Was honored to help volunteer at the TR National Fundraiser. We setup in the Federal Armory downtown NYC and staged a Command Center within so attendees could get a sense of what’s involved when deploying to a disaster. It was run by Headquarters staff supplemented with leaders and volunteers from Region II.
All the pictures were taken by TR staff/leadership and are not my own and can be viewed in this Facebook album:
TR Region II – 2015 Salute to Service Awards album
Setting up the armory
The day’s preparation began early in the morning. The first thing the teams did was raise the flag.
Raising of the flag
Mobile HQ
Display of tool trailer
I arrived in the afternoon and help with general set-up, than manned the station to create Team Rubicon ID cards for donors.
Rich K manning the ID station
Guests arrived around 7pm. One of the honorees, General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA (Ret) is pictured below with the two founders of Team Rubicon.
TR Founders with General Stanley A. McChrystal
At one point, Jake asked all the volunteers to join him on the stage and spoke about the team to the donors.
TR Founder Jake talking to donors
After a successful night, Jake caps the night with big thank-you’s to all the organizers and volunteers.
After event congratulations
A lot of cleanup proceeded, but everyone pitched in whole-heartedly. A long day for everyone, but well worth the effort.