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Marine’s Quest to give Page 5 Coast Guard Responds Page 21 Coast Guard Responds Page 21 Holiday For Giving Page 12 Holiday For Giving Page 12 A Blue Knight’s Pledge Page 11 A Blue Knight’s Pledge Page 11 COPS Helping COPS Page 9 COPS Helping COPS Page 9 ISSUE NO. 1 WINTER 2013 FREE www.rewardsforheroes.com Great Member Savings and Vacation-Getaway-Incentives Marine’s Quest to give Page 5
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Page 1: Rewards For Heroes 2013 Winter Issue

Marine’s Quest to givePage 5

Coast GuardRespondsPage 21

Coast Guard RespondsPage 21

Holiday For GivingPage 12

Holiday For Giving Page 12

A Blue Knight’sPledgePage 11

A Blue Knight’sPledgePage 11

COPS Helping COPSPage 9

COPS Helping COPSPage 9

ISSUE NO. 1 WINTER 2013 FREE www.rewardsforheroes.com

Great Member Savings and Vacation-Getaway-Incentives

Marine’s Quest to givePage 5

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For many years Rewards for Heroes has provided our Servicemen & Women with amazing discounts through our website and concierge ser-vice with great success. We’ve had so many great businesses come on board and show their appreciation for our Local Heroes by honoring them with discounts through our program and we cannot thank them enough for their generosity. With over 5 million members throughout the Nation we work hard to ensure that our members receive the very best in service no matter what services they are looking for. Our Members are the brave men & women that serve our communities and they are from all Branches of Military, Police Personnel and Fire & Rescue and through our program we have been able to deliver outstanding discounts on Travel, Restaurants, Attractions, Home Improvement, Auto Repair, Lawn Care Services, Child Care, Shopping and much more.

With a recent feature on Local Fox35 we’ve received an out-pouring of community thanks and an increase in our membership in the Central Florida area and that got us thinking about what more we can do in Central Florida, an area we appreciate so much, especially since our Corporate Headquarters is located here. So we are excited to announce the launch of our first ever FREE Monthly Magazine focusing on infor-mation, discounts & savings for our Local Heroes and their families. Our free magazine will feature informative articles to go along with the great discounts we’ve been offering for years on our website, but now in print

and in an exciting new way. We will still continue to feature even more discounts and savings on our exclusive web-site, as well as through our concierge service that is available to our members and their families so please continue to visit our website, just be sure to be on the lookout for our many fine locations where our magazine will be available free.

If you are a member and would like to share your story or if you’re a business that would like to get involved, send us an email and let’s work together on giving back to the brave men & women of our community, the men & women we all call heroes. Thank you Central Florida for showing your support, we appreciate it and know our local heroes do too.

Table Of ContentsMarine’s Quest To Give 4Cops Helping Cops 7Blue Knights 11Holiday Giving 12Coast Guard Responds 21

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Letter From Editor

Rewards for Heroes is a monthly magazine published by United in Uniform, 8815 Conroy-Windermere Rd, Orlando FL 32835 Copyright ©2013 All Rights Reserved No portion of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without prior express written permission from United in Uniform Winter 2013 Statements or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the publisher, United in Uniform.

Editor/Creative Director - Joanna JacksonEditor/Art Director - Greg Segovia Bastin

Cover Design - Greg Segovia BastinDirector of Member Services - Terry Harris

Director of Marketing/Sales - Alex Cleverley

Rewards For Heroes8815 Conroy-Windermere Rd,Orlando, Florida 32835www.rewardsforheroes.com PHONE - 888-234-1134EMAIL - [email protected]

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Toys for tots Began in 1947, when Major Bill Hen-dricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. The idea came form Bill’s wife, Di-ane.

In the fall of 1947, Diane crafted a homemade doll and asked Bill to deliver the doll to an organization, which would give it to a needy child at Christmas. When Bill determined that no agency existed, Diane told Bill that he should start one.

He did. The 1947 pilot project was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign. That year,

Marine Corps Reserve units across the nation con-ducted Toys for Tots campaigns in each community in which a Marine Reserve Center was located. Marines have conducted successful nationwide campaigns at Christmas each year since 1948.

The initial objective that remains the hallmark of the program today is to “bring the joy of Christmas to America’s needy children”. Bill Hendricks, a Marine Reservist on weekends, was in civilian life, the Direc-tor of Public Relations for Warner Brothers Studio.

This enabled him to convince a vast array of celebri-ties to support Toys for Tots.

Story By Greg Bastin

Marines representing Marine Security Guard Battalion, based in Quantico, Va., stand in front of toys col-lected by State Department members, Dec. 20 at the Harry S. Truman Building, in Washington. From left are Sgt. Kevin D. Prindable of Granite City, Ill.; Cpl. Bryson M. Jones of Washington Court House, Ohio, and Cpl. Ella J. Asuncion of St. Paul, Minn. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Dunn.

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In 1948, Walt Disney designed the Toys for Tots logo, which we use today. Disney also designed the first Toys for Tots poster used to promote the nationwide program. Nat “King” Cole, Peggy Lee and Vic Da-mone recorded the Toys for Tots theme composed by Sammy Fain and Paul Webster in 1956.

Bob Hope, John Wayne, Doris Day, Lorrie Morgan, Tim Allen, Kenny Rogers and Billy Ray Cyrus are but a few of the long list of celebrities who have giv-en their time and talent to promote Toys for Tots.

From 1947 through 1979, Marines collected and dis-tributed new and used toys. On Reserve drill week-ends during October, November and December, Re-serve Marines refurbished the used toys.

From Christmas 1980 through the present, Marines have collected and distributed only new toys. Three factors dictated this change. First, the Secretary of Defense’s Total Force Program, introduced in the 1970’s, assigned Reserves a greater role in America’s defense posture.

Second, public awareness of the health and safety aspects of toys that developed during the ‘70s made distribution of used toys legally inadvisable. Third, distributing “hand me down” toys does not send the message Marines want to send to needy children. The goal is to deliver a message of hope, which will assist in building self-esteem and, in turn, motivate less fortunate children to grow into responsible, pro-ductive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. A

shiny new toy is the best means of accomplishing this goal.

In the late 1980s, the Marine Corps determined that a non-profit charity was needed as an integral part of the overall national Toys for Tots program. Based on this need, the Secretary of Defense, in August 1991, authorized the Marine Corps to recognize and work with a charity committed to supporting Toys for Tots.

Based on this approval, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation became an operational organization in September 1991 and has been the fundraising and support organization for the U. S. Marine Corps Re-serve Toys for Tots Program since that date.

First Lady Michele Obama has been Toys for Tots number one supporter and volunteer since 2009 through mass media events, by conducting toy drives in the White House, and by volunteering to assist with the sorting of toys at local campaign warehouse sites in the Washington DC area.

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Hurricane Sandy, a monster storm, struck the north-east with powerful winds during a convergence of high tides, creating a huge storm surge. An 11 foot wall of water slammed ashore along the New Jersey shoreline and into New York City.

Thousands were forced, by flooding, from their homes. Left without power, heat, food or water and desperately in need of help, the local first responders and emergency personnel were overwhelmed deal-ing with the situation on their hands.

Rescue and recovery was needed immediately. The Florida State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police Disaster Response Team, led by State President Jim Preston, from District 3, was mobilized.

Four FOP disaster trailers (Districts 2, 3, 6 & 7) loaded with equipment and supplies, and a team of eleven FOP volunteer members, headed north, on Nov. 2nd, to the Jersey Shore towns of Beach Haven and Long Beach Island Township to help the local New Jersey FOP police officers.

Our brothers and sisters in New Jersey needed back-up. They needed to know their families and homes were being taken care of while they protected their communities.

Our team arrived late at night, and was met, by the New Jersey FOP, at the island’s bridge check point. The island community had been evacuated and was eerily quiet. Only first responders were on the island. In the dark, we were taken to an old Coast Guard station which was the Emergency Operations Center in Beach Haven. We were given a meal and make-shift housing. The Washington D.C Metro Lodge was on scene, with their mobile kitchen, working to feed the rescuers.

Our team, in sleeping bags on mattresses, got a few hours rest before the light of day revealed the extent of the damage around us. After dawn, we met some of the local cops as they headed out to relieve the night shift.

Cops helping Cops

Story By Jim Preston, State PresidentFraternal Order of Police, Florida

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FOP lends hand during Hurricane SandyNew Jersey and Flori-da FOPs joined togeth-er to help in the re-cent Hurricane Sandy relief. Many police of-ficers were located to hard hit areas of the east Atlantic coast-line. The Washington D.C Metro Lodge was on scene, with their mobile kitchen, work-ing to feed the res-cuers, voluteers and evacuees along the New York, New Jersey cost.

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Prior to leaving the island, local restaurants had dropped off food at our location rather than let it spoil without refrigeration. Before beginning work, breakfast was served to everyone, public works, sanitation, heavy equipment crews and public safety workers.

Unlike Florida hurricane wind damage, these homes had been flooded by the storm surge. Foun-dations were washed away and sand from the beaches washed inland. Two to three feet of sand now covered the streets and home sites. The water had receded back into the ocean on one side and the bay on the other.

We met a Beach Haven Sergeant at his small home. His wife and two children had gone to stay with relatives. All of their possessions had been soaked by the sea water.

New Jersey cops from around the state joined us in our work. The 100 year old tradition of the Fra-ternal Order of Police, cops help-ing cops was never better.

No power, no running water or heat made conditions at the EOC difficult, but the camaraderie around the burn barrel was great between FOP members from Jer-sey, Florida, D.C., and Louisiana.

The Fraternal Order of Police is an organization of over 330,000 law enforcement officers, across our nation, who works together every day.

Those FOP members who went to New Jersey were Mark DeHart and Blake Beyer from Robert E. Lister Memorial Lodge 66 Charlotte County, Bobby Jenkins, District 6 Director, Kevin Carlucci, District 7 Director, William Lawless, Presi-dent Pasco Lodge 29, Rich Wil-liams and Steven Madden, Lodge 29, Jaye Master, Dan Farrell, Lodge 3100, Brian Wheeler, Or-ange County Corrections Lodge 86 and Jim Preston, Lodge 27/ Florida State President.

Submitted by: Lynn DombrowskySecretary, District 3

Everyone,

As Chairman of the National FOP Disaster Relief Com-mittee, we have approved and sent relief checks to 66 brothers and sisters in New York and New Jersey so far in addition to the relief we sent earlier this year to 42 mem-bers in Louisiana and Missis-sippi following flooding there. We have spent over $64,000 so far from the Grand Lodge Disaster Relief Fund to aid our members together with the Florida, Louisiana and Wash-ington, D.C. teams that went to the disaster to offer assis-tance.

Members submit a request to the Grand Lodge following a disaster and we send help. The Grand Lodge Disaster Relief Foundation was estab-lished to help our members at times they need us. Please encourage your mem-bers to make donations to the Grand Lodge at www.fop.net to help replenish the fund so we can continue our mis-sion.

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It can be a difficult time for a homeless family or child during the Christmas season. Many organizations and charities groups in Florida will hold fundraiser events throughout the year to buy gifts for needy families and children at Christmas time.

One such group consist of veterans, friends, busi-ness owners and city officials in St. Cloud, Florida that will volunteer their time for Donna Ward, owner of the St. Cloud Hotel’s Hideout. Donna has been helping needy children at Sunnyside Villas Childrens Home in St. Cloud for nearly 25 years.

“Bring the communities together and closer to help out others has always been my goal,” said Donna.

The gift of giving began for Donna when her mother Katherine Kralik started the childrens home with the help of the State Of Florida and becoming the direc-tor.

At that time a need to safe-house homeless children in Florida was growing and some youngsters without parents could be found on the near by coastlines of Cocoa Beach or living in shacks on the inland.

According to the 2011 Annual Report from the Coun-cil on Homelessness, a Division of the Florida De-partment of Children and Families, on a daily aver-age nearly 60,000 Floridians live on the street or stay in emergency shelters. Florida has the third largest population of homeless persons of any state in the na-tion. Not included in the above figure are over 49,000 school-aged children who were identified by the public school districts as being homeless during the 2009-2010 school year.

Donna had learned from the efforts and commitments made by her mother who at that time was honored from the state of Florida.

Riding the road for the kids

Story By Greg Bastin

Donna Ward brings smiles to children in Florida

Owner of the St. Cloud Hotel’s Hide-out and motorcycliest Donna Ward carries on a tradition of giv-ing from her mother that she helped in St. Cloud, Florida. Donna, friends and volunteers hold events through-out the year to bring Christmas joy to the children’s home her mother help create.

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Her mother’s merits and achievements to help com-munities such as St. Cloud with the growing home-lessness of children have also been honored by other organizations and churches in the St. Cloud area have joined in to help in the community.

“When my mother started Sunnyside Villas Child-rens Home, I can remember hosting many fund rais-ing events to keep the children safe, warm, fed and clothed,” said Donna. “And to make those special holidays a lot happier for them.”

After her mother’s death, Donna took care of the children at Sunnyside Villas. She gathered up help from her rider friends and families, with organized motorcycle Poker Runs, hosting motorcycle shows and working with local businesses in donation ef-forts. Recently she and the riders raised money by hosting a bike run “Home For Christmas” this event puts the feeling of Christmas back to the youngsters.

“We take all proceeds we get and give each child a wonderful Christmas, just as my mother did before me,” said Donna.

She and her family of friends also helps the children by providing backpacks filled with school supplies, in 2011 they were able to give over 50 backpacks and supplies.

“My mother told me before her death to keep this going, I made that promise to myself, for her and the children,” explained Donna.

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Throughout our nation’s history, 25 Medal of Honor recipients have been accredited to Florida. Florida Medal of Honor Recipients:

Private Adam PaineU.S. ArmyIndian Wars

Captain Charles Albert VarnumU.S. ArmyIndian Wars

Sergeant Clarence M. CondonU.S. ArmyPhilippine War

Chief Machinist’s Mate Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr.U.S. NavyWorld War I

Lieutenant Commander William Merrill Corry Jr.U.S. NavyWorld War I

Second Lieutenant Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr.U.S. ArmyWorld War II

Private James Henry MillsU.S. ArmyWorld War II

Commander David McCampbellU.S. NavyWorld War II

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The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government.

Major Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr.U.S. Army Air CorpsWorld War II

Private Robert Miller McTureous Jr.U.S. Marine CorpsWorld War II

First Lieutenant Baldomero LopezU.S. Marine CorpsKorean War

Private First Class Emory L. BennettU.S. ArmyKorean War

Hospital Corpsman Third Class Robert R. IngramU.S. NavyVietnam War

Corporal Larry Eugene SmedleyU.S. Marine CorpsVietnam War

Staff Sergeant Clifford Chester SimsU.S. ArmyVietnam War

Specialist Fourth Class Nicholas J. CutinhaU.S. Army -Vietnam War

Lieutenant Junior Grade Clyde Everett LassenU.S. Navy - Vietnam War

Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins Jr.U.S. Marine CorpsVietnam War

Staff Sergeant Hammett L. Bowen Jr.U.S. ArmyVietnam War

Private First Class Bruce Wayne CarterU.S. Marine CorpsVietnam War

Lieutenant Thomas Rolland NorrisU.S. NavyVietnam War

Sergeant First Class Paul R. SmithU.S. ArmyIraq

Staff Sergeant Robert J. MillerU.S. ArmyAfghanista

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The Coast Guard has a proud tradition of preserving life in even the most adverse conditions and stood ready to continue that tradition in the wake of Sandy.

Previous to Sandy’s landfall, the Coast Guard pre-positioned resources to better ensure the ser-vice’s ability to support search and rescue opera-tions immediately following the storm. This care-ful planning and preparation paid off, as the Coast Guard’s help was needed before Sandy even made landfall when the HMS Bounty began sink-ing in the Atlantic Ocean with 16 souls aboard.

While the dramatic rescueaboard Bounty has cap-tured the nation’s attention, Coast Guard helicopter crews were also busy responding to multiple requests to rescue people who were trapped in their homes in the wake of the storm. Coast Guard aircrews were sent from both air stations Atlantic City and Cape Cod to provide search and rescue response.

In just one of these recues, three people – trapped in their home from the extreme high tides – were saved by a MH-65T Dolphin aircrew. As the three people

were taken to area hospitals in the safety of a Coast Guard helicopter, another crew assisted New York Police marine units with nine people in distress.

The response is bigger than any one state or any one agency, and the Coast Guard is also coordinating with partners to assess damage in ports and waterways. Maritime transportation system recovery units are in place to coordinate the reopening and survey of lo-cal waterways and facilities. Coast Guard crews in conjunction with the Army Corps of Engineers, local harbor pilots and state and local authorities are work-ing to inspect shore-side facilities for damage.

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A MH-65T Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City rescues three people stranded in their homes in New York boroughs that were impact-ed by Hurricane Sandy, Oct 30, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Atlantic City.

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