YOU MADE IT HAPPEN Their Several people that deserve a specIaL thank you for helping with. Asbury Parks ~Hometown Hero~ "SSG Maurice Craft" BENEFIT on ~March 11, 2005~
AsburyMusic.Com & Gary Wein at UpStage Magazine www.upstagemagezine.com Kate Mellina for posting a letter on AsburyMusic.com.That her & I was asking for Gifts,Donations & Cards.for SSG Maurice Craft Asbury Park N.J. a Solider seriously injured in Iraq.He had to have his leg amputated & a titanium inserted in his right leg to keep a shattered hip in place after a roadside bombing in Iraq.He currently resides 5586 Queintwood Place Fayetteville N.C. 28304 still receiving medical treatment at Ft. Bragg Home of the 82 Airborne. Bobby Strange {Musician} for reading it & starting it off.Ken Shane & Tony Tedesco Ken, & Gary {Musicians} for coordinating it.Blowup.Radio.com.90.5 the night,Brookdale public Radio,Keith Monachio coming all the way from Trenton.A (U.S.M.C.) Veteran Mel asburylanes.comall & the people donating of Raffle Prize's,The WindMill Restaurant Long Branch N.J. for their Donation in serving & donation of Food.Their was alot o Food.Terrance Reidy {City Manager} & The City of Asbury Park N.J. for having {Deputy Mayor} Jim Bruno & City Council presentthe Ke to the City to SSG Craft Asbury Park Hometown Hero. Jim Manning Past Commander Past Chief of State VFW Post Neptune N.J. for his support of SSG Craft from the beginning from going to Walter Reed Medical Hospital Washington D.C. to his support in getting donations to help with expenses for SSG Craft. Ben Schieader Commander Cpl. Louis E Perry American Legion Post 523 Asbury Park N.J. with getting the shirts that was sold to rasie funds for SSG Maurice Craft that the Veterans Alliance Asbury Park N.J. provided Also making a donation to the Veterans Alliance to purchance the shitrts. ~Veterans Alliance ~ Ameriican Legion Pos 523 Asbuury Park N.J. CWV Post 714 Asbury Park N.J. JWV Post 125 Asbury Park Ocean N.J. VFW Post 1333 Asbury Parkng N.J. SSG Craft autograph a shirt for Bruce Springsteen.Another one of Asbury Park's Hero's thats always here to support our City of Asbury Park.Stone Pony for letting Gary U.S. Bonds for making a special apperance with his Band & for getting SSG Crafts grandma {Mattie Davis} up on the Dance Floor she rasied our Hometown Hero.He was performing at the Stone Pony. UPS Store www.theupsstore.com Neptune N.J. for donating time & paper for myself to get flyers from day one. Lance & Debbie owners of the Wonder Bar www.wondernj.com for providing a place to hold the Benefit & and for making a donation of $450.00 towards the music equitment to music for the Bands toMusic Makers.Also making a handing out Pink Rose's to all the female members of SSG Craft's family attending the Benefit.Kyangazi Denson for Videoing the Benefit.Skip Bernstein taking pictures & providing them on JerseyShoreRocks.com Thier is 2 special girls in Maurice Life that wasn't able to attend that will get to see how much a Community of people can cme together cares about thier Father.Because Skip,Kyangazi & Asbury Music provided.That they will be able to see by a clck on a computor.This all came together after a fellow Asburk Park Musican Bobby Strange responded to a letter on AsburyMusic.com on Dec. 27,2004 One meeting some e-mail's back & fourth and people working together as a Team.And this is one Benefit that should be in the Asbury Parks: ~Music Hall of Fame~ Another important person here is Rosie she seen be putting up a 3 by 5 Flag of the U.S.A. went home was back in 15 minutes & donated her Late Husbands a Veteran's Memorail Flag to Lance & Debbie's Wonder Bar ask me to hang it.She said her Late Husband Phil Loved the Music from Asbury Park.Several tears ran down my eyes as they are know.I am sure I can speak on behave of all the Veterans of a City of Asbury Park.Thank all of You for hardwork in supporting a fellow Comarde.Its going to go a long way in keeping his spiriits lifted at ties when they willneed to be in the Future.Rosie received here Husbands Phil Memorail Flag last year on: ~ March 11,2004~ James P Grabe Service Officer Cpl. Louis E. Perry American Legion Memorial Post 523 Asbury Park N.J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (732)774-6917 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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