OF GIVING CONTINUES.
KRISTIN:
AS WE'VE TOLD YOU - WE'RE
RAISING MONEY - TO HELP
VOLUNTEER HONOR
GUARDS ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS -
OFFERING FREE MILITARY SERVICES
- TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.
BO:
LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT - FROM NEW
TAZEWELL..
LIVING EAST TENNESSEE HOST
ERIN BARNETT JOINING US FROM THE
CLAIBORNE- OVERHOLT FUNERAL
HOME..
KRISTIN:
ERIN - THE TRI- COUNTY VETERAN
HONOR GUARD DOES SO MUCH GOOD...
ERIN:
OUR ANNUAL OPERATION HONOR GUARD
DAY OF GIVING IS BACK AND
RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND THE
VOLUNTEER HONOR GUARDS ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE.
OPERATION HONOR GUARD IS A
PROGRAM THAT GIVES OUR
COUNTRY'S HEROES THE FAREWELL
THEY DESERVE, AN HONOR GUARD AT
THEIR FUNERALS. VOLUNTEERS
COMPRISE THOSE HONOR GUARDS,
WHO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
NAT SOUND FROM FUNERAL
SERVICE... 11:22:52 EVERYTIME
YOU PUT ON THIS UNIFORM OUR
NATION IS IN MOURNING OF AN
AMERICAN SOLDIER..IT'S SOMETHING
YOU'LL NEVER GET BACK...
THE LOVE FOR HER COUNTRY...THE
LOVE FOR HER FELLOW VETERANS IS
SIMPLY UNMATCHED.
ARMY VETERAN SAMANTHA SHREVES
SAYS...THAT PASSION AND PRIDE IS
FELT AT EVERY
FUNERAL SERVICE ..
11:22:29
IT IS TOUGH..THE FIRING OF
RIFLES
SHAKES YOU TO YOUR CORE, TO SEE
THE FOLDING OF OUR NATIONS FLAG
IT IS HONESTLY MOVING ...IT'S
TREMENDOUS TO A PART OF IT..BUT
MORE THAN ANYTHING TO BE
ABLE TO HONOR THOSE WHO WENT
BEFORE US...
A WIFE AND MOM OF TWO...SHREVES
SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 6
YEARS...
BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS IN THE
PLANS TO STEP BACK INTO UNIFORM.
UNTIL SHE MOVED TO TENNESSEE
ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO...
TURNS OUT HER NEIGHBOR WAS A
VETERAN AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE
A
MEMBER OF THE TRI-COUNTY
VETERANS HONOR GUARD... 11:17:44
- MOVING IN YOU NEW HOME FIRST
THING YOU DO IT'S PATRIOTIC,
YOU PUT UP YOUR FLAG POLE SO OUR
NEIGHBOR SAW AND ASSISTED US AND
CONVERSATION OF FOR GOD AND
COUNTRY, HE INVITED ME TO
COME SEE HONOR GUARD AND FOUND
OUT I WAS A VETERAN. SHE DOESN'T
CALL IT A
COINCIDENCE...IN FACT AFTER
MEETING THE OTHER MEMBERS... SHE
KNEW THIS WAS HER CHANCE
TO SERVE AGAIN...
11:18:26
A DESIRE TO BE BACK IN UNIFORM
TO BE OF SERVICE...TO REALLY BE
INVOLVED AGAIN IT
WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY... TO
GIVE BACK TO HER NEW
COMMUNITY...HER COUNTRY, BUT
ALSO
REPRESENT OTHER FEMALES IN
SERVICE.
11: 20:18
I GET A LOT FROM YOUNG LADIES,
HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AGE AND
THEY WANT TO KNOW THE
OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. THAT IS
SOMETHING I TRY TO EDUCATE AND
SHARE BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN ME
FAR.
SAYING EVEN THOUGH THESE
VETERANS...AND HONOR GUARD
MEMBERS ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE
DUTY...
IT WILL ALWAYS BE THEIR DUTY TO
SERVE...HONOR AND SALUTE THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN IT ALL.
11:23:58
THEIR SERVICE DOESN'T END WHEN
THE CEREMONY END THEY ARE ALWAYS
HELPING COMMUNITY AND
FELLOW NEIGHBORS..IT IS AN
OVERWHELMING JOY THEY BRING.
ERIN:
OPERATION HONOR GUARD IS A
PROGRAM THAT GIVES OUR
COUNTRY'S HEROES THE FAREWELL
THEY DESERVE, AN HONOR GUARD AT
THEIR FUNERALS. VOLUNTEERS
COMPRISE THOSE HONOR GUARDS,
WHO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
KRISTIN:
NEW THIS YEAR - PHONE BANK...
CALL THIS NUMBER : 865-582-4985
BO:
THANKS KRISTIN..
AGAIN THAT NUMBER TO CALL -
865-582-4985.
OUR OPERATION HONOR GUARD DAY OF
GIVING - RUNS THROUGH 6:30
TONIGHT -
RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND
VOLUNTEER HONOR GUARDS ALL
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE. YOU CAN
CALL OR STOP BY ANY OF
THE FIVE LOCATIONS ON YOUR
SCREEN TO DONATE. YOU CAN ALSO
HEAD TO OUR
WEBSITE - WATE DOT COM. WE HAVE
A DONATION LINK - ON
OUR FRONT PAGE.
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KELLIE HARPER IS COUNTING DOWN
TO HER FIRST SEASON AS THE
LADY VOLS HEAD COACH.
WHAT HARPER IS SAYING ABOUT THIS
TEAM'S LEADERSHIP COMING UP IN
TONIGHT'S ORANGE AND WHITE