For Immediate Release
Giving Thanks for Our Freedom During Thanksgiving

The Community Relations Task Force with the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors and the Heather French Foundation for Veterans, Inc. have teamed up to thank our American veterans for their service to our country! We are proud to announce the start of an appreciation program for our Veterans. This year our project is an art contest with area elementary schools to produce greeting cards of thanks for the Veterans and collecting small personal items to be hand delivered once a month to the Louisville VA Medical Center.

The theme of the cards is "What Freedom Means To Me". We need a drawing on the outside of the card and a note about Freedom written on the inside of the card. The card/paper size should be a folded 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.

The deadline for entries is November 29, 2007 giving children grades K-5 a chance to create their artwork over Thanksgiving Break!. Twelve winners will be chosen and 100 cards will be hand delivered once a month for the next 12 months, (13 months counting this December through December 2008) with an assortment of personal items for the Veterans.

After we gather all the winners, Heather French Henry will gather a panel for judging. The winners will receive a $5.00 gift certificate from Borders & Borders Book Store , a Ribbon, and 10 cards printed with their own winning designs. The Heather French Foundation for Veterans, Inc, will also provide a $50.00 savings bond to each winner.

The cards will also be sent in large batches to overseas men and women throughout the year. we do not want to waste any of the cards. Members of our committee will be collecting the artwork from the schools or individual artwork can be mailed to 4307 Lincoln Road, Louisville, Ky 40220.

The Community Relations Task Force consists of real estate agents, board affiliates, business men and women and is active in our community in a number of ways. The task force helps as many people as we can by donating monies and our time to organizations such as Camp Quality of KY, Habitat for Humanity, Kentucky Harvest, YMCA, Louisville Fire Fighters Association Burn Unit, Family and Children’s First, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and the Veterans Hospital.

The Heather French Foundation for Veterans, Inc.. is a national foundation dedicated to helping American veterans. From Operation Veterans Health to teaching children about patriotism through childrens books the foundation is dedicated to showing appreciation to veterans nationwide. For more information log onto www.heathersveterans.org. 

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Contact:
Heather French Henry, 502-381-1483
Sherry Spanyer, 502-894-9860
November 15, 2007