Welcome Home, SFC Robert Bell, Georgetown, TX, 12 AUG 2011

Welcome Home Mission

Elizabeth Bell and 11 month old son Holden have invited the Patriot Guard Riders to participate in a welcome home for her husband and his father, SFC Robert (Rob) Bell, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas.

Sergeant Bell has been deployed in Basra, Iraq since October 2010. While in Basra, Sergeant Bell recognized a need of the Iraqi civilians that worked on the military base. The civilians barely earned enough money to purchase shoes and socks suitable for the job they were doing. With Sergeant Bell in Iraq and his wife Elizabeth in Georgetown they founded the highly successful "Operation Save a Shoe." Operation Save a Shoe collected and distributed 187 pairs of shoes & 700 pairs of socks to the civilian workers. Extra shoes and socks were donated to a local orphanage in Basra.

Date: Friday, 12 August 2011

Staging Location: Valero Jiffy Mart, southwest corner of SH29 (University Ave) & SE Inner Loop in Georgetown. This intersection is 0.8 mi west of the SH130 toll road. Map link: tinyurl.com/JiffyMartGtown

Timeline:
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm Staging
5:15 pm briefing
5:30 pm KSU for 2 mile ride to 2515 University Park Drive, University Park Subdivision, Georgetown, TX
Arrival Time of Sergeant Bell by car from Fort Hood is approximately 6:00 pm.

Wx: No change, still hot, hot, hot (but not as hot as Iraq. Basra forecast is 117 deg F). Bring water, wear sunscreen, and hydrate prior to getting on your bike.

Notes:
Semper Gumby, things can change. We will form a flag line at 2515 University Park Drive alongside friends, neighbors, and relatives just prior to Sergeant Bell's arrival.

Ride Captain: Terry Ayers, mototerry@sbcglobal.net, 512-925-6101
Flag Wrangler: Terry Ayers

Please make plans to help welcome home SFC Bell and thank him and his family for their sacrifice while serving our nation.

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