From time to time we feature other organizations and programs that share the same vision and goals as Remain Active and who are doing their part to assist, service or sponsor programs that promote active lifestyle amongst veterans or seniors.
This week we are featuring Challenge America a charity that works with communities across America to provide occupational and recreational programs for returning wounded soldiers.
Challenge America grew from a yearly program called Challenge Aspen that assists people with disabilities. Challenge Aspen was so sucessful and fulfilling-and the need for assistance so great that a spinoff program assisting our veterans was developed. Tonight is the campaigns first money raising concert at the Kennedy Center for performing arts. Hosted by country music legend, Vince Gill and his wife Amy Grant. The concert will raise money to launch the new campaign to give back to our soldiers who have given so much. The concerts other guest stars include Alison Kraus and Union Station, American Idol's Melinda Doolittle, Michael MacDonald and many others.
"There will be lots of music and laughter. The evening will bond us together and make us feel what I feel every time I'm in Washington. We are still what George Washington proclaimed us to be: we are the great experiment. We are constantly inventing who we are, and the world is watching. We've got to reinvent how we care for our soldiers because they are coming back with lives that need to be led in very vital ways." Amy Grant
"I'm excited about getting to share what we believe in so deeply. We want to make an impact on the individuals that have given to us in unimaginable ways. Challenge America 2009 is our way of honoring the men and women who truly are heroes." Vince Gill
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