While all the hoop-la about the upcoming Folds of Honor Gala on Saturday, November 5 at the Hilton Anatole seems to be taking the spotlight, a very special occasion took place on Tuesday, August 9, at Addison’s Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Here’s a report from the field:
Addison Kaboom Town! partnered with Albertsons and Tom Thumb this summer to raise $100,000 for Folds of Honor, whose mission is to empower military families by providing educational scholarships to children and spouses of military men and women killed or disabled while serving our great nation.
Donations were taken at 106 DFW-area Albertsons and Tom Thumb store locations from Sunday, July 3, until Saturday, July 16. This is the town’s biggest donation with Albertsons and Tom Thumb to date.
Representatives from the Town of Addison, Albertsons and Tom Thumb, Folds of Honor and the media gathered together on Tuesday, August 9, for a check presentation to Sarah White, Folds of Honor brand ambassador and former scholarship recipient.
Sarah lost her dad, Captain Dennis Michael White of the United States Air Force, in 1995. Every day, Sarah and her family remember the sacrifice her dad, among many others, made for our country.
With the help of Folds of Honor, Sarah was able to attend college (Auburn University) and get a degree in marketing. She now lives and works in Dallas. To Sarah, Folds of Honor is more than just a scholarship for education. It had taken a financial burden off her mother, but it also means so much to Sarah to have a support group along her side…people who will not forget about the sacrifice her father made for the country.
Speakers at the check presentation, which took place at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, included Addison Mayor Todd Meier, Community Relations and Partnership Manager for Albertsons Carol Roberts, Albertsons and Tom Thumb Regional President Dennis Bassler and Sarah White. The money raised this year will be donated as scholarships to children of 20 families.
* Photo provided by Folds of Honor