Light of Healing Hope Foundation Salutes the Red Cross and the Nation's Wounded Warriors

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teresa Carlson, Chairman of the Board of the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region, presented the Light of Healing Hope Foundation's newest publication, Healing Courage by Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave, at the Red Cross Salute to Service Gala on October 18, 2014. The Light of Healing Hope Foundation offered the book as gifts to the event to support the Red Cross and all Service Members and their families.

"Thank you ever so much for this beautiful donation [and] your beautiful work in putting this book together. It is just beautiful to read, touch, see, and experience. It will bring much healing, hope, and encouragement to many of us." said Linda Mathes, President of the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region.

Honorees at the gala included Secretary of the Army John Michael McHugh, The Honorable Charlene Drew Jarvis, former president of Southeastern University and member of the Council of the District of Columbia, Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, Army Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, and Dr. Inge Guen, clinical psychologist and leader of the Creative Arts Program of the Services to the Armed Forces unit of the American Red Cross at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

In thanking the Light of Healing Hope Foundation for the donation, Teresa Carlson quoted the dedication page of Healing Courage: "Though the wounds of life may haunt the spirit/ Unspeakable sorrow leaving ghosts of pain/Abiding faith in the goodness of man/Allows love to transcend this earthly plain."

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For more information on the Light of Healing Hope Foundation, please visit: http://www.lightofhealinghope.org

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About the Light of Healing Hope Foundation
The Light of Healing Hope Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a public charity organized under Section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS code. LHHF is dedicated to providing gifts of hope to hospitals to comfort patients and their families at a time of adversity. http://www.lightofhealinghope.org or contact

Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave
Light of Healing Hope Foundation
202.333.1737
[email protected]

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