Monday, January 15, 2007

ROCK ON! (Memorial Garden for PFC Aaron Kincaid)

Hello, everyone. I'm here asking for a wee bit of help with an enormously special project. Not a project *I* am undertaking, but rather that of a Gold Star mother here in my local areal.

Towards the end of September, 2006, PFC Aaron Kincaid was killed in Iraq. (I wrote about attending his funeral with the Patriot Guard Riders HERE.) He left behind a wife and two small children, his mother, his brother, and his father. From what his mom, Marcia, has told me, he was very much an "outdoorsy" person. She is in the process of putting together a memorial garden for Aaron, and is trying to collect a rock from every state. So far, she has approximately half the states represented (and several from Canada and England!). She is still in need of rocks (preferably about the size of a grapefruit) from the following states:

Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii (Hawaii is VERY important, as Aaron LOVED Hawaii and it was an important place in his heart & life)
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nevada
Hew Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington State
Wisconsin

Anyone wishing to send rocks for Aaron's memorial garden can send them to me at the following address:

Mrs. Kathy Orr
Post Office Box 1660
Loganville, GA 30052

Please include a little note or something saying where the rock is from (that way I don't get them mixed up!). I live within easy driving distance from Marcia, so I can easily deliver the rocks to her.

Thanks in advance, y'all... this means so much to Aaron's family....

Now... ROCK ON!

1 comments:

David M said...

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