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Bob Barker Donates $3 Million for Brain Injury Center
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| WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2009 – The price appears to be right for
former game show host and naval aviator Bob Barker, who
donated $3 million to help build a premiere Defense
Department center for wounded warriors suffering traumatic
brain injuries.
The donation brings the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund to its
$60 million goal to build the National Intrepid Center of
Excellence, Bill White, president of the Intrepid Fallen
Heroes Fund, announced yesterday.
The 72,000-square-foot, two-story facility is expected to
open next year next to the new Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund will pay to build the center
and equip it with the most advanced medical equipment for
traumatic brain injury research, diagnosis and treatment,
White said. Once construction is completed, the fund will
turn the center over to the department to operate.
“This amazing gift puts us over the top,” White said
yesterday in announcing Barker's donation to the effort.
“Thousands of Americans have given to this important effort,
and Bob Barker has today stepped up to the task. We are
immensely grateful for his wonderful generosity and his
support for our nation's servicemen and women.”
Richard T. Santulli, chairman of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes
Fund, called reaching the financial milestone to begin
construction of the center “a great step forward in our
mission.” The group raises money to provide financial help
for families of U.S. servicemembers killed in the line of
duty, and began raising funds for the new treatment center
in 2007.
Barker, a naval aviator during World War II who's best known
as the long-time host of “The Price is Right” game show
until his 2007 retirement, called his donation a way to give
back to those who serve or have served in the military.
“I am very happy to do whatever I can to support the brave
men and women who have given so much in service to our
nation," he said. “They have given so much for us. All
Americans owe them a debt of gratitude for their tremendous
service and sacrifice.” | |
Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Copyright 2009
Reprinted
from American
Forces Press Service / DoD
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