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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

Will you take 10,000 steps a day to support our nation’s heroes?

An item from the organization formerly known as There But Not There.


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We would love to invite you to join our 10,000 Steps a day challenge this January!🚶‍♀️This challenge is the perfect opportunity to start your 2023 on a positive note – you can start any day in the month of January. Can you take on 10,000 steps a day for 31 days?

But of course, this is no ordinary challenge as this challenge has symbolic significance: 10,000 steps, over 31 days, totaling approximately 155 miles. This was the distance travelled by our Tommies during the fighting retreat to Dunkirk.

Sign up to the 10,000 Steps challenge today!

What do you get?

When you sign up to take part in your 10,000 Steps challenge and receive your first donation, you will receive a FREE fundraising pack complete with your 10,000 Steps t-shirt. You also get useful downloads, fundraising tips, and information from our team that will support you every step of the way.📖

Within 10 days of receiving your first donation, your pack will be sent to you by veterans employed in our social enterprise factory, Britain’s Bravest Manufacturing Company.

Sign up to the 10,000 Steps challenge today!

Why we need you to take on this challenge

Every pound raised from your 10,000 Step challenge helps to support the UK’s most vulnerable veterans by allowing RBLI to provide safe homes and the support they need to get back on their feet. RBLI has ambitious plans to expand the outstanding facilities, care and welfare services we provide.

The major expansion, scheduled for completion in 2024, will vastly increase the unique mix of homes for veterans and their families. When complete, our expanded Village will mean RBLI can support an additional 600 veterans annually for the next 100 years.

Sign up to the 10,000 Steps challenge today!

We can’t wait to see you do your 10,000 Step challenge!😊

If you have any questions or need any help, please do email me at fundraising@rbli.co.uk

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Remembered Light – The McDonald Windows at the Veterans Gallery

Note the special event this coming Sunday associated with this on-going exhibit that should be of interest to members.


Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Unleashing the Power of

Interreligious Cooperation

Remembered Light

The McDonald Windows

Sunday, December 11th from 1 to 6 pm, Armelle Le Roux, Project Conceptual and Lead Artist of Remembered Light will be in the Gallery to speak about the creation of the McDonald Windows and to answer your questions. This will be the last opportunity to speak with Armelle before the exhibit closes on December 23rd.

Remembered Light – Glass Fragments from World War II

The McDonald Windows

A special exhibit featuring works of glass art, incorporating stained glass shards collected by Chaplain Frederick Alexander McDonald during his service in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The exhibit will be at the

Veterans Building, Veterans Gallery (Suite 102)

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

August 28 – December 23, 2022

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1 – 6pm.

Admission is free

To learn more about the exhibit and The McDonald Windows please visit:https://www.interfaithpresidio.org/mcdonald-windows.html

Please visit the new website dedicated to Chaplain McDonald and the story of the stained-glass shards he collected during World War II

http://www.rememberedlight.org

For more information contact mailto:presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

 

P.O. Box 29055, San Francisco, CA 94129

(415) 561-3930 (office) * (415) 515-5681 (cell)

www.interfaithpresidio.org * mailto:presidiointerfaith@gmail.com

Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong, December 8, 2022

An item from the Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project that may be of interest to members.


Dear Sir/Madam:

Please find attached the News Release: Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong, December 8, 2022, for reference.

My very best regards,

Stéphane Ouellette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project (MNCTP)/
Executive Director
Colonel John Gardam Lifetime Achievement Award

Tel: 613.421.9005
E-mail: ouellettes@rogers.com
Website: www.alliedmerchantnavy.com

 

Attachment: Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong, December 8, 2022.pdf

Last gasp: The war horse in WW II

An item from the Legion Magazine.


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Stephen J thorne

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Last gasp: The war horse in WW II

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

Izbushensky is a hamlet in the west Russian oblast of Volgograd, roughly on the same latitude as Lethbridge, Alta. Its population in 2010 was just 14 people.

If you look for pictures of Izbushensky via Google, you won’t find golden waves of wheat blowing in the wind, thatched-roofed dachas or quaint old Russian ladies wrapped in babushkas.

No, find Izbushensky and you’ll find horses.

It was here, sometime after 3:30 a.m., on Aug. 24, 1942, near the junction of the Don and Khopyor rivers, that Italy’s Savoia Cavalleria drew their sabres and launched what some consider history’s last major cavalry charge.

 

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Silk Scarves
Military Milestones

Memoir of a Japanese PoW

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

At the outset of the Second World War, Don MacPherson and his brother-in-law Wilf Barrett set off with two friends from Miniota, Man., intent on joining the air force.

But on their way, they passed a Winnipeg Grenadiers recruiting office and were persuaded to enlist.

After training in Winnipeg, they were sent to Jamaica where their main duty was guarding German and political prisoners.

“We spent 16 months there enjoying life, but wishing we were in action,” recalled MacPherson.

 

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News Release: Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2022

An item from the Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project that may be of interest to members.


Dear Sir/Madam:

Please find attached the News Release: Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2022, for reference.

My very best regards,

Stéphane Ouellette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project (MNCTP)/
Executive Director
Colonel John Gardam Lifetime Achievement Award

Tel: 613.421.9005
E-mail: ouellettes@rogers.com
Website: www.alliedmerchantnavy.com

 

Attachment: News Release: Today Marks the 81st Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2022.pdf