“Support the troops with more than lip service”
NEWS from SFTT Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 7, 2008
Contact: Maura Kallaway at 203--629-0288
Betty Cordellos at 203-656-0207; cell tel: 203-820-4691
To our friends in the media: Please plan to join us, and send your camera crew, for the public ceremony at the Greenwich Post Office and stay for the 6:30 B.E.S.T. benefit event at Richards. We welcome your attendance and will be happy to facilitate interviews and photo opportunities with attendees, special guests and honorees for your local and community news coverage as well as living/society stories and features. – Betty Cordellos
MAY 9, 2008 PROCLAIMED COL. DAVID HACKWORTH DAY
BY THE TOWN OF GREENWICH AND THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
Public Ceremony Scheduled on May 9, 2008
6PM – 6:15 PM at the War Memorial in front of the Greenwich Post Office, Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT
-Greenwich’s Silver Shield Honor Guard - led by pipes and drums - will march to the War Memorial in front of the Post Office to pay their respects.
-First Selectman Peter Tesei will read his Proclamation
-Hack’s friends Catherine Crier and Geraldo Rivera will say a few words about the SFTT (Hack’s legacy foundation) objective: protecting America’s frontline troops before they go into battle by making sure they have the best available critical combat gear to meet their assigned missions and make it home alive and in one piece.
-Hack’s grandson will lay a wreath (donated by Colony Florist) at the foot of the War Memorial
-The David Hackworth Day tribute will end with a pipe and drum walk down the Avenue to Richards of Greenwich where Eilhys England Hackworth and Scott Mitchell will be co-hosting the SFTT B.E.S.T. (best available equipment in support of the troops) benefit cocktail reception and auction immediately following the outdoor ceremonies at 6:30PM.
See www.sftt.org for information.
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ABOUT SFTT Foundation
SFTT’s unique educational and advocacy mission is to see that the Pentagon and our elected leaders in Washington get the right equipment, training and leadership for our US troops by giving a public voice to and providing a candid forum for America’s front-line forces. SFTT was founded by Col. David Hackworth and Eilhys England Hackworth to educate our country's citizens on the need to give a voice to our serving sons and daughters and to demand that they receive: Equipment superior to the best an enemy can employ against them; Training that fully prepares them to succeed in all assigned missions; Leadership dedicated to selfless service and the timeless values of duty, honor, and country. Through news breaking reporting from the foundation’s Defense Watch webzine and its INTEL CENTER, which is regularly monitored and sought out by major media, SFTT has been instrumental in shining the bright light of public scrutiny on injustices from anthrax vaccines to Abu Ghraib to substandard body armor. Defense Watch has been the source, credited and not, for recent front page articles and news segments in the New York Times and the Washington Post, 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News and Dateline, and other national broadcast news programs. ‘Hack’ was a Greenwich resident until the time of his death in May 2005 from bladder cancer from exposure to Agent Blue in Viet Nam. His widow, Eilhys, continues to guide the foundation from the couple’s Greenwich home. The 501(c)3 organization is supported by donations from concerned individuals. More information can be found on the foundation website: www.SFTT.org.
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