Cindy Bauer Books

Inspirational, Mystery & Suspense Author Cindy Bauer

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***June 7, 2010***


Injured Soldier Coming Home - Can You Help???

Where to donate...
All donations can be dropped at US Bank in downtown Sedalia.
If you do not live in this area and would like to help, you can mail it to:
Voiture 333
PO Box 1756
Sedalia, MO
65302

Make checks payable to...
Joe Yantz Fund.

Joe is a fallen hero and he and his family need our help.

Cards can be addressed to...
Specialist Joe Yantz
Walter Reed Hospital
6900 Georgia Ave NW
Washington , DC 20307
.

Thank you!

Story in Sedalia Missouri newspaper...

The Yantz family has spent the last 36 hours surviving on coffee, hope and prayer.

At 8 a.m. Thursday morning, the family received a phone call that every family who has a loved one serving in the military dreads. Their son, 22-year-old Joe Yantz, had been injured in Afghanistan.

“It’s a nightmare,” Diane Yantz, Joe’s mother, said.

Diane said her husband, Jerry Yantz, was the first person to receive word from the Army. “My husband was working in Michigan,” Diane said. “They called his cell phone.”

Jerry immediately called Diane to tell her the news.

“My ears didn’t want to hear,” Diane said.

According to Diane, the U.S. Army communications office read her the report concerning Joe’s injuries.

“They said Joe was on a dismounted patrol and was attacked,” she said. “There was a roadside bomb.”

Joe sustained moderate injuries to his right thumb and face and neck, which were peppered with shrapnel from the bomb. He also has lacerations around his eyes.

“They said he won’t have any vision loss,” Diane said. “His glasses might have saved his eyes.”

The Army also reported Joe had to have his right leg amputated above the knee and surgery was performed on his left leg and arm.

“This is horrific,” Diane said. “But, we are thankful he’s alive.”

Joe, a U.S. Army public securities specialist, was based at Fort Bragg and had been deployed to Afghanistan since September 2009.

“This was his first tour,” Diane said.

Diane said Joe was awake and coherent following his surgery and was stable enough to be transferred to Germany. From there her son will be flown to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C.

On Friday afternoon, Diane sat at her kitchen table with her hands wrapped around a cup of coffee with the words “Army Mom” written on it. She said she is still waiting to hear when Joe will arrive stateside.

“I’m just waiting for phone calls,” she said. “I don’t dare leave the house.”

As the family sits together in their home waiting on news about Joe, they remember funny things he did as a child like lassoing his brother and sticking a key into a light socket.

“He was a stubborn, reckless child,” Diane said with a smile.

Joe’s sister, 22-year-old Redina Yantz, said her brother wanted to be a cowboy when he was younger and wouldn’t remove his hat, belt or boots.

“He was a kook,” Diane said.

Diane said she homeschooled Joe through the eighth grade. When high school rolled around, she began looking outside their hometown of Appleton for a larger school with more course offerings. According to Diane, Joe fought the move until he learned about the newly-formed Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps being offered at Smith-Cotton High School.

“JROTC is what pushed us here (to Sedalia),” Diane said.

Joe enrolled at Smith-Cotton High School his freshman year and took part in the JROTC program until he graduated in 2007. Joe’s brother, 14-year-old Henry Yantz, said his brother was a JROTC hero.

“He was like, me lead you follow,” Henry joked.

Diane said her house holds numerous trophies Joe earned while with the program. Joe enlisted in the military when he turned 18.

Redina said her brother was a social butterfly who was very popular with the girls.

“He’s tall and good-looking,” Redina said.

Steve Schilb, Smith-Cotton High School teacher, remembers having Joe in class and his success with the JROTC program.

“He was a good kid and students looked up to him,” Schilb said. “He was a leader on the (JROTC) Raider team. I can’t say enough good about him.”

Once Joe arrives in Washington D.C., the family plans to fly to meet him there. Diane said she will stay through the summer until her job resumes in August.

A Joe Yantz Support Fund has been established at U.S. Bank and the Smith-Cotton High School JROTC plans to place donation jars at businesses throughout Sedalia.

“There will definitely be a jar at Taco Bell,” Diane said. “That is his favorite.”


Support Your Local Honor Flight and Donate Today!


About Honor Flight...

Mission Statement: Transport America's veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit those memorials dedicated to honor their service and sacrifices.


Goal: Helping every single veteran in America, willing and able of getting on a plane or a bus, visit THEIR memorial. Priority: Top priority is given to America's most senior heroes — survivors of World War II and any veteran with a terminal illness who wishes to visit THEIR memorial. The program will naturally transition to Korean War, Vietnam War and all other veterans who served, on a chronological basis.


Philosophy: Since America felt it was important to build a memorial to the service and the ultimate sacrifice of her veterans, the Honor Flight Network believes it's equally important that they actually get to visit and experience THEIR memorial.


Motto: “We can’t all be heroes. Some of us have to stand on the curb and clap as they go by.” ~~ Will Rogers

Please support your local Honor Flight mission efforts and donate today!

Missouri: Casey’s General Stores will once again participate in raising funds for the Show-Me Honor Flight. Beginning Wednesday, June 2nd, at noon, the following stores will have collection jars out for the month of June. We hope to have another Radiothon on the 29th or 30th of June. There will be eighteen Casey’s involved in raising funds for the next Honor Flight, scheduled for October.

Participating Casey’s are:
  • Sedalia – five stores
  • LaMonte
  • Warrensburg – three stores
  • Knob Noster
  • Lincoln
  • Cole Camp
  • Clinton – three stores
  • Windsor
  • Leeton
  • Green Ridge
The 40 & 8 support veterans. Do you???




Please support Honor Flight 

when in one of these stores

with your change and generosity.


Thanks for your support.


Tony Gallagher, Nationale PR Directuer, 40 & 8
Commander, Voiture 333, 40 & 8
President: Press Associates La Societe, 40 & 8
http://www.voiture542.us/pr_news.html

Faith - Family - 40 & 8



Amanda Abizaid

Help the Haiti Earthquake Victims!


Contact Information and links: amanda@amandaabizaid.com

DANIEL PEARL FOUNDATION - http://www.danielpearlfoundation.com

INDIEGRRL Contact Information - http://www.indiegrrl.com


Cleaning for a Reason

If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment.

All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service. 

http://www.cleaningforareason...org/

Please pass this information on to bless a woman going through any type of Cancer treatment.  This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women. It’s our job to pass the word and let them know that there are people out there that care.  Be a blessing to someone and pass this information along.


Hope For Alex
 
 
A child needs our help. Alex was a bright, active child (a twin) when suddenly she could not move her left arm. It has now been almost 4 years for Alex and she is now unable to move at all and is on a vent.
 
 
At Hope for Alex Auction, we are raising funds for Alex's testing and treatment. The goal is $12,000.00 (estimate by attending physicians). Alex needs to know someone cares enough to bid on an item so generously donated (2 bids to date) or click on Alex's button at http://www.peerobservations.com/ to send a few dollars (raised to date: $160.00). For your kind donations, you will receive a thank you card and a special gift. All items won will be promptly shipped to you with our thanks. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Peer Observations Magazine at peerobmagazine@aol.com.

Peer Observations™ - Exploring the World Wide Medical Community


Feed the Children

 Special Project Number 8SEA00054

 “What lies behind us and what lies before usare tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Feed the Children is an international relief organization that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster. Since their founding in 1979, they have grown into one of the world's largest private organizations dedicated to helping hungry and hurting people. Last year, Feed the Children shipped 129 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and families in all 50 US states and in 43 other countries, supplementing more than 730,000 meals a day worldwide. Since their founding, Feed the Children has reached out to help children and families in 188 countries around the globe. A key goal is to help families in need move past needing help and into becoming self sufficient members of their community.



Toys For Tots Organization

Learn more about this toy drive and find a drop-off location in your area. Many toys deposited in local bins are for younger children, but you can also donate online to help purchase gifts for children between 8 and 14 years old.


Organ Donation

Give the gift of life


I can't imagine how a mother would feel to have her child, her precious gift from God, taken from her so suddenly... and then have enough courage to donate her organs, in order to save the life of another child. I was so moved by this story, so touched by this mother's profound love of her daughter, that I was at a complete loss for words. 

Please take the time to visit my friend's website and sign her guestbook. It will definitely put life into a different perspective for you. Count your blessings!

Michelle Marie's


Animal Rescue

Save a life! Adopt a pet today! I am also an animal rescue advocate, so please, adopt a pet from your local animal shelter. Be a responsible pet owner. Spay or neuter your pets. You can also help your local animal shelters by donating food for the animals or donating money for the spay/neuter programs available. You can go to www.petfinder.com and click on your local animal shelter for a full update on the animals they have available to adopt. Another of my favorites is ASPCA, America's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They don't deserve to be treated that way. Their only hope is us. Please consider donating to this very worth cause today!


Locks of Love Foundation

Chemo therapy usually causes hair loss. Now imagine a child going through that experience. Please, consider donating to the Locks of Love Foundation, an organization that makes wigs out of real hair for children undergoing cancer therapy. I've donated twice and am, once again, "harvesting" my hair for a third donation this spring. ANYONE can donate!


More of my favorite charities...

You don't have to be rich to help others - You just need to be filled with God's love! If you would like me to consider a charity listing for this page, please contact me.

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