Central Florida Girl Scouts reaching out to help military families
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel They may sound like small gestures — sending a box of cookies to a soldier in Iraq or offering baby-sitting services to a military widow struggling to raise her...
View ArticleOrlando man’s mission: guide young fathers
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel Nkrumah, left, at home with son Jai, 13, daughter Tiffani, 19, and wife Leslie. Haki Nkrumah is a 49-year-old Army veteran with a long history of social work who has...
View ArticleTeam Daybreak races cross-country for wounded veterans
Drew Webster, above, has helped power Team Daybreak through the mountains of Colorado. Last Saturday at noon, two Volusia County men left Oceanside, Calif., on their quest to conquer what is considered...
View ArticleDisabled veteran launches creative network for fellow students
Jessica Northey -- looking at life from a new angle. Boot camp injuries left Jessica Northey medically discharged before she ever had a chance to be deployed to a war zone — a fate she now says may...
View ArticleA wounded soldier begins another journey home
Jackson with his family -- and colorful prosthetic legs. On a sweet piece of real estate in Lake Nona, Army Specialist B.J. Jackson will soon get the homecoming he earned a decade ago. In 2003, his...
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