The Seven Stars Foundation was asked by Marine Corps Base 29 Palms to provide gift baskets for 20 families that were coming to their loved ones' Memorial Service. Their squadron was returning from deployment and it was the first time the families were to honor their loved ones. We put items in the baskets that would try to ease the pain they were about to experience. It was an honor to be asked. See the attached letter.
Good afternoon ma'am. Thank you for supporting our fallen warriors families with the gift baskets at our memorial. It was greatly appreciated by all. If possible, could I get your address so I can mail you a certificate of appreciation from the Battalion Commander.
Thank you.
Semper Fi,
SgtMaj Brookshire, M.B.
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
March 2009: Aleah Botenhagen was awarded the Community Hero by Vons. She recruited co-workers to participate in the Run for Freedom. Thank you, VONS, for your donation to the Seven Stars Foundation!
September 2008: THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED
in the 2nd Annual 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker Memorial Run For Freedom!
August 2008: The Seven Stars Foundation, Inc. were featured as Grand Marshals in Big Bear's Old Miner's Days Parade!
August 2008: Seven Stars Foundation Joe and Laura Landaker on San Diego 6
June 2008 Scholarships Given to Big Bear GraduatesThis year's Second 1st. Lt. Jared M. Landaker Memorial Scholarship went to Amber Nicole Parle in the amount of $1000.00. She will be attending UC Davis to pursue a career in Veterinary Medicine. Our second recepient was Travis Johnson, no photo included, who also received $1000.00. Travis will be pursing a Degree in Psychology and to become a novelist. A third award went to Kriss Proctor who will be attending the Naval Academy this month and was awarded a $500.00 travel voucher for trips home. |
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This news article is credited to KBHR933.com - Big Bear's local radio station. On Sunday, June 15, 2008, and into next Monday, you can expect to see a number of runners making their way through Big Bear, as part of the cross-country Run for the Fallen. The run begins tomorrow, Flag Day, in front of Painted Rocks at Fort Irwin (just north of Barstow) and will cover more than 4,000 miles and 13 states before wrapping at Arlington National Cemetery on August 24. The Run for the Fallen is to honor American military personnel who have lost their lives in Iraq, and the runners will mark every mile of their journey with an American flag and a personalized sign card, one to honor each service member killed. The dedication markers were made with the help of over 35 middle and high schools across the country. The run's director Jon Bellona, whose college roommate Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary was killed in action in 2005, says, “The run is a symbolic memorial. While each flag will represent a soldier who has fallen, the run will stand as one large stitch spanning the width of the nation, coast to coast.” The Run for the Fallen route will include the stretch of Highway 38 recently memorialized in honor of Big Bear's 1st Lieutenant Jared Landaker, whose flag and marker will be placed in Noah, Tennessee on August 5. For more information on the cross-county run to honor our country's fallen soldiers, visit www.runforthefallen.org and http://blog.runforthefallen.org/links/.
Dedication on Highway 38 on May 2, 2008!
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