Grateful American Coin would like to welcome Tom Hollywood to our proud list of "Foot Soldiers in the field."
Tom collects those elongated, flatted pennies that can be found througout the country. He is also a member
of the American Numismatic Association. He first discovered GAC through an article in the March
2009 issue of the ANA monthly magazine. As our newest volunteer, Tom is helping to spread the word
about Grateful American Coin in his home state of Illinois.
Hands and Hearts is a group of people from Christ Lutheran Church in Santa Clarita, CA who have organized the "AnySoldier Project"
which reaches out to our troops deployed far from home. The AnySoldier Project assembles and ships care packages to soldiers,
packing them with sorely missed items from home as well as personal notes and other handmade items contributed by members of the
congregation.
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Meet Harry Usher, (St. Petersburg, FL). Harry is a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran and now works for a
Fortune 100 financial institution.
In recognition of Memorial Day, he sent out email communications and posted flyers about Grateful American Coin
throughout his place of work. He promoted taking the opportunity to show a hero your gratitude as we remember the
fallen. He received approval and support from his employer and recruited
a few co-workers to assist with communication and work at a table in the cafeteria for several days leading
up to Memorial Day weekend. Harry sold 185 coins and would have sold more had he not run out. He plans to do something similar leading up to 4th of July.
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Colleen Perez, (Tampa, FL). Colleen worked the Air Fest event in
Tampa to promote Grateful American Coin and collect donations. She is also working a Flag Day event in June and will sell coins.
In addition to events, she has spent countless hours contacting media outlets to share and promote our story
and researching businesses for grant and/or donation opportunities. She has also contributed hours stuffing,
packing and shipping coins and recruited her two sisters, Maureen and Eileen, to join her.
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Shaunda Wilson, (Atlanta, GA), has made a great contribution to the GAC team and has performed a number of activities. To date, she has done the following:
- provided marketing and advertising expertise to board upon request
- assisted w/seminar to represent and promote charity overnight travel required
- attended marketing meetings upon request
- scheduled strategy sessions for event marketing ideas
- worked with board of directors to update existing collateral materials
- solicited local prospects for charity ongoing throughout the year
- distributed more than 60 Grateful American Coins personally that were procured by me personally
- did website research to enahnce program and made suggestions to board
- scheduled lunches to promote the charity talking up with friends, colleagues, aquaintances
- attended dinner meetings to strategize on marketing plans to achieve objectives for the board
- initiated silent auction donation at church
- promoted program at DOD retiree monthly luncheons ongoing (10 to date)
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Kathy and Robert Hempel, (Tampa, FL). Kathy has been a supporter of GAC since it was founded, and in the summer of 2009 officially became a volunteer. In addition to GAC, Kathy has been a volunteer of Southeastern Guide Dogs since 1994. Now that Southeastern Guide Dogs' Paws for Patriots Program is one of the beneficiary organizations of GAC, Kathy and Robert plan to represent GAC at many of Southeastern's events.
Her husband, Robert has 20 years in Law Enforcement, is a Retired Police Captain and became a Vietnam Veteran during his eight years in the US Air Force. He hobbies include: political consulting/activism, volunteer work, writing/blogging, bike riding, kayaking, travel and photography. Robert became a GAC volunteer after meeting Deb and learning about this great organization
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Everything is greatly appreciated. The cookies reminded us of home and the coins came as a surprise. Even though we get thank you letters, the coins are so nice and heart felt. They are very special to the guys. We carry them with us at all times as a reminder that we are appreciated.
