Operation Helping Hand Newsletter & Dinner Announcement Thursday, 17 July 2014 at 6:00 PM ***PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF THIS DINNER*** Operation Helping Hand Website - Click Here We invite you to view our video on the website Our address: 5022 Barrowe Dr. Tampa, FL 33624 If you have any questions, please contact me: Bob Silah, Captain USN (Retired) Chairman, Operation Helping Hand ophh2011@gmail Since 2004, Operation Helping Hand has extended all necessary efforts to assist and support over 950 military wounded/injured being treated at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, and many of their visiting families. Weve been blessed with very generous donations from so many generous individuals, organizations, corporations, etc. We are indeed fortunate to have outstanding volunteers and the required support over the past 10 years, and we will continue our mission as long as we are needed. It is important to mention that our main purpose in having our monthly dinners is to let the active duty patients and their families know that we recognize, honor, support, and thank them for their sacrifices and for what they have done for us. We have expanded our mission to include assistance and support to all poly trauma patients, both those presently in the VA Hospital and those out patients that are residing outside of the Hospital and still undergoing Hospital treatments, whether they are still on active duty OR are discharged or retired. As long as they have served OIF or OEF (meaning they have served in Iraq or Afghanistan), Operation Helping Hand will help them in any way possible. Bob Silah, Chairman Operation Helping Hand Its time for our July 2014 dinner, honoring our wounded and the injured troops being treated at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, and their families. IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE FOR OUR JULY OPERATION HELPING HAND DINNER: Gibbons Alumni Center in USF Directions to the Gibbons Alumni Center Take Fowler Avenue to USF entrance (2ND STOP LIGHT FROM BRUCE B. DOWNS BLVD.) Turn onto Leroy Collins Boulevard Turn right onto Alumni Drive Gibbons Alumni Center is on the right, next to the Lifsey House Please see the map below: We Appreciate Our Sponsors! We are indeed fortunate to have so many sponsors committed to underwrite our monthly dinners and we humbly thank them. Weve had a number of inquiries as to these sponsorships. With our large number of dinner attendees, all of our sponsors deserve our gratitude, and where possible, our patronage. A special thanks to our sponsors. We could not have these dinners without your financial support. Sponsor for This Dinner BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON (BAH) CORPORATION BAH is a provider of management, engineering, and technology consulting services to the US Government in defense and many other fields. BAH also works closely with major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. Caterer for This Dinner ARAMARK CORPORATION - USF Dining Aramark is delighted to have been the food service provider for the University of South Florida for over 10 years. Offering over 25 dining locations and a full service catering team, USF Dining Services has something to offer anyone on campus or in the surrounding communities. Mrs. Paula Faloon is the Director of Catering for the campus and as such oversees over 10,000 events a year. Desserts Provided By: Mikes Pies & Blue Bell Ice Cream If you care to bring an additional dessert to share other than pies, it would be most appreciated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: All of our wounded/injured patients attending and their families will receive a gift bag and a bouquet of flowers as part of our appreciation. Gift Bags stocked and assembled by Ms. Kathy Silah Flowers provided by Island Flowers; Mario Gutierrez, Major, USAF (Ret), Owner. Music provided by Bob Moore ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES: 1) Our dinner announcement list continues to grow, and we are averaging approximately 250-300 attendees at each dinner. Please plan to come early, enjoy the evening, and meet our wounded/injured heroes and their families. AND PLEASE REMEMBER....OUR DINNERS ARE NOT THE PLACE TO NETWORK OR PUSH YOUR PRODUCTS OR BUSINESS SERVICES. 2) A special request: On arrival, it would be most appreciated if you would be seated as soon as possible rather than congregating in the entry area. Congestion in the entry area has caused serving problems, and delay in getting the evenings program started. Your cooperation would be most appreciated! 3) Please realize that this dinner is not intended for your personal socializing. Your efforts in this regard would be most appreciated. 4) If you are receiving these announcements, have a comment or email change, or would rather be removed from our mailing list, please let us know. 5) This announcement is not for publication in daily and weekly newspapers. However, it may be published in daily command military emails or bulletins. 6) There is NO COST for dinner attendees, and NO RSVP is required unless you plan to bring a group of four or more. If this is the case, please let us know. Operation Helping Hand | 5022 Barrowe Dr. | Tampa | FL | 33624
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