Thats where Impact Player Partners comes in. They provide the support that helps folks through their depression, then through the processes that allow them to adjust to life again. It lets them see that they can still thrive even with these injuries. These folks paid a price for us and we have a debt to support them.
My church became involved in this program through one of our own youth. He graduated and went into the Marines and served in Iraq. He was the victim of a roadside IED where his Hummer was destroyed. He lost most of a leg and a lot of the other and had a foot long piece of metal that was stuck through his neck. The doctors put him back together. But as a big strong 19 yr old Marine now reduced to having help for everything, it really takes a toll on you. Casey had a turning point in his recovery when IPP took him on a skiing trip. This led him to learning how to ski again with prosthetics. That move and the change in his outlook on what he could do again led him to being on the US Paralympics Ski team!
When we supported him with one of our first tournaments, he introduced us to IPP and how we could expand what we are doing to many more Heroes. Now we are sitting here in our 8th year of this tournament and we remain steadfast in our support for our Heroes, wounded or not.
If you have some interest in either 1) playing in the tournament, 2) joining us at the dinner/auction, 3) Sponsoring the tournament, or 4) donating live or silent auction items, please contact us ASAP. I really should have posted this much earlier since the tournament is May 10th, but it didn't occur to me until our board meeting last night. We were discussing donations for the auction that we would really like to see and firearms related things were high on the list. We would love to see some CHL classes, range time, NRA or TSRA memberships, etc. If you have the capabilities, please PM me and I'll hook you up with the donations, sponsor, or player coordinator as needed.
More details on the tournament are available either at:
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Registration and sponsorship info is at:
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Thank you so much for any support you can give to our effort to support our Heroes!
