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  • Name of Event: Luke’s Wings “No Soldier Spends Christmas Alone”
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    Luke’s Wings “No Soldier Spends Christmas Alone”

    Special Guest interview tonight Fletcher Gill  - At Luke’s Wings, Fletcher runs the day-to-day operations, meets with the Board, and plays an active role in supporting our wounded warriors and veterans. Fletcher ran Luke’s Wings from its inception in January 2008 until January 2012 with a salary of only $1.00 per year. Professionally, Fletcher Gill is the Managing Partner at The Genau Group, a commercial real estate company providing tenant advisory and lease brokerage in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Prior to starting The Genau Group, Fletcher was the Vice President of Tenant Representation at Montview Realty Advisors. Prior to that, Fletcher was a Controls Assurance Specialist and business consultant with Deloitte and Touche LLP and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

     

    This holiday season, Luke’s Wings, an organization dedicated to “flying families and lifting spirits” is on a mission to reunite at least 500 heroes and their families with its annual No Soldier Spends Christmas Alone]” initiative. Since the campaign’s launch 10 years ago, Luke’s Wings has raised more than $3 million. This year, the non-profit is aiming to raise at least $175,000 and is currently at one-third of its flight goal – 177 flights – this holiday season. Luke’s Wings Founder Fletcher Gill and TBD (beneficiary) are joining “America’s Newsroom” to discuss why supporting U.S. veterans during recovery and rehabilitation is a critical undertaking and an essential need for the country’s warrior community.

    About Luke’s Wings
    Luke’s Wings serves as a vital resource for U.S. service members by providing complimentary airfare – to date, 12,000+ flights – to wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans, and their loved ones during recovery and rehabilitation. The organization ensures service members, and their families can be together for every surgery, emergency, birthday, holiday, or time of need. And this year especially, they are working to reunite injured service members who have been separated by the COVID-19 pandemic; some for more than 18 months.

  • Date: 2021-12-20 / 2021-12-20
  • Time: 7:00pm EST - 7:40pm EST
  • Event URL: https://www.instagram.com/marineocsblog/

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