* The CHARLOTTE ART LEAGUE * Mental Health America of Central Carolinas * Heroes Logistics * REDDjobb Communications

 Present

                “A SALUTE TO AMERICA’S VETERANS”

* Veterans please wear covers, colors, shirts or pins representing your service branch)

Thursday, November 7, 2019 – 4100 Raleigh Street, Charlotte

5:30 p.m. (Meet, Greet and Gallery Tour) - Program 6- 8 p.m.

- Emcee - Lizz Baxter, Army Specialist, Iraqi War veteran; real estate broker; creator, Lizz Baxter Homes and Lizz Baxter Films

- Introduction of Veterans (each branch), National Anthem and playing of (5) Military Hymns - Aaron Harper, Marine Corps Sergeant (retired), Gulf War veteran, president of Carolina Marines and military and veterans’ affairs manager at Atrium Health  

- Prayer - George Richard, Air Force chaplain (retired), co-owner, BusinessFit4Life

- Welcome Remarks - Cindy Connelly, CAL executive director

- Rob Jones, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Gulf War veteran, Mental Health America incoming board chair and Senior Vice President, Bank of America   

- Glenn Proctor, Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, Vietnam veteran, CAL Board member, MHA Volunteer Instructor; owner, REDDjobb Communications  

- Civilian Salute to Veterans - Trish Stukbauer, owner i.e. marketing and creative                         partner, REDDjobb Communications

- Military Salute to Veterans - (3 minutes each)

- Army - Specialist Curtis Drafton, Iraqi War veteran, certified Disaster Emergency chaplain; co-founder, U. S. Veterans Hall of Fame and Brothers United Under God

- Navy - Electronics Technician 2nd Class Dana Draa, Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield veteran, Visual Impairment Services Team Coordinator at Hefner VA Medical Center, CEO, Dog Tag Technologies

- Air Force - Staff Sergeant Nicholas Riggins, CEO, Heroes Logistics LLC and former director, Center for Veterans and Military Families at CPCC

- Coast Guard - Petty Officer 1st class Frank Peterson, Korean War veteran; locksmith and entrepreneur

- Marine Corps - Sergeant Aaron Harper

- Speaker - (20 minutes) MajGen. Cornell A. Wilson Jr., U.S. Marine Corps (retired); task force commander of multinational force, Iraq War invasion; commanding officer, Marine Forces South during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. (Lizz Baxter will moderate Q&A)

- Recognition of Oldest and Youngest Veterans and “Toast to All Veterans” - Major John Jedra, Marine Corps retired; agent, New York Life  

-  Final Remarks – CAL and MHA Representatives and Glenn Proctor