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"A Gift of Life" – A Documentary

“The Gift of Life”, is the story of B-24 Bombardier, Lt. Irwin Stovroff, who survived being shot down and captured over Nazi occupied France, and his subsequent 13 months in a POW camp where he was isolated to be shot for being Jewish. Thankfully before that could happen, the camp was liberated by Russian Cossacks.…

The Gold Coast Corvette Club – Car Show for a Cause

The 1st annual Gold Coast Corvette Club car show took place on Sept, 4th 2011 at the beautiful PGA National Resort and Spa. There were over 160 cars on display comprised of Corvettes, Rods and Customs. I think it’s safe to say that everyone VERY much enjoyed the 50's and 60's classic music that was…

Vets Helping Heroes Visits Southeastern Guide Dogs

One of the programs Vets Helping Heroes supports is the “Paws for Patriots” program at Southeastern Guide Dogs located in Palmetto, Florida. Southeastern’s mission is to create and nurture a partnership between a visually impaired individual and a guide dog, facilitating life’s journey with mobility, independence and dignity. In 2003 one of their Board members,…

Traversing The Great Divide to provide Service Dogs to Injured Veterans: One Man’s Journey

This Summer, school teacher Alexander Funnell took a rest from marking papers to undertake an arduous bike ride along the Great Divide Mountain Route to bring attention to and help raise money for non-profit Vets Helping Heroes. Vets Helping Heroes helps provide wounded war veterans with the service dogs affording the best opportunity to return…

A Dog’s Life: Vets Helping Heroes "Spokesdog" Cash

Now that you know about the Vets Helping Heroes Founder and President Irwin Stovroff, it’s time to meet the real star of the show – Cash, the cute Golden Retriever, trained companion dog and VHH co-fundraiser! We just had to find out more about this golden boy who has made more than one TV appearance…