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Support Our Troops news

Eric Maddox with Barbara and Charles Runner

Charles Runner, President, Support Our Troops On June 20, SOT was honored to have Eric Maddox as a guest at our meeting. Eric, who is a relative of Robson Ranch residents Bill and Avanell Patton, served in the U.S. Army from 1994 to 2004 as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne and as a linguist.…

180 US Flag median display at Robson Ranch

The flag crew

Sam Goodrich Ever wonder how 180 U.S. flags magically appear in the median at Robson Ranch on designated national flag flying holidays? Here is the story. A few days before each display event a small group of dedicated Support Our Troops volunteers called the set-up crew begins the process by carefully inspecting the status of…

Fidelity SOT Charity Golf Tournament shatters records

Military guests and dependents at honor dinner

Sam Goodrich Last month’s Fidelity Support Our Troops charity golf tournament shattered all kinds of records. The tournament had its largest field ever (140); the most active duty or reserve military participants ever (41) and raised a record $18,000 for the SOT charity. As an added bonus, the local CBS TV news affiliate, Channel 11,…

Memorial Day at Robson Ranch

Rodney Hess (left) with his family, mother, and relatives by the brick honoring his father, A1C Patrick Hess.

Charles Runner The unrelenting rain finally stopped and permitted the Support Our Troops flag team to install 185 median flags from the main gate to the Veterans Park. At 10:00 a.m. over 140 residents and guests gathered at the Robson Ranch Veterans Park to honor our veterans, including the 1,344,000 that made the ultimate sacrifice,…

Exit 79 free concerts for Support Our Troops

Charles Runner,  President Support Our Troops The popular Exit 79 Band, a group formed at Robson Ranch, is taking music to the streets of Robson Ranch with four free concerts for friends, neighbors and a very worthy cause. The “Tour” will bring 60s-70s rock ‘n roll music to the neighborhoods of our community! Besides wonderful…

Support Our Troops news – March 2015

Support Our Troops meeting

Charles Runner, President On February 21, it was standing room only at the Support Our Troops monthly meeting. President Charles Runner welcomed over 60 members and guests and passed on news from the troops that SOT supports. He also reported on the Support team’s February shipments to deployed personnel that included 28 boxes of comfort…

Robson Ranch Veteran Park news

Veterans Park, photo by Charles Runner

Charles Runner, President, Support Our Troops, Inc. As we celebrate the 70th anniversary year of the end of WWII, there is one bridge that deserves some attention. It was the key to how much longer the war in Europe was to last. Without a bridge crossing that could support the heavy armored vehicles and trucks,…

Support Our Troops and Veterans Park news

Masai war club engraved with “Support Our Troops - Thank You”

Charles Runner, President News from the Troops. SOT has received quite a few emails, Christmas cards and notes thanking us for the material and written support we provided this past Christmas to the 74 relatives of Robson Ranch residents that are on our current support list. Thirteen of them are deployed overseas and nine are…