FORT KNOX, July 18, 2008 - Larry J. Hawkins, Executive Vice President of First Federal Savings Bank told about 95 golfers “Thanks for coming out and supporting USA Cares today. This is the second time that we have met here to assist them in helping military families in the Fort Knox area and all around the USA.” The event started with a “shotgun start” at 12:30 at the Lindsey Golf Course on post.
On hand for the event was Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Roger Stradley, co-founder of USA Cares, Major General (Retired) Bill Barron, Larry Hawkins, Major General (Retired) John Tindall, President of USA Cares and Bill Nelson USA Cares Executive Director.
The event raised over $13,500 for USA Cares. In accepting the donation, USA Cares founder, Roger Stradley, commented on the tremendous value of local businesses like First Federal to a national effort like USA Cares. Stradlye joined in congratulating the winner, Vernon Denham, who will get an expenses paid trip to the USA Cares golf scramble in Los Angeles with Dennis Miller this November.
Other corporate sponsors of the event included: Accent Homes; Alltrade Property Management; Anthony A. Waits, Attorney at Law; Basketball Academy, Eastpoint Business Center; Baumgardner & Associates; Bell, Fore, & Mitchell Appraisal Service; Blue Ribbon Motors; Brendan O's; Broughton Construction; Cardinal Health; Cardinal Industrial Insulation; Century 21 Associated Realtors; Comcast; Conner & Akers Auto Store; Cool Springs; Covered Bridge Investments; Dancor Commercial Properties; David Buechler; DBSI Housing, Inc.; Derek Engineering; Dr. Mark Chariker, PSC; Dr. T. Gerald O'Daniel, PSC; Elizabethtown Wal-Mart Supercenter; English Appraisal Services; English Construction, Inc.; Flannigan's; Flynn Brothers Contracting; Goldberg and Simpson, PSC; Hill Transportation; Hinton-McGraw Builders; Holiday Inn Express Radcliff - Fort Knox; Hometowne Rentals; In Memory of James C. McFerran; Jaha Company Builders; Jeffrey J. Pitts & Associates; Kaeser Compressors; Kerrick, Stivers, Coyle, & Van Zant, PLLC; Kessinger Concrete; Khandan Enterprises; La-Z-Boy Furniture; Louisville Surgical Center; North Hardin Insurance; Olympia Homes; Oracle Design Group; O'Shea's Irish Pub; Paul E. Brown, MD; Pete & Carol Miller; Phoenix Investments; Popeye's Chicken; Publishers Printing; Radcliff Electric Supply; RE/MAX Executive Group, Inc.; River Glen Properties; River Ridge Marathon; Salt River Electric; Sanderfer & Brunstetter Appraisal, LLC; Shapin & Associates; Smith Brothers Distributing; Smith Brothers Trucking; Stephen T. Cox Builders; Stonecroft Homes; T. Davis Sales; The Lusk Group; The Miller Company; Thomas, Dodson & Wolford, Attorneys at Law; Tony Brown Chevrolet; and Whelan, Doerr & Company, PSC.
About First Federal Savings Bank
First Federal Savings Bank serves the needs and caters to the economic strengths of local communities and strives to provide a high level of personal and professional customer service. The Bank offers financial services to retail and commercial customers, including banking services and personal investment financial counseling services. The Bank serves Kentucky and Indiana through its 20 full-service banking centers and a commercial private banking center. For more information please visit www.ffsbky.com.
About USA Cares and Share A Minute
USA Cares is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that helps military families bear the burdens of service with financial and advocacy support. Its mission: to assist wounded warriors and their families, to prevent home foreclosures and evictions and to help with basic needs during financial crisis. Share A Minute asks Americans to donate $25 to represent one minute of a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine’s full 525,000 minute tour of duty. In its five and one-half years of operation, USA Cares has responded to over 11,000 requests for assistance, saved 465 military family homes from foreclosure or eviction thus sparing over 1,000 children from uncertainty. Families anywhere in America can apply for assistance through the USA Cares web site, http://www.usacares.org, or by calling 1-800-773-0387. For more information on USA Cares contact jrevell@usacares.org.
