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Health & Fitness

Marine heart broken from lack of support

A Marine needs help in helping others.

Today, I had a call from SSgt Chris Rangel, an active duty Marine in our area. He is in need of our help!  He tried to get help from the Seattle media, as he put it "they told me to go and pound sand."  I told him we are a miliarty community, and we take care them.  Please help me, help Chris! Here is his story....

My name is SSgt Christopher Rangel, United States Marine Corps. I am a active
duty Marine with over 11 years of service to the nation. I am a infantry platoon sergeant, I am also a Purple Heart recipient from wounds I received in Afghanistan. I'm contacting you for help about possibly becoming a part of charity and fundraiser that I have started over the last 5 weeks, Workingforveterans.com

Since all this buzz has started it has been a whirlwind and I can't idly
standby and not use all of this for some good. I decided that I wanted to
raise awareness and support the local Fisher House in Tacoma located on
Joint Base Lewis McCord. I am doing this by helping others understanding
what they do for our veterans and their families and fundraising for the
Fisher House Foundation.

What Fisher House provides is a home that allows a wounded member of our
armed forces to live in with their family as they go through their medical
treatment. It is a nonprofit and at no cost of the family that lives in the
houses. They are sustained through donations like the money I'm working to
raise at this time.

In the last 30 days I have raised nearly $6300 dollars on my own, I have
made more emails to random people than I've ever done in my life and with
all this "fame" I'm trying to raise $15,000 through donations, I am not
looking to break anyone's bank account and I'm not trying to empty peoples
wallets. What I am trying to do is raise awareness in our young men and
women's lives who need our help. I'm doing this with a positive community
outreach and donations.

Workingforveterans.com has been founded as a focal point for my efforts to
raise money and help our the Fisher House Foundation. With every dollar we
raise we are one step closer to my $15,000 dollar goal. Having the support
of community means a lot to me in this endeavor.

Our Website Link where anyone can donate and get more information.

http://workingforveterans.com/

Facebook Group Link.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/527670013945123/

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