Veterans Group to Receive $25K Dole Prize
Associtated Press - Sun 06:29 AM 10/07/2012
A group dedicated to helping veterans who have been wounded in combat is receiving the 2012 Dole Leadership Prize from the University of Kansas.
A group dedicated to helping veterans who have been wounded in combat is receiving the 2012 Dole Leadership Prize from the University of Kansas.
The Wounded Warrior Project is receiving the honor and the $25,000 prize from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence. Previous recipients include President George H.W. Bush, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former U.S. Senators Howard Baker and George McGovern.
Dole, a former Republican U.S. senator from Kansas, was himself a wounded veteran, suffering his injuries while serving in the Army during World War Two.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute, says the Wounded Warrior Project shares Dole's lifelong devotion to helping the nation's veterans.
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Victory2012
Sunday 7 October 2012 16:17 Report this comment
This is a fantastic program and fantastic cause. I rana cross some volunteers and wounded warriors while fishing in Montana. Very inspirational and heartwarming stories of this organization helping our Vets.