Saturday, February 16, 2013
The dance will raise funds for Sons of the Flag, a nonprofit that helps veteran burn victims.
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Saturday, February 16
Dearborn veterans will do their part to help a nonprofit organization for military burn victims with a Valentine’s Dance Saturday night. The event is a fundraiser for the Sons of the Flag, a nonprofit organization founded by Navy Seal Ryan Parrott. Before his discharge from the military, Parrott lived in Dearborn. His mother continues to reside in the community and is a member of the Michigan Military Moms. Ryan “Birdman” Parrott served eight years as a U.S. Navy SEAL in multiply combat deployments. He was manning a gun turret atop a Humvee in Iraq enemy territory in 2005 when the vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. A flash fire threw him burned from the Humvee and left the other three in his team severely wounded. The …
Friday, November 23, 2012
The Nov. 29 workshop is free to attend.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Oakwood Common invites wartime veterans, surviving spouses and caregivers to a Veterans Aid and Attendance workshop from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29. The free workshop helps individuals, families and caregivers learn how to seek funds to cover the cost of senior housing, homecare or nursing home care. It will be held in the Rotunda Room of the retirement community, which is located at 16351 Rotunda Drive in Dearborn. The Veterans Aid and Attendance Pension benefit provides up to $1,704/month for wartime veterans, up to $1,095/month for surviving spouses and up to $2,020/month for a married veteran. “This workshop helps individuals learn about valuable resources and funds that may make a difference in when and where they decide to …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Lisa Lark will be at the Allen Park Barnes & Noble Friday to promote and sign her book, "All They Left Behind."
Who were the men and women who left Dearborn to serve in the armed services and lost their lives in the Vietnam War? Dearborn author and Edsel Ford High School English teacher Lisa Lark dedicated two years of research to answering those questions, through more than 500 interviews with Vietnam veterans and the friends and families of the men and women on The Wall. Lark will promote All They Left Behind: Legacies of the Men and Women on The Wall at the Allen Park Barnes & Noble at 6 p.m. Friday, where she'll be selling and signing copies of the book, as well as discussing her work. The store is located at 3120 Fairlane Drive in Allen Park. Lark's work started as a project with her students at Edsel Ford, but quickly became much larger. “On …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
A Navy veteran, Przebienda will be recognized at the city's Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 11.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Dearborn Allied War Veterans Council has selected the 2012 Dearborn Veteran of Year: U.S. Navy veteran Richard Przebienda. Przebienda will be honored during the city’s Veterans Day ceremony. The ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, in the City Council Chambers at Dearborn City Hall, located at 13615 Michigan Ave. The public is invited to attend. Przebienda said he appreciates the honor and thanks the DAWVC Veteran of the Year Selection Committee for the recognition. “I’m very happy," he said. "When I first heard the news, I felt why me Lord? I was surprised. I’m not an outgoing person. I just do what needs to be done for veterans." The selection committee, comprising past DAWVC veterans of the year, cited Przebienda’s …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall replica opened to the public Thursday.
Michigan native and fallen Vietnam army man James Fowler would have been proud of his home state this week. The former Rockwood resident and employee of the Dearborn Ford plant is—along with thousands of other servicemembers—being honored this week as The Wall That Heals opens in Dearborn. More: Hours of operation and information about The Wall That Heals More: Watch The Wall That Heals arrive in Dearborn Each of the of 2,663 Michiganders who died in the Vietnam War has a name on the wall, a replica of the Washington, D.C., memorial. Fowler's work gloves from his time at the Ford plant sit nearby in the memorial's traveling museum for visitors to view, "in recognition of a better time." The public was welcomed to view the wall and find the…
George Novoson
3:30 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
I would recommend that most caregivers of veterans get help when submitting an application for the Aid and Attendance benefit. There are services available that are no cost to the veteran or the family to help them submit the application. They can help get things done quickly. In particular, if you are in need of home care, there is a service to help the veteran start receiving home care while … more ›