sherman

On Friday, September 6, the Park Ridge Rotary Club was happy to welcome back Mr. Alan Krutchkoff, founder and CEO of Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon, Inc. Since first visiting with us three years ago, the organization has grown significantly, sending care packages to deployed military units wherever and whenever the need may arise.

Started in 2003, this special group of volunteers has worked tirelessly to improve the morale of soldiers in service to our country by regularly supplying them with DVDs, books, food, snacks, personal care items, sports equipment and much more. All this is done with great efficiency as over 95 cents of every dollar raised is used to support our military men and women who sacrifice so much to keep us safe and secure.

On October 10, AaSP will be holding its biggest fund-raiser to date – A Salute to American Heroes – a gala being held in Belleville with all proceeds going to Operation Compact Care for the benefit of wounded veterans at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

This space is far too limited to describe all the good work being done by AaSP. The reader is encouraged to read the speech given by Congressman Steven Rothman in this Sept. 19, 2007 issue of the Congressional Record: http://www.adoptasoldierplatoon.org/images/Adopt-A-Soldier.pdf.

Additional information can be found at the comprehensive AaSP website - http://adoptasoldierplatoon.org/home.html or by visiting their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adopt-a-Soldier-Platoon/101333404629