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IN SR0020
Resolution
AI Summary
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Honors Helping Hands for Freedom (HHFF), a volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) organization co-founded in 2009 by retired Staff Sergeant Patrick Shannon to support surviving spouses and children of deceased veterans.
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HHFF provides assistance to military families dealing with death, deployment, and loss, helps with basic transition expenses, and assists severely wounded veterans needing equipment or housing modifications.
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HHFF offers children life enrichment programs, mentor programs, and counseling services and won the 2015 Lincoln Award for top military charity from Southwest Veterans Chamber of Commerce.
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In 2016, HHFF completed a 3,100-mile walk across America from Atlantic City to San Francisco (April 28 to August 26) to raise awareness and funds for a retreat house and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder center in central Indiana to address the 22 veteran suicides occurring daily.
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Indiana Senate directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Retired Staff Sgt. Patrick Shannon, David Roth, Kevin Winton, Darin Fishburn, Rod Smith, Paul Gable, and Eric Snelz.
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Helping Hands for Freedom ("HHFF") for its charitable work.
Last Action
Senators Alting, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Boots, Bray, Breaux, Brown L, Buck, Charbonneau, Crane, Delph, Doriot, Eckerty, Ford, Freeman, Glick, Grooms, Head, Hershman, Holdman, Houchin, Kenley, Koch, Kruse, Lanane, Leising, Long, Melton, Merritt, Messmer, Mishler, Mrvan, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Perfect, Raatz, Randolph, Ruckelshaus, Sandlin, Smith J, Stoops, Tallian, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker, Young M, Zakas, Zay added as coauthors
2/16/2017