Northwest Afternoon

January 9, 2008 -- Today was a great chance for us to see what kind of response we will get from the local heroes.  And if this was a true indication ... This is going to be a great year for troop morale in the Pacific Northwest!

We got a call from KOMO 4's Northwest Afternoon, asking if we'd like to do another promo this year for the upcoming PackOut.  We did this 2 years ago, and it was fun, so why not?!

All we needed was to guarantee 15 audience members, and we would get a free public service announcement on our local ABC affiliate.  Can't beat that deal.  But how to choose just 15 of our heroes.  No way!  We ended up with double that.  We all convoyed and carpooled up, and started our day in the KOMO studios with Nemesia, Kent, Natasha, & the rest of their crew.

Our team consisted of members of the Warrior Transition Battalion from Fort Lewis, our USAF Liaison, Bates Tech Fire Services Trainees, (with instructor Pat Piper) Karen Leming & Chris Galbraith from the Tacoma Fire Department Honor Guard, and our new friends from the Washington State Patrol PIO Trooper Brandy Kessler & Trooper Christian Wilson.  All told there were about 30 of us.   It was a perfect team, and we truly appreciate all of the support!  Thank you all so much!

A fun moment was when the very lovely Natasha Curry made her entrance into the studio and got her first glimpse of our half of the audience.  She smiled broadly, and exclaimed "Oh, uniforms!"  She then told us that she was herself married to a firefighter -- Which required that we send her home to ask her husband for the shirts from their department!  Come on, we all have our missions.  ( ;

And Kent, (Of Kent & Alan fame) was a crack up just like last time.  I remembering laughing pretty hard last time around.  Watching him try to get Natasha to duplicate the ice skating lift with Natasha had the potential for UTube posts!

If you are a local group with an upcoming event, and need to get the word out about an upcoming event, give them a call at KOMO, and ask about the NWA PSA.  They'll take great care of you!

Thank you to all of our participating heroes, and to KOMO's Northwest Afternoon!  You are all tops in our book!

Now mark your calendars ... We need your shirts by Valentine's Day, and the PackOut is March 8th.

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to drop us a line at HeroShirts@aol.com

lj

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