I’d like to give a very special birthday shout
out to my father, William David Quinn, a man who served his country in Vietnam,
1966-1967, earning both a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. It is true that many
dream of meeting their hero, but I was raised by mine. As long as I breathe, I
will never get over the all he sacrificed, and the hero’s welcome he never got. When you grow up the child of a veteran,
you come to understand, that what they went through, you will never understand,
that that is your luxury and their burden.
With all of this in my head, I created this
anthology, getting to work with many wonderful authors who gave of their time
and talents to benefit such a worthy cause. With so many great veteran’s charities
out there, 100% of the proceeds from this anthology will go to them, a different
one chosen each month, starting with the
Wounded Warrior Project end of March https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org
So, this year, as a way of saying a very special
Happy Birthday to my father, I’ve set the anthology titled We Go On, to release
on his birthday as a way of saying, “Welcome Home” I hope you will read on to
find out more about this project and how you can help veterans by not only
buying the book, but through other sites as well.
What
is a Veteran? A Veteran-- Whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or
national guard is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank
check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount up
to, and including his/her life.
We Go On: Charity Anthology for Veterans
The poems and stories included in this anthology,
written by various authors, tell of veterans outside of war, of how their
sacrifice of service changed their lives long after the war was over. Although
some of the messages of the sacrifices of war are sadly timeless, they speak of
unsung heroes, and I say unsung because nothing we could ever do for them would
ever be enough to say thank you for all they gave. With that said, with these
poems and stories, we will give what we can. 100% of the profits made will go
to charities for veterans.
To all who have served and to all of those who love
them, we offer our undying gratitude because it is all we truly have to give you
for your sacrifices, told and untold. So, we give what we can to honor you, to
say thank you, and to, in some small way, give back. Although it could never be
enough, a million thanks or a million dollars, we pray we can help some of the
many who have given so much, so selflessly, and then suffered even as they
fought another battle, the battle to go on…
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Some Fun Other Ways We’ve Come Up With In Our Crusade to Support Veterans
All
Profits Go To Veteran’s Charities!!!!
Bravelets – Bracelets that remind to “Be Brave”
with donations going to PTSD Awareness
Get The Anthology Cover on Shirts, Mugs, Buttons,
etc at Café Press
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What a great tribute to your dad! I work with Vietnam Veterans every day and I have immeasurable respect and love for them. They have to work hard just to maintain on some days--I count it a success any time I can make one of my groups laugh since they do it so infrequently. Thanks for doing this on behalf of all of them!
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