Helping Our Heroes Foundation and ICAF Present a New ''LIFE STRATEGIES LIBRARY'' to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Honor of Wounded Veterans.

WASHINGTON -- The Helping Our Heroes Foundation announced today that they will join the 2005 ICAF (Industrial College of the Armed Forces) Student Body on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 to present a class gift consisting of library materials for the new "Life Strategies Library" donated to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. "Last December the foundation was contacted by Cory Lyman, the Class Gift Chair for the class of 2005, and asked what their group might donate to provide assistance for wounded service members," stated Karen Theobald, HOHF President and Founder. "In working with the patients and their families, the foundation volunteers had realized that due to injury, trauma and other circumstances these brave men and women might not be able to or have the desire to return to their previous career when they recuperated. Some of these patients were active duty military, while others had been activated from their Reserve or Guard status; positions that might not be able to be altered to accommodate their future physical conditions. Together Cory and I brainstormed about what might be meaningful and provide long lasting assistance for many of the patients and their families recuperating at WRAMC. A resource library with access to career information, resume writing assistance, educational and vocational training resources, and lifestyle support seemed to make a lot of sense."

The 2005 ICAF student body agreed to present a class gift consisting of library materials to create a "Life Strategies Library" at WRAMC in cooperation with the Helping Our Heroes Foundation. These materials are specifically targeted for those who have sustained life altering injuries in the current conflicts in the Middle East. There are items about succeeding professionally for those with disabilities, preparing resumes, succeeding at interviews, resume paper, journals to track personal contacts, etc.

On Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 1500hr a class gift presentation ceremony has been scheduled to include representatives from the WRAMC community, Karen Theobald from the Helping Our Heroes Foundation, and ICAF. MG Francis Wilson, Commandant of the ICAF and 2005 Class Gift Committee Members will also be present. MG Kenneth Farmer, Commander of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center will receive the gift on behalf of the hospital and its patients.

"Members of the Class of 2005 at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces are honored to offer these materials to support those who have served our country so well. We regard them as some of this nation's finest citizens. We anticipate that they will move successfully through this challenging time of healing and they will go on to make great contributions to their families and our nation," stated Cory Lyman, Class Gift Committee Chair.

The Helping Our Heroes Foundation was founded in October 2004 by businessperson Karen Theobald, LTG Ted Stroup, Jr. (US Army-Retired) and Admiral John Totushek (US Navy-Retired). The mission of the foundation is to provide emergency relief for those injured in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their immediate families. "The foundation has no full-time staff, but many hard working volunteers and business professionals dedicated to its mission. Our doors will be open until the last service member deployed in the war on terrorism is returned home. We will be there for them, as they have been there for our nation," announced Karen Theobald in 2004. For further information on the foundation, those seeking to provide support and those seeking assistance may visit www.hohf.org.