With an estimated 20 U.S. military veterans taking their lives every day, a Jacksonville-based group hopes to make that troubling trend a thing of the past, and they’re challenging you to get involved.
As Americans in Jacksonville and throughout the country spend Memorial Day reflecting on and honoring the men and women who died in service, it’s also important to remember the service members who have returned home with the invisible scars of war.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Typically every Tuesday before The Players Championship begins is Military Appreciation Day. But because of COVID-19, on-site activities have changed.
To help continue its financial support of military organizations this year, The Players is hosting the Match4Military fundraising campaign Tuesday. One charity that will benefit is The Fire Watch, which was created after a friend stepped in and kept a veteran from taking his own life.
They were U.S. Army veteran Maj. Chris Dempsey’s darkest hours. He was homeless and alone in the woods with 35 cents in his bank account.