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NEXT EVENT : OCTOBER 8, 2010 - FRIDAY - LOCATION: LAKE DEL VALLE, LIVERMORE

http://www.ebparks.org/parks/del_valle

Hi All   :smt006


Might be getting ahead of myself but the cat is out of the Bag on Facebook so maybe it is a good idea to start and
 
                                " Rally The Troops... "

The VA and other Orgs that help the troops are ready... They LOVE  :smt007 this program!!!

I'm tentatively thinking of Del Valle Oct 8th, a Friday, Lots of Devils in the Details in doing this and especially this one per I'm thinking this might be the place for a regular event location, lots of advantages here, and Hopefully the fish agree too!!!

I know I've Had my own personal challenges with this lake   :smt011

But the logistics, resources, etc... at Del Valle are ideal, just got to get the forces that be to see the light on that...

I will have a better idea next week if this is going to work, so mark your calender now,

and I will keep ya all posted as I lock things down....

If I get everything I'm looking for, and get a large enough interest in volunteers, were going to open this up big time....

 More on that too as things progress

Thanks Again and here is a letter I received thanking all who helped out...

 Strong Work Everyone!!!!  You All did an Amazing job and this is for you!!!!

 and lets do it again....  :smt002  

  

  

« Last Edit: August 14, 2010, 10:18:07 AM by Mooch »
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Id be honored to help out at this event, please consider me when looking for help.

Good thing you doing!



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You da man Don!!!!!!!!!

I am 100% down and would be honored to help out again if there is room for me....

What a cool letter dude...you should be really proud!!

 :smt006

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It's my day off so I can help again if needed.
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What a cool letter dude...you should be really proud!!

The Letter is directed to all of you, The Commander just could not write everyone,

  So You should be Proud Too....   :smt004

     " Well Done!!!! "   Again to everyone who helped on the last event....

  That was a huge effort and I hope to make this one a bit easier...

I'll start building a list of who wants to help and keep ya all in the loop...
There are 3 Types of people in the world,,,
                          
                 The Sheep, The Sheep Dog & The Wolf,
                                                                         
      Which are You ,,,

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If I still don't have a job.I will definitely be in.
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Big D, count me and Bertha in on this one!  I should be able to hijack an MD as well and maybe even another visit from Mark the videographer.  My boat is available if you need it.
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Im in. As long as it stays the 8th or later. You know that I will do what ever we need to get this done. I have my PB too if that helps. Not a fishing boat though.
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 I will  be  more than willing   to attend  if you need my help :smt006
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Still on hold for the moment as I wait for some replies as to if this will be a go, should have a lock down this week....

But, for now...

Another story that HOW is seeing all over the Nation of how much this program is helping our Wounded Heroes.....

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Recreational therapy more than just a good time

 

On a Thursday morning in May, Sgt. 1st Class Marc Dervaes did something he wasn’t completely sure he’d ever do again: he hopped into a plastic boat, shoved off from the rocky shore and paddled down the Guadalupe River.

The event, which passed unnoticed by the world at large, was a tribute to the inventiveness of a prosthetist at the Center for the Intrepid. More, it was a tribute to the indomitable will of a soldier. The opportunity came courtesy of a relatively new non-profit that has introduced more than 3,100 wounded warriors to the therapeutic benefits of kayak angling over the last three years.

Heroes on the Water was the brainchild of a group of Veterans who believed that all of the things that made their time on the water so much fun might add up to more than just a good time for someone recovering from the physical and mental wounds of war.

“It’s incredibly therapeutic for them. We don’t understand, because we haven’t been there, but it’s amazing that we’re able to help someone with something as simple as what we do,” said Jim Dolan, the Dallas-based national director of HOW. “It’s so much more than just recreation. You’re providing physical, mental and occupational therapy at the same time, and that’s pretty powerful stuff.”

Dervaes wears his in his sleeve. The platoon sergeant was injured Sept. 12, 2009, as he raced with his men to assist a logistics convoy that had come under fire in Kunor Province, Afghanistan. Before they could reach their objective, the soldiers from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, and 61st Cavalry were ambushed. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle Dervaes was riding in was hit by small arms fire and four rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).

It wasn’t the first time Dervaes had been shot – he survived a round to the helmet during one of two earlier tours in Iraq – but the RPG destroyed his right arm at the elbow, ending his Afghanistan deployment at the four-month mark.

“My first thought was that I wasn’t going to be able to ride a motorcycle or drive a stick anymore,” he said.

It took Dervaes just three days to get to Brooke Army Medical Center and the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, where he would spend the next seven months undergoing treatment and therapy. By the time he saw someone with a Heroes on the Water t-shirt and asked about the program, he had five different prostheses, including one slotted to hold a kayak paddle.

“I’ve kayaked for a number of years, mostly whitewater stuff, so I was anxious just to find out what the possibilities were,” Dervaes said.

After the kayak fishing expedition, he got some one-on-one coaching from an Olympic paddler, and even got his roll back.

“Because my right arm was dominant, I always used to roll right,” he said, of the procedure in which a capsized kayaker flips the boat right-side-up without leaving the cockpit. “They got me in a lot of pool sessions and I was able to get my roll back and roll left.”

Dervaes, who recently bought a new kayak and will soon retire from the Army to his Colorado Springs home with his wife of 11 years, says newly injured service members shouldn’t rule out anything.

“The prostethists down there at the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio are miracle workers,” he said. “My prosthetist even made me a mountain biking arm; it has a shock absorber in it. My prosthetist told me before I left that I brought several challenges to his table that he’d never done before. He now has the knowledge to put some of that stuff together.”

Will that same arm work on a motorcycle? Turns out it’s a moot point.

“My wife – and she’s been incredibly supportive and protective of me from the moment I got hurt – has an opinion about that,” said Dervais. “She said if I get in an accident and lose my other arm, she’s not going to wipe my ass for me the rest of my life.”

 

There are 3 Types of people in the world,,,
                          
                 The Sheep, The Sheep Dog & The Wolf,
                                                                         
      Which are You ,,,

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Thanks Mooch,

The sticky is Really going to be helpful in keeping track,

and I better see you there!!!!!!
There are 3 Types of people in the world,,,
                          
                 The Sheep, The Sheep Dog & The Wolf,
                                                                         
      Which are You ,,,

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2nd Moutcha Bay, BC. 2006 "Tyee" Surfing Contest
ELK 07  1st Place Loser
HMB 09 3rd Place
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Love Baja…  :smt055


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i would be proud to participate. this is such a good thing. these guys and girls have done their duties, we can do ours now :smt006 count me in. I know a thing or two about Del Valle, unfortunately the best fishing is not near the launch at all... jeff
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