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Cost of Freedom Gala Set Saturday; tickets still on sale
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Tickets are still on sale for the annual Texas Wounded Warrior Cost of Freedom Gala — ”An Evening with Randy Travis”— scheduled for Saturday, KE Bushman Celebration Center near Bullard, Robert Rhodes, spokesman for the event, said.
Tickets are still on sale for the annual Texas Wounded Warrior Cost of Freedom Gala — ”An Evening with Randy Travis”— scheduled for Saturday, KE Bushman Celebration Center near Bullard, Robert Rhodes, spokesman for the event, said.
They can be purchased at Cavender’s Boot City, 2025 WSW Loop 323, online at www.outhousetickets.com, or, if still available, at KE Bushman Celebration Center the evening of the performance. Cost is $105 for two tickets.
This is the fifth year that the Wounded Warrior Pro-Am and Celebration has been held in Tyler. About 25 wounded warriors from various military bases and hospitals are expected to participate in the four-day event. Many are multi-amputees or have suffered other traumatic injuries such as severe burns or brain trauma.
Several high-ranking military guests from around the country also are expected to attend, including Ret. Air Force Lt. Gen. Howard M. Fish, former assistant vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, who now lives near Tyler.
The weekend will begin at noon Friday, with a welcoming ceremony at Tyler Pounds Field Airport.
In addition to the Saturday evening program, the weekend will feature entertainment by nationally known golf trick shot artist, Chuck “the Hitman” Hiter, and a junior golf clinic and nine-hole scramble on Sunday at Eagles Bluff Country Club.
Several high-ranking military guests from around the country also are expected to attend, including Ret. Air Force Lt. Gen. Howard M. Fish, former assistant vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, who now lives near Tyler.
The weekend will begin at noon Friday, with a welcoming ceremony at Tyler Pounds Field Airport.
In addition to the Saturday evening program, the weekend will feature entertainment by nationally known golf trick shot artist, Chuck “the Hitman” Hiter, and a junior golf clinic and nine-hole scramble on Sunday at Eagles Bluff Country Club.
Wounded warriors will participate in patriotic welcomes at the Brook Hill School on Friday afternoon and at All Saints Episcopal School on Monday morning.
The concluding activity will be a pro-am golf tournament on Monday afternoon for wounded warriors and participating East Texas golfers at Willow Brook Country Club.
Texas Wounded Warrior is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization started in Tyler in 2008.
Contributions go toward underwriting the cost of the annual event and helping severely wounded military personnel and their families, primarily from the two wars in Iraq and the one in Afghanistan, including military families in Northeast Texas.
The concluding activity will be a pro-am golf tournament on Monday afternoon for wounded warriors and participating East Texas golfers at Willow Brook Country Club.
Texas Wounded Warrior is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization started in Tyler in 2008.
Contributions go toward underwriting the cost of the annual event and helping severely wounded military personnel and their families, primarily from the two wars in Iraq and the one in Afghanistan, including military families in Northeast Texas.
