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OPERATION RED-SHIRT
Article &
Photos by Alan Edwards
“Operation
Red-Shirt” is a Tucson-based initiative to send military kids, whose
parents are deployed overseas, to Girl Scout’s camp. A rally was
held at Salpointe High School in Tucson to send the kids off on
their week-long camping adventure. Several hundred supporters
gathered on the football field to form a heart of Red-Shirts, with
several civic and veterans groups in attendance. The VFW was
represented by Department Commander Betty Gripp and Auxiliary
Department Secretary Kim Sloan.
“Operation Red-Shirt” was itself inspired by “Operation Purple”,
which are camps sponsored by the National Military Family
Association. For More information about “Operation Red Shirt” go to
http://www.operationredshirttucson.org For more information
about the Southern Arizona Girls Scout Council go to
http://www.sahuarogsc.org For more information about “Operation
Purple” go to
http://www.nmfa.org For more information about VFW-Auxiliary
activities contact Kim Sloan.
VFW Department
Commander Betty Gripp and Auxiliary Department Secretary
Kim Sloan join the hundreds of supporters at the “Operation Red
Shirt” event held at Salpointe High School in Tucson.
Aerial view of
Red-Heart formed by the several hundred supporters of “Operation
Red-Shirt” held at Salpointe High School in Tucson (Commander
Betty Gripp and Secretary Kim Sloan are at upper left)
Both Department
Commander Betty Gripp and Auxiliary Secretary Kim Sloan
were interviewed by Tucson’s TV Channel-9 at the “Operation Red
Shirt” event in Tucson.
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