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ed Command Sergeant Major Curtis Walker has joined the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Heroes Fund. Curtis has served the US Army for more than thirty years and retired in 2002 as one of the Army's leading Command Sergeants Major. He served twenty-five out of his thirty years as a Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC; 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Fort Richardson AK; and the U.S. Special Operations Command McDill AFB FL.
He is currently assigned as a civilian as Chief, Garrison Operations Branch, Directorate of Plans Training, Mobilization and Security at Fort Bragg NC, and is designated as the installation’s Senior Operations Officer and Liaison Officer for the XVIII ABN Corps and Garrison Commander of Fort Bragg to the city of Fayetteville NC.
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Retired CSM Curtis Walker Joins Heroes Fund Board
Past Recipient Doing Well - NC Heroes Fund Update
Sgt Noble Salerno was a Fort Bragg soldier who served two tours overseas, deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In early 2008, he was one of the North Carolina Heroes Fund's first grant recipients.
During these deployments, Salerno sustained a severe hip injury when crushed by a Humvee. SGT Salerno also suffered from Leishmaneisis, which is a skin disorder that is usually transmitted by mosquitoes and sand-fleas. When Sgt Salerno returned to Fayetteville to his wife and two daughters, his injuries and the transition to civilian life, like many returning soldiers, put a strain on his finances. Th
e North Carolina Heroes Fund helped the Salerno family get through a challenging time.
North Carolina Heroes Fund Adds Three New Board Members
The North Carolina Heroes Fund announced the addition of three new members of its Board of Directors. The three
new Board members were elected to two-year terms which will begin January 2012.
Jimmy Hicks serves as President of Pike Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pike Electric. David Pfleeger is business development manager for Parsons Corporation. Thomas Mussoni is Vice President of Development for Auto Bell Car Wash. All three are from the Charlotte area.
The organization is preparing for a surge in applications during the next twelve months. As many of Nort
h Carolina's military heroes return from overseas during the next few weeks and months, we anticipate an increase is requests for support for financial hardships from our soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen. North Carolina's veterans and their families have been there for us and now we will be there for them.
Scott Stone on WBT Morning News
North Carolina Heroes Fund receives $50,000 donation
CARY, N.C. – The North Carolina Heroes Fund, an organization aimed at helping North Carolina servicemen and women transition back into civilian life, received a $50,000 donation from Wal-Mart Wednesday. Officials say any donation helps them assist deserving families.
Organization leaders say deployments are not always the most difficult part of life for North Carolina's military families. Scott Stone, chairman and founder of the North Carolina Heroes Fund, says the transition back into civilian life can be tough, especially when troops are injured and unable to work.
"There are folks who are coming back who are wounded, and they're having to go through multiple surgeries or long-term hospital stays and that takes a lot of recovery time," said Stone. "I think a lot of times people forget the hardships of the families back home. They suffer in different ways but they suffer challenges as well. We wanted to create an organization that helped not just the men and women who are fighting, but their families as well."
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