ENTER PDN
 

Volunteer Center
1818 H Street #1
Sacramento, CA 95811

Office (916) 448-2619
24hr (888) 848-2619
Fax (916) 444-0935

 


 

 

For All Who Serve
God Bless each and every one of you!
To our military families
Your sacrifice makes us proud to be Americans
.
 
PDN's Patriotwatch.com expands in 2008!
Patriot Defenders Network, Inc. SOS File# 2997925 - EIN 20-0021366

The specific purpose of this nonprofit Corporation is to provide in times of crisis or special needs, advocacy for and emotional and financial support of, the families of our nation’s deployed active duty military services personnel, members of National Guard, Military Reserves, members of the military services who have been injured while on duty, sworn public safety officers, first responders and firefighters.
 

4th of July Mission

 
courtesy of Kidica

He served honorably with the US Army's Bravo Company 20TH Engineers Task Force 1/12 Chargers stationed in Sadr City, Iraq from 2005-06. He's now receiving treatment at Fort Bliss Wounded Warrior Transition Unit and Active Duty with Bravo Company 4th Platoon in Texas. His wife wanted to be part of his recovery and drove the family car to El Paso to be at his side. As the price of gas has risen, hopes to return home with her 7 week old newborn and 2 year old son dimmed and became a hardship for mom and dad.

Help us make this Independence Day have some special meaning for an Army Soldier by helping to get his family home while he continues his recovery so he can come home soon too.

The goal… enough for a tune up of the family car, an older but reliable Buick, lodging for a safe trip and not have to worry being caught short of funds if something happens along the way. We hope to raise up to $1,000 or gas cards that mom can receive via Express Mail. Frequent travelers with free hotel nights can donate them as well. PDN, Inc will assist in making all the arrangements.

Thanks to our donors so far, prepaid gas cards and Pep Boys gift card will sent overnight and if all goes well for the balance needed for food and lodging, the family will be on their way home by Wednesday or Thursday. (after the tune up and oil change at Pep Boys Store #706 near Ft. Bliss) Our thanks to Jose for helping make that happen.

You will be able to monitor their progress on the map below and Operation Ready Families Program will be working with the family when the arrive home. Mom wants to thanks all of you for getting us to the half way mark and assuring they can be on their way soon.


1,186.46 miles

Volunteers will take your donation by phone
(916) 448-2619 - (888) 848-2619 toll free

If lines are busy - call (916) 222-1409  to leave a message and we will call you back.

Our progress and donors first names will be posted on this page so check back often.
 

David Sacramento, CA $25.00
Eileen Kamuela, HI  50.00
Ceclily Sacramento, CA 250.00
Robert Sacramento, CA 50.00
Lisa Tucson, AZ 30.00
Lynn Sacramento, CA 45.00
Debbie San Francisco 25.00

 

Thanks to Brad Walton - Dick Glasgow - Bert Brady - Lisa Longwill
To Debbie Lee - for carrying on in her son Mark's honor!
Look for Debbie's AmericasMightyWarriors (dot) org coming soon.
Debbie in Georgia - our prayers will be with you and your valiant warrior,


Click image to send a special message of support to the troops.

Tune in this morning
Brad Walton Show
1:00 to 5:30 AM
Read more about Brad

Listen Live
Click Here


Homefront Heroes

PDN Salutes Bert and all the Patriot Guard Riders

Visit http://www.patriotguard.org

 


Mitch Patterson - Sacramento Police Officer
A Homefront Warrior and friend is gone


38 long years of Service to our city - too short was his life.
October 18, 1956 - June 24, 2008

CLICK HERE PLEASE
Please take a moment to read
or post a message to his loved ones.


 

He was a Tin Can Sailor
A Survivor - A husband, a proud father and good neighbor!
Thanks to Evan history came alive - he'll be remembered!
 


Evan Fenn shows where he was on the Monaghan on Dec. 18, 1944.

Evan Fenn of St. David is the last surviving sailor who was aboard the U.S.S. Monaghan in World War II that succumbed in the eye of a deadly typhoon in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 18, 1944.

(Chris Dabovich/photo.)

Evan Fenn: Sole Survivor dies at age 84
Aug. 5, 1923 - June 14, 2008

 

Evan Fenn
click for more about Evan

 



To Serve and Inform - You can help!

 
Contact the MediaR   M
E   E
A   D
C    I
H   A
 

- 2007 Highlights -

Operation Christmas
For Our Troops & Their Families

Thank You Northern California
and Yellow Ribbon America


These Patriots wrote special personal greeting to our troops

More details and photos
SPECIAL EVENT


Students, and teachers of the Options For Youth hand craft these
special holiday greeting for our troops and make a video too!


OFY Cards
 

 


Operation Postcard
PDN & California State Fair Salutes our Troops.
180 Giant Postcards/banners shipped daily to Iraq and Afghanistan
a total of 14, 816 people signed them - an average of 926 signatures per day
Special Operation Postcards to our Wounded Warrior here at home

REMINDER - We're now accepting volunteers for 2008 State Fair.

CalExpo Postcard
 


HONOR THY FATHERS
18 DECEMBER 1944: 62 years ago this month
my father and 789 of his Navy mates perished.

For my Dad


Who are we? Alone... nothing!   A Team... Everything
WWVideo
Click to view

There is no limit to the good you can do...
 if you don't care who gets the credit.

General George C. Marshall and President Ronald Reagan

From our humble beginnings in the year 2000, PDN has supported group after group, mission after mission in advancing support for our troops, our veterans and their families. It's been the loyal volunteers of PDN and our allied groups that put boots on the ground to solve problems. None has been to small, few have been too large.

That single-minded purpose takes on even greater importance as returning troops face readjustment to civilian life or continuing service to our nation. Their families too have unexpected special needs and we're here to serve them where possible. This site is a tribute to all of them. We salute as well, those who step up to serve as volunteers here in our Homeland.

With an operation cost of less than $500 per month we do a lot with a little!
WILL YOU HELP?

FAIR USE NOTICE: While rare, this site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We exercise due diligence in seeking permission for publishing and crediting the source of such items. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of criminal justice, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to this link. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

 

 

 
© Copyright July 08, 2008 All rights reserved, The Patriots Defenders Network