A Worthy Cause In Honor Of A Hero

One day last week my sister-in-law, Tami Boyett, debuted, through a blog site, http://www.wingsforourtroops.blogspot.com/, her new foundation that in the near future will assist Marines (and hopefully other branches of our military) to get a trip home to see their families before they are deployed to a war zone. If the Marine or their families cannot afford the tickets, “Wings For Our Troops – in loving memory of CPL Chad S. Wade” will pick up the tab.

As the dedication suggests, Tami and her husband started this foundation in memory of Tami’s son, Corporal Chad S. Wade, who made the ultimate sacrifice to his country on December 1, 2010. Chad was a proud Marine. So proud, in fact, that he deployed to Afghanistan with only nine months left in his enlistment. Being an only child he didn’t have to go. But he didn’t want his buddies to go to war without him.

I posted a blog about Chad and what an incredible young man he was on December 6th. It’s called “A Hero Died Last Week”. It was read by quite a few people, for which I am honored. However, last week I received permission from Tami to post it again on her http://www.wingsforourtroops.blogspot.com/ page, in honor of Chad. I wanted even more people to read about this remarkable man, this hero, who served his country proudly and gave his all. Within just a couple days of posting it, it quickly moved up to be the most read post on my blog page. I am extremely proud of that fact and happy that people are not only reading about Chad but more importantly, they are learning about the “Wings For Our Troops” foundation and many are asking what they can do to help.

I would ask that if you have the time you visit http://www.wingsforourtroops.blogspot.com/, and learn about this really wonderful new foundation. See what you can do to help if you’ve a mind to. They will need help from all sources to get it off the ground. And if you haven’t read my blog about Chad, http://accordingtoglen.blogspot.com/2010/12/hero-died-last-week.html, stop by and check it out. I’m sure you will be as impressed with him as I am.

God bless you all and God bless and protect our troops.