Honoring his Son by going to Iraq.. Part 2
Posted: Sunday, August 1st, 2010iReport–
Continuing from the first Video which is still #1 in views on “Salute to Troops” at 84,988 after being featured on CNN on 4/2/2010…
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Daily News stories April 2010
Posted: Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
LCpl Eric A. Palmisano Foundation
Posted: Thursday, May 27th, 2010The Board of Directors for the newly formed LCpl Eric A. Palmisano Foundation, soon to become a non-profit corporation!
CNN Stories
Posted: Thursday, May 27th, 2010Lance Cpl. Eric Anthony Palmisano
My handsome Marine, my son, my Hero
Posted: Saturday, May 22nd, 2010CNN producer note
CNN iReport
Eric’s Mom has set up a care package project in remembrance of her son. She thinks it’s important to honor fallen troops because ‘they served our country in order for us to live free. … We must never take our freedom for granted, and thanks to our troops, we won’t.’
- katie, CNN iReport producer
iReport —
He joined the Marines to follow in a proud family tradition of Marines – his grandfather, uncle and nephew were all Marines before him. Eric wanted to serve his country and he wanted his family to be proud of him. We are. We are. Oh how we are. Please check out our web site – it is a Care Package Project we began in April 2006 in Eric’s Memory.
Thank you.
Gold Star Families Healing Retreat
Posted: Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Salute A Soldier
Posted: Friday, April 9th, 2010
Daily News Salute a Soldier online voting program begins
Posted: Thursday, April 8th, 2010IRON MOUNTAIN – The Daily News’ new online voting project, “Salute a Soldier,” will benefit both The Daily News’ Newspapers in Education (NIE) program and the LPC Eric A. Palmisano Care Package Program.
Salute a Soldier is similar to past NIE projects Pet Idol and Cute Kids. People can submit photos of their favorite hometown soldiers, then donate 25 cents for each vote, or “salute.”
The three soldiers with the most salutes will be announced on Memorial Day. First place will receive a plaque, flag, and $50 dining certificate. Second and third places will receive a $25 dining certificate. read full article
News Interview with Bobbie Samme of “Palmisano Care Package Project”
Posted: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Face Book Links
Posted: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010A fallen soldier’s anniversary
Posted: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Friday is the fourth anniversary of the death of Lance Corporal Eric Palmisano.
By Aaron Martin
Friday, April 02, 2010 at 6:41 p.m.
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SPREAD EAGLE — Upper Michigan’s Source has been following the story of Bobbie and Herb Samme, the Spread Eagle, Wisconsin couple sending care packages to soldiers overseas after losing their son Eric Palmisano in Iraq.
Friday marks the fourth anniversary of Eric’s death and this year is different for the Samme’s.
Herb went to Iraq as a civilian truck driver last month to finish his son’s mission.
At home Bobbie remembers Eric with family and friends as she continues working on the Lance Corporal Eric Palmisano Care Package Project.
The important thing for Bobbie is making sure her son is never forgotten.
“Eric’s death was the most horrible tragedy that could ever happen to any parent but we’ve taken that and turned it into something positive by sharing packages with the troops,” she said. “So the care package project is one of many ways that we plan to keep Eric’s memory alive.”
Bobbie has received a number of donations in honor of Eric and hopes they continue.
If you would like to donate, visit their website www.palmisanocarepackageproject.com.
Honoring his Son by going to Iraq
Posted: Thursday, April 1st, 2010CNN producer note
DaElmer said he was touched by the efforts of Herb and Bobbie Samme, who lost their son in Iraq four years ago. Herb is currently in Iraq finishing his son’s tour of duty. ‘His hopes and dreams were to be in Iraq where his son died on that fateful day,’ said DaElmer. ‘He made it.’
- katie, CNN iReport producer
A MOMENT OF SILENCE
Posted: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Local woman wins Make a Difference Day award
Posted: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
CH (CPT) Nethery – Feb Newsletter
Posted: Sunday, March 7th, 2010Greetings in Jesus Name,
Here is February’s newsletter. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free
to distribute it anyway you see fit. By the way we are coming home next
month.
CH (CPT) Mitchell W. Nethery
TROOP CARE PACKAGE DRIVE
Posted: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010CNN iReport
Newsletter from Chaplain in Afghanistan – Eighth Edition
Posted: Saturday, February 6th, 2010Newsletter Eighth Edition.pdf from:
Mitchell W. Nethery
CH (CPT) Mitchell W. Nethery
FOB Sharana, Afghanistan
Bravo Company Marines return home
Posted: Saturday, November 28th, 2009Soldier Care Packages
Posted: Friday, November 27th, 2009A mother remembers her son by sending care packages overseas.
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What started off as a small basement project has turned into something greater.
Bobbie Samme started sending care packages to her son, Lieutenant Corporal Eric Palmisano, while he served in Iraq. He was killed in action on April 2, 2006. After his death, Samme decided to remember her son by sending as many care packages as possible to troops overseas.
“We took a tragedy and we turned it into a triumph,” said Samme. “Eric’s loss is the saddest thing that could ever happen to any parent, to lose a child. But something good has to come from it. Something good has to happen because of what Eric did what he gave. So we want to give back now.”
Samme and her husband, Herb, started the Lieutenant Corporal Eric Palmisano Care Package Project, filling boxes with everything from Ramen noodles and deodorant to Bibles. They receive thank you letters from troops almost daily.
“They’re so appreciative, especially when people get them who don’t know you,” said care package project volunteer, Jennifer Loomis. “Everyone over here still cares so much. For a little community like Florence, to do what we’re doing is phenomenal.”
With the community donating their goods, time, and money, 944 care packages have been sent since May 2006. Samme hopes to get that total up to 1,000 by the end of the year.
“People want to help,” she said. “They want to support our troops, but they don’t know how. Well Herb and I are the how. We are the vessel that people can use to get these packages to the troops.”
To help reach their goal of 1,000 care package by the end of the year, a spaghetti dinner with be held at the Spread Eagle Club on December 12.
Samme said this is far from the end of the project. She plans on sending care packages until all the troops return home safe
Welcoming home Marines
Posted: Friday, November 27th, 2009During a time of year when gratitude and giving are top of mind, families of eight Marine reservists are grateful their sons and daughter are coming home after giving to the their country in Iraq.
“I get goosebumps,” said Bobbie Samme of Spread Eagle, Wis. “I am so proud of our troops and so grateful to them for the sacrifices they make every day.”
“I’m very very thankful that they’re gonna be able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. That’s very important. Even though my son can’t be with me physically at the table, we’re setting a place for him and he will be with us in our hearts,” said Samme.
After his death, Palmisano’s family started the “LCpl. Eric A. Palmisano Care Package Project,” and has sent nearly a thousand care packages to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. read article
Adopt a Soldier program
Posted: Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Bobbie Samme, left, co-founder of the LCpl. Eric A. Palmisano Care Package Project and Rebekah Rose, circulation director for The Daily News display the contents of a care package. The Daily News is seeking donations to send newspapers to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan with the care packages. Read Article
Theresa Peterson/The Daily News Photo
Article from the Daily News on October Events
Posted: Thursday, October 8th, 2009click to enlarge:
Octobor Events in the Daily News
Make a Difference Day article
Posted: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009click to read
Gold Star parents article
Posted: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009click to read
Gold Star parents honor son with care package project
Posted: Wednesday, July 8th, 2009PESHTIGO — Herb and Bobbie Samme of Spread Eagle didn’t personally know the family of fallen soldier Pvt. Steven Drees, but they knew they could share the pain of losing a child in war.
The Sammes attended Tuesday’s visitation for Drees in Peshtigo as Gold Star parents — the family of a fallen military member — and it’s a group the Sammes say no one should ever have to join.
“We feel compelled to go because we share the pain,” said Herb Samme, whose stepson, Lance Cpl. Eric Palmisano, died in Iraq in April 2006 when his truck overturned in a flash flood. “No one knows what they’re quite going through. Right now they’re just numb. They might not even realize what’s going on.”
♦ Photos: Visitation and funeral
♦ Video, plus more photos
♦ Story: Peshtigo community members, businesses remember hero
♦ Story: Peshtigo gives soldier final farewell
♦ Story: More from Tuesday’s services
♦ Special section: Additional coverage on the death of Pvt. Steven Drees
A Gold Star family attended Palmisano’s funeral in Chicago. Both the Sammes have attended other military funerals to reach out to the parents and show respect for fallen members of the military. The Sammes said they presented Drees’ parents with two bracelets and a coin.
The Sammes honor their son — a Marine they say excelled at his job and planned to make a career out of it — with a care package project they’ve named for him.
After two care packages they had mailed to Palmisano a few days before his death were returned to them unopened, the Sammes decided to mail them back to the chaplain of his unit.
That quickly snowballed. They now average about five boxes a week and have sent more than 600 boxes of items to troops overseas.
“Based on what the troops tell us they want, we include it in there,” said Bobbie Samme, adding that they are grateful for the items and money donated by the community that keep the project rolling. Read Full Article