Organization: FOREVER YOUNG INCORPORATED
Mission: SEE SCHEDULE O
Activities: THE ORGANIZATION TOOK A GROUP OF WWII VETERANS TO BELGIUM IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. THEY WERE HONORED BY SEVERAL COUNTIRES, ESPECIALLY BELGIUM FOR THEIR LIBERATION OF THEIR COUNTRY. WE CHOSE SEPTEMBER OVER DECEMBER AS WE FELT OUR VETERANS, AGES 90 TO 102, WOULD BE TOO VULNERABLE FOR THE COLD WEATHER. WE ALSO VISITED DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP. THERE WAS A CELEBRATION THERE AS WELL AS WE HAD TWO LIBERATORS OF THE CAMP WITH US.
FOREVER YOUNG TOOK A GROUP OF WWII VETERANS TO NORMANDY FRANCE, IN JUNE, FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE D DAY INVASION. THEY WERE HONORED BY THE COUNTIRES OF FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND ENGLAND. THEY ALSO WERE GREETED IN PERSON BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FRANCE. THERE WERE CEREMONIES FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND COUNTIRES AND VETERANS FROM ALL OF THE WORLD THAT PARTICIPATED IN WWII WERE THERE. OUR TRIP WAS COVERED BY A DOZEN NEWS MEDIA INCLUDING ABC NEWS
THE ORGANIZATION TOOK A GROUP OF WWI, KOREA, AND VIETNAM VETERANS TO WASHINGTON DC TO VISIT THE MEMORIALS AND PARTICIPATE IN A NUMBER OF CEREMONIES.
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief