tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post6657639135938917360..comments2023-06-30T07:39:20.662-04:00Comments on BRISTOLTODAY.COM: Lavoie recounts an awful day in IraqSteve Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-14494091601142432422008-11-06T10:20:00.000-05:002008-11-06T10:20:00.000-05:00It's very important for ALL of our wounded Heroes ...It's very important for ALL of our wounded Heroes to have the support of family, friends as well as the community. Travel costs for the family are not always covered by the government, for example: staying at WRAMC and if they stay at the Mologne House the lodging and food is not free. Though if they are staying at the Fisher House, the costs are minimal thanks to the Fisher House Foundation.<BR/><BR/>I make frequent visits to Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda on weekends (from Connecticut) and if you expand that cost to a family staying for months to be there for their loved ones, it adds up quickly.<BR/><BR/>I will visit with Matt on my next trip to Washington, DC.<BR/><BR/>Very Respectfully,<BR/>Bob O'Donoghue<BR/>Director of Special Projects<BR/>Operation First Response (OFR)<BR/>www.OperationFirstResponse.org<BR/>a 501(c)3 supporting our wounded Heroes and their families<BR/>operationfirstresponse.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-24386856942679921272008-11-03T09:17:00.000-05:002008-11-03T09:17:00.000-05:00His care is free -- though there are always some i...His care is free -- though there are always some incidentals that patients might want that aren't covered. And the government is putting up his parents when they are there.<BR/>But I assume there are travel costs, lost pay and other expenses involved that a fund-raiser can help with.Steve Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316108296993240817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-40334124652922212612008-11-03T08:53:00.000-05:002008-11-03T08:53:00.000-05:00There shouldn't be any cost for his care - the VA ...There shouldn't be any cost for his care - the VA should be paying 100% of his medical care - why the fundraiser?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811616037332448221.post-77670084408055057472008-10-29T22:40:00.000-04:002008-10-29T22:40:00.000-04:00This is one fundraiser I definitely will not miss....This is one fundraiser I definitely will not miss.God speed SP4 Lavoie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com