News Releases and Articles

We hope that by reading the articles and news releases below, you will learn more about Operation Second Chance, Inc., the board members and also about the men and women we support on a daily basis.

Operation Second Chance

Soldiers' Second Chance Tour Interview
The Soldiers' Second Chance Tour is a fundraising event that will bring twelve wounded veterans from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC to the San Francisco Bay Area for Veteran’s Day Weekend, November 9-11, 2007.

Click here to watch the video on KTVU Channel 2 News.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CONCERT FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Walter Reed (WRAMC) patients will have something to cheer about this Memorial Day weekend. Nashville recording artists and performers, The Ray Stephenson Band, will perform a “Tribute to Our Troops” concert preceded by a dinner, for 200 soldiers and their families, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Recreation Center, Building 41, on May 24th.

Click here to read the full press release.

Damascus Shows its Support for Vets
April 25, 2007
Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published by the Montgomery Gazette.

Mission of Helping Wounded Soldiers Expands
Operation Second Chance will bring wounded soldiers to Damascus for Soldier Appreciation Day
April 18, 2007
Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published by the Montgomery Gazette.

Group Recognized for Giving Aid to Wounded
President thanks woman who founded Operation Second Chance and other volunteers for helping injured soldiers.
March 14, 2007
Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published by the Montgomery Gazette.

Volunteer Program Helps Kenosha Marine
NBC's Jim Miklaszewski introduced us to one woman who has made it her mission to help wounded veterans and their families.
March 6, 2007

Click here to read more, published by TMJ4.

New Market Lions Take Lession From Volunteer
The New Market District Lions Club recently welcomed Cindy McGrew, founder of a volunteer group helping injured military officials, as a guest speaker at a recent meeting.
March 8, 2007
By Rebecca McClay

Click here to read more, published by the Frederick Gazette.

Local America Supports You Homefront Group Meets With President Bush at The White House
President Thanks Groups for Their Support of Troops and Families.
February 28, 2007

Click here to read the full release from America Supports You.

President Bush Meets with Military Service Organizations
Cindy McGrew was invited to meet with the President on Wednesday, February 28. Operation Second Chance was one of eleven organizations represented at the meeting.

Click here to read more, published on The White House website.

Gifts Stolen, Public Gives $16,000 for Wounded Soldiers
More than $16,000 is sent to Operation Second Chance in the past week after the group’s president is robbed at Lakeforest mall.
November 29, 2006
By Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published by the Montgomery Gazette.

Woman Robbed of Presents for Wounded Vet's Family
A woman who created a foundation to help wounded war veterans was roughed up and robbed of Christmas presents for the troops outside Lakeforest Mall in Montgomery County this week.
November 21, 2006

Click here to read more, published on WUSA9.com.

Good Samaritan Robbed At Lakeforest Mall
Woman Loses Gifts For Wounded Soldier's Children
November 21, 2006

Click here to read more, published on NBC4.com.

American Freedom Foundation Raises Over $100,000 For Veteran Organizations During Festival
November 17, 2006

Click here to read more, released by the American Freedom Festival.

Forward Deployed But Not Forgotten
3/14 Marines run in-country for wounded veterans
Fall 2006

Click here to read more, published in the Golf Radar.

Going the Distance — Running so others may walk again
Four members of the military and one civilian are raising $2,000 each for Operation Second Chance.
September 24, 2006

Click here to read more, published on the Frederick News-Post.

Chris Cagle Supports the Troops...
At the Maryland State Fair Concert on August 29^th, Chris Cagle had the opportunity to meet with some soldiers who were wounded in Iraq.
September 15, 2006

Click here to read more, published on the Chris Cagle Website.

Stryker Wife gets 'Second Chance' to Fulfill a Dream
In honor of her husband and their daughter’s birthday, Kellie will run the Marine Corps Marathon alongside wounded Soldiers and Marines as a part of the Operation Second Chance team.
Tracey Murray
Fort Wainwright PAO
August 2006

Click here to read more, published on the Alaske E-Post Online.

Labradoodle Puppy to Help Wounded Soldiers
Jeff and Vicky Fairbanks, owner of Liberty Labradoodles announces a puppy dubbed Liberty’s Freedom will be given to one lucky supporter of Operation Second Chance from her August litter. Vicky stated anyone donating twenty dollars or more and completes the application process could be an owner of a special multi generational Australian Labradoodle. The winner will be selected August 20th, 2006.

Click here to read more, published on the Stryker Brigade News Site.

Raising The Roof
Community Rallies to Help One of its Own
July 2006
By Eloise D. Morano

Click here to read more, published in the Lake Norman Magazine.

Soldiers honored by those who fought before them
Damascus veterans hold an appreciation day to thank the wounded who have recently returned from battle.
March 29, 2006
By Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published in the Gazette.

Charity offers hope to wounded veterans returning from war
March 20, 2006
By Geoffrey D. Brown

Click here to read more, published in The Frederick News Post.

Wounded warrior may get ‘second chance’ at hockey
January 20, 2005
By Gary Sheftick

Click here to read more, published in the AR News (Army News Service).

Giving soldiers a ‘second chance’
Clarksburg woman dedicates time to the injured
January 11, 2006
By Titus Ledbetter III

Click here to read more, published in the Gazette.

Soldiers who fight wars are not the only heroes around
November 23, 2005
By Paul Gordon

Click here to read more, published in the Gazette.

Wounded Service Men Address Middle School Students
This past summer Director of Middle School Bob Weiman learned about an extraordinary organization called Operation Second Chance. Operation Second Chance was created to help wounded service men and women and their families.
November 8, 2005
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School

Click here to read the full story, posted on the school's Community Newsletter.

The Wheel
The newsletter of the Rotary Club of Mount Airy
August 23, 2005

Click here to read the full story, extracted from the Mount Airy Rotary Club website.

Operation Second Chance
April 20, 2005
By Todd

Click here to read more, published in the Stryker Brigade News.

Heroes

Local Vet's Basement Finished Thanks to Business Donations
Adam Kisielewski helps design programs and robots that allow doctors to treat patients around the world as part of Fort Detrick's telemedicine research and Military Amputee Research Program, but finishing off the basement in his home was a bit beyond his skills.
By James Rada, Jr.

Click here to read the full story, published by Emmitsburg.net.

A Soldier's Long Journey Home
In addition to new legs, John needs a handicap-accessible home when he returns to Cottage Grove. Friends and family are on a mission to raise the money needed to make this new home a reality.
February 2, 2007
By Joe Fryer

Click here to read the full story, published by kare11.com.

A Story of Inspiration
A U.S. Marine from Kenosha impresses us, again. He's got just one arm and one leg.  But Marine Corporal Adam Kisielewski burned up the golf course Monday.
August 1, 2006
By Mike Jacobs

Click here to read the full story and watch the video, published by TMJ4.

Amputee GI Won't Let Wounds Stop Him
Lost Legs To Bomb In Iraq; Fights To Walk, Rebuild Life
WASHINGTON
July 5, 2006

Click here to read the full story and watch the video, published by CBS News, The Early Show.

War Stories
By most accounts, Adam Kisielewski should be dead. But he's more alive than ever before... More alive than most of us.
May 19, 2006
By Mike Jacobs

Click here to read the full story and watch the video, published by TMJ4.

Long Fight At Home For Injured Vets
With the number of wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan topping 16,000, CBS News wanted to know how the government is treating these heroes when they return home.
January 31, 2006
By David Martin

Click here to read more, published in the CBS Evening News.

Wounded warrior may get ‘second chance’ at hockey
January 20, 2005
By Gary Sheftick

Click here to read more, published in the AR News (Army News Service) .

Notebook: Damaged, But Not Defeated
(CBS) CBS News correspondent David Martin interviewed injured U.S. soldier Paul Statzer, who lost half of his skull during battle in Iraq, and filed this Reporter's Notebook on Statzer's amazing recovery.
January 14, 2006

Click here to read the full story, published in the CBS Evening News.

Returning to Normalcy, Football's Not the Same
December 29, 2005
By Juliet Macur (NYT)

Click here to read more, published in the New York Times.

Explosion in Baghdad rocks GI's life plans
December 26, 2005
By Phillip O'Connor

Click here to read more, published in the St. Louis Post.

Injured soldier's return delights family
December 26, 2005
By Loren Moreno

Click here to read more, published in The Honolulu Advertiser.

Valley Soldier Injured in Iraq Now Back Home
December 20, 2005
Reported by NewsChannel 19's Jason Marks

Click here to read more.

Sergeant Jeremy ‘Fr8Train’ Wolfsteller Homecoming Party
December 10, 2005

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Pieces Of Brian
A Year In The Life Of A Stubborn, Stoic, Solitary Marine Who Gave More Than His Limbs To The War.
October 30, 2005
By JIM FARRELL, Photographs By BRADLEY E. CLIFT

Click here to read the full story, published in the Hartford Courant.

Miraculous Help For Wounded Vets
CBS News correspondent David Martin has the remarkable story of one such soldier, Paul Statzer — a real American hero — and some miracle workers at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
October 7, 2005

Click here to read the full story, published in the CBS Evening News.

The Space Between Battlefield and Home
Wounded Veterans Ready Themselves For Altered Lives
August 1, 2005
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer

Click here to read more, published in the Washington Post.

Clinging to Their Dream on Fields Near and Far
July 4, 2005
By Juliet Macur (NYT)

Click here to read more, published in the New York Times.

Veterans Confront a Taste of Battle
July 3, 2005
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer

Click here to read more, published in the Washington Post.

Conversations with Wounded Soldiers - Part 2
C-SPAN recently aired a special on U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq and the treatment that they're getting for their injuries.
March 30, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC

Click here to read more, aired on the CSPAN2.

Conversations with Wounded Soldiers - Part 1
C-SPAN recently aired a special on U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq and the treatment that they're getting for their injuries.
March 29, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC

Click here to read more, aired on the CSPAN2.

If you are a wounded service man or woman and would like us to post an article, please email Alaina Sacramo.