I n 2008, after their son Brian survived the loss of both his legs and other severe traumatic injuries from an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, Joanne and James Brennan of Howell vowed to help other families and members of the U.S. armed forces who were injured in the line of duty.
The fourth annual Brennan StandsAlone Foundation golf outing will take place on Aug. 4 at the Cruz Farm Golf Club, Farmingdale. Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. and the shotgun start is scheduled for 9 a.m.
The golfing fee of $125 per golfer or $500 per foursome includes lunch, sponsored by the Howell PBA Local 228, and prizes, including a putting contest for a flatscreen TV. Sponsorships ranging from $150 to $2,500 are still available.
Capt. Brian Brennan, for whom the foundation is named, will be at the Aug. 4 golf outing, driving the beverage cart around and personally thanking everyone.
For more information, call Jim Kirk at 848-459-6816. To register online, visit BrennanStandsAlone.org.
According to a press release, among other donations, the Brennan Stands Alone Foundation provided all of the bedroom furniture for the two daughters of Michael Minard, a double amputee, when their Homes for Our Troops campaign was completed.
The foundation also donated an estimated $60,000 for Anthony Thompson, corpsman 2nd class, Navy medic; Bradley Thomas, Army specialist; and Scott Noss, Army sergeant 1st class, who all sustained brain injuries, so their caretakers had lodging and could stay by their sides for one year while they participated in an experimental brain injury program at the Kessler Institute.
The most recent recipient of the foundation was David Noblit, an Army specialist from Pennsylvania. The foundation donated $3,000 to build a handicapped ramp onto Noblit’s house and $1,000 worth of gift cards to defer the cost of transportation to and from Walter Reed Army Medical Center inWashington, D.C.