We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new volunteer, Amber! Amber is volunteering from Frederick Community College for her Introduction to Human Services and Social Work course. Amber has chosen to volunteer for Operation Second Chance not only to fulfill a course requirement but because she was inspired to be more involved with veterans after her own personal experiences of being a war widow and having a brother that is a veteran. She hopes to be able to use her experiences to help assist injured veteran and their families and to be able to be a part of an organization that is working towards the cause. Amber will be assisting at our main office with day to day office tasks and help in the creation of a resource manual. She hopes to continue to volunteer for Operation Second Chance even after ... Read more...
On June 30th, Operation Second Chance had 41 wounded warriors and their families attend a weekend retreat on Tilghman Island. After everyone in the community pitched in, no one would have ever known a huge tree got blown over in the yard the night before during the storm, and luckily, we did not lose power as a result of the storm on Friday night.
The families arrived around noon on Saturday to temperatures reaching 99 degrees, and began fishing, eating, swimming and most importantly – relaxing. After dinner, they went to their rooms at Harrison’s Country Inn and freshened up, then most came back and watched the beautiful sunset we ordered up just for them on the big screen (the open sky)! J Before the sunset, some of the wives got to go collect some sea glass on a near by beach, and everyone that fished from the dock had a great time and caught fish all day. On Sunday, ... Read more...
