Damian J. was Navy and 

his Potts Hound Dog is named SHAI (His name is an acronym: 

Scaling Human Artificial Intellegance.) 

SHAI is a division of NCI, Inc.

John Iusi, Army, in Psychological Operations (Psy-Ops) in Afghanistan. His dog, a Labrador Retriever girl, is named Skip, because the person who sponsors these dogs get to name them, and Skip's sponsor named her for his recently deceased brother, who was killed in a car wreck.

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach realigns its  mission

Bealls Department Stores present a Donation to FSO

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach is focusing all of our efforts on our warehouse at the National Operation Center in Lake Worth and because of this we are closing our thrift store effective today, July 13, 2015.

Over the last 2 years, the community has assisted FSO Furniture & Thrift Store to provide home furnishings to over 235 veterans and their families.

However, with the growing number of troops registering at this time, and in an effort to be prepared, a financial restructure means working solely in our donated space at our National Operation Center (warehouse) with our core mission of sending monthly "We Care" packages to our troops serving overseas. This is where we are concentrating our efforts and any help or support can now be directed straight to our warehouse. This is the core of our mission, where it began and where we see our future.

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc., a 501(c) tax exempt corporation has been sending monthly "We Care" packages since 2003 to our United States servicemen and servicewomen serving overseas, covering all world theaters. The mission remains to be able to reach out to those who receive little or no support from the home front, by assuring that they are not forgotten. .

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc., is a 501(c) tax exempt corporation and can be reached at 561-369-2933 or at www.forgottensoldiers.org for more information.

On July 17, 2015, Dave Paddock, Representative of Bealls Department Stores Florida, presented Lynelle Zelnar, Executive Director and Founder of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach ("FSO") and FSO Team a Check in the amount of $4,182.00.

The check presentation was held at Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. National Operation Center in Lake Worth, Florida.

"It’s truly an honor to have a large retail chain as a partner of FSO, and to see how they truly support our troops serving overseas. The timing couldn’t have been better, as the summer is always the slowest time of year for us to obtain funds to assist with the shipping of our monthly ‘We Care’ Packages. People are so busy during the summer with vacations, and not thinking about our troops who provide us with the freedom we so enjoy at home. In just the last week, we received over 300 more names of registered recipients asking us to send them that little bit of home. Thank you Bealls Department Stores and all the patrons who supported this special promotion!" Comments Zelnar.

Bealls Department Stores ran an in store promotion throughout Florida on Americana Day June 30, 2015 where they partnered with Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. For Every Reel Legends Item Purchased at each Bealls Florida Department Stores, Bealls donated $1 to Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. This check presentation represents the money raised from that promotion.

About Bealls Department Stores: Bealls Department Stores is a division of Bealls, Inc. The Bradenton, Florida-based company, privately held since its opening in 1915, now operates more than 540 stores in 16 states under the names Bealls, Bealls Outlet and Burke’s Outlet. To learn more about Bealls visit BeallsFlorida.com

Stand Down House Holds Thirteenth Annual Picnic

Photo by Jimmy Shirley

Pictured above are Andrew Nguyen (front), Bob Leiup ("Loop") standing left, Casimiro Crocket, Adm. Dir., and Gary Dukes. The men are members of Nam Knights. Ms. Crocket lives at the Mayfair House in Palm Beach.

Roy Foster,

co-founder of Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc.

and the

Stand Down House

Max Nelson, a Vietnam Veteran, is pictured with his wife Celia and his mother-in-law Anita.

On Saturday, July 13, Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc. held their thirteenth annual STAND*DOWN Picnic at Dubois Park in Jupiter. Stand Down, founded by Roy Foster, is a grassroots, community based intervention program designed to help homeless male veterans with a "hand up", not a hand out. Its program was  developed to help veterans who are struggling with PTSD, mental health issues and other physical issues and have lost their home, dignity and the ability to lead productive lives. It is a multi-tiered program that offers supportive services to assist veterans, active duty armed forces and families, supportive housing, job training, education referral, VA/SSA benefit information, AA/NA meetings, peer to peer support groups, outreach services, family counseling, and so much more. The program has helped over 2000 veterans.

The Stand Down House for homeless/displaced male veterans is located at 4309 Davis Road in Lake Worth.

Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc. has also opened a residential facility for families and female veterans struggling with homelessness.

  For more information about Faith*Hope*Love* Charity, Inc. and the Stand Down House, please call them at (561) 968-1612 or visit their website at www.Standown.org

YouTube Music Video 

The Miami Dolphins cheerleaders sent the U.S. Troops in Afghanistan a music video and the troops sent one back ... mimicking the cheerleaders almost to perfection. And the soldiers set off a four-point deuce mortar as point of punctuation.

Soldiers win ... hands down!!

Marc George Senzamici, 

Veteran of the War on Terror

Standing sentry in Iraq

Marc Senzamici,

 promotion to First Sergeant,

May 3, 2009

Marc George Senzamici is the son of Tony Senzamici’s nephew Al Senzamici. Tony is the Condo News columnist for Cresthaven Dudley. The following is an account provided by his father, Al, for the Condo News...

Marc George Senzamici enlisted in the Army in1993 and started basic training 7 September 1993. Following basic training, he was assigned to the 10th Mountain division at Fort Drum, Watertown, New York where he met his wife Kathy. While assigned to 10th Mountain division, he was part of the invasion of Haiti (Operation Uphold Democracy) and was in Cap-Haďtien, Haiti from 1994-1995. He went to Egypt in 1997 for a year.

Marc became an Army recruiter in Batavia, New York from 2001 to 2004. He was then assigned to 172nd 4-23 B Co Stryker Brigade unit at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska and was in Mosul, Iraq for a 15 month tour 2005 - 2006.

The 172nd Stryker Brigade unit was rebadged as the 1/25 Stryker Brigade unit and Marc was then stationed at Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska where he did another tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq with wth 1-25th Stryker Brigade A Co from 2008 to 2009.

Marc was promoted to First Sergeant in May of 2009. This was followed by a tour of duty with the same unit in Afghanistan where he sustained traumatic brain injury and loss of hearing from multiple IED explosions. He has also been diagnosed with PTSD.

Marc is now in the Wounded Warrior Project and he and his wife Kathy own a home in North Pole, Alaska. You have to drive on base to get to their home. He is scheduled to retire in 2013. He is currently enrolled at University of Alaska, Fairbanks and becoming a certified welder and fabricator. He loves building things for his trucks.

Marc has been awarded the following:

2 Bronze stars - 2006, 2009; Meritorious Service Medal; Combat Infantryman Badge; Expert Infantryman Badge; 3 Army Commendation medals; 11 Army achievement awards.

He loves camping, hunting and 4 wheeling in Alaska. He makes me proud every day.

Iraq War Veteran Guest of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Christmas Luncheon, Dec. 18, 2011

Photo by Jimmy Shirley

Angel Crespo served with the U.S. Army 4th Inf. in Iraq from Sept. 2008 to Sept. 2009, the same unit that captured Sadaam Hussein in 2005.Crespo had served in the National Guard during peace time. After 9/11, he enlisted in the Army. He was a guest of the VBOB Chapter for their Dec. 2011 luncheon.

A "Special" Flag Presented to Forgotten Soldiers Outreach

Donald Pray (left) presents to FSO the flag and certificate to Lynelle Zelnar (center) Executive Director and Founder, Bob Nichols (right) National Chairman of the Board.

Lake Worth, FL – On July 12, 2011, FSO Volunteer and avid supporter, Donald Pray formally presented to Forgotten Soldiers Outreach (FSO) an American Flag that was flown over the Headquarters of the International Security Force in Kabul on May 2, 2011, the same day that our forces killed Osama Bin Laden. Mr. Pray also presented a Certificate that was sent to him, along with the flag, to present to FSO from Captain John Tucci, United States Air Force presently serving in Afghanistan. Captain Tucci is a family friend of Mr. Pray, and also an FSO recipient. Captain Tucci wanted to show his gratitude to the organization so he forwarded the flag and certificate to Mr. Pray to personally present to Forgotten Soldiers Outreach.

Bob Nichols, National Chairman of the Board and Lynelle Zelnar, Executive Director and Founder of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach were honored to be the recipient of such a special flag commemorating a very special day in our country’s history.

Zelnar commented that ‘we simply want to send that little bit of home to assure they are not forgotten", and to receive such an honor from a recipient, is truly special and is what keeps our mission alive.

Captain Tucci commented in his cover letter that he was very appreciative of FSO’s "we care" packages that they have been receiving and noted that they have a "very positive impact on his morale and that of his fellow service members".

FSO is proud to say that since 2003, they have sent out over 100,000 "we care" packages benefiting over a quarter million of our military personnel, covering all world theaters.

If you wish to volunteer, make a donation or inquire on more information about Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization registered with the State of Florida, State of Georgia and State of Tennessee, please log on to www.forgottensoldiers.org or call 561-369-2933.

Master Sergeant Arthur Head of West Palm Beach receives Bronze Star

Photos by Jimmy Shirley

Sen. Bill Nelson prepares to pin the Bronze Star on M/Sgt. Arthur Head

Bronze Star

Kathleen Dougherty and M/Sgt. Arthur Head following the ceremony.

Jimmy Shirley, of the Condo News with Sen. Bill Nelson.

On 5 March 2011, Senator Bill Nelson (D. Fla.) made a special trip to the National Guard Armory off Gun Club Road to pin the Bronze Medal on Master Sergeant Arthur Head, of the Florida National Guard. He rewrote the security protocols for Afghanistan after arriving there and finding security incredibly lax. Two years after he left Afghanistan, when then Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting the post where Head had been, the base was attacked with suicide bombers and grenade launchers in a surprise attack. Because of the policies M/Sgt. Arthur Head had developed and implemented, the base was not breached.

Head, 55, has served in the military for 27 years and plans to stay in the National Guard until he must retire at age 60. All the men in his family, grandfather, father, uncles and brother, all served in the Armed Forces. His son Brian is serving with the U.S. Coast Guard in Texas and was unable to take leave to be here. Brian was supposed to pin the medal on his dad. However, his former mother-in-law, Kathleen Dougherty, of Boynton Beach, was on hand to congratulate him following the ceremony.

Nephew of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach Founder, Husband Killed in Afghanistan 

In Memoriam

Spc Michael Stansbery Jr.

1/17/1989 - 7/30/2010

We at the Condo News and Condo News Online are saddened to learn of the loss of Spc Michael Stansbery, Jr. US ARMY, nephew of Lynelle Chauncey Zelner, Executive Director and Founder of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, and her husband Mike. Following is the announcement made to the organization's volunteers and supporters followed by a personal message from Lynelle for Condo News Online  ...

A TRUE LOSS TO FSO AND TO MY FAMILY, PERSONALLY

July 30, 2010 - It’s with great sorrow and a heavy heart that I bring this message to you, but I feel I need to share this with everyone….today I received a phone call from my mother-in-law to inform me that our nephew, Spc Michael Stansbery Jr., US Army was killed in action in Afghanistan, yesterday!  You may have heard about the 6 that were killed on the news today…well one of them was my nephew.  My husband was very close to Michael, and the family was concerned on how Mike (my husband) would take this news, so they came to me to break it to him…the most difficult moment of my life!

Michael was on his second tour, this time with the 101st Airborne Division and in Afghanistan, last year he was with a different division and was stationed in Iraq.  Michael was only 20 years old.  Not only was he our nephew, but he was a committed, dedicated soldier who truly gave his life to our country.  He always wanted to be a soldier, ever since he was a little boy, I have no doubt that he died doing what he wanted….serving our country.  Michael was also a recipient of FSO, and established a wonderful email relationship with Helen Saucier, FSO Packing Event Manager.

She said Michael was such a nice, kind gentleman, and always very polite and appreciative for what we sent to him,  He also provided FSO with other names of soldiers, and for this tour, he even requested specific items, that they needed, which we were able to fulfill.  What touched Helen so much was how Michael would express in his emails his true appreciation along with certain requests, including pillow case covers because of the dust, Honey Buns, mini-flashlights and cheap snacks and it really moved her when he would even recommended to just go to the Dollar General or Walmart and that there is no need to spend a lot of money.  He always emailed to say THANK YOU and that he and the guys truly appreciate what FSO does for him and all the military personnel. 

Michael, was not only my dear nephew, but he was one of America’s Great
Heroes, who will be forever missed, and forever remembered.

Please, for Michael, continue your support of FSO…..as he gave his life for all of us, but always made a point to acknowledge how much he appreciated FSO and all the volunteers.   This one really hit home for FSO!

The deaths raise the July tally of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan to 66, making this month the deadliest of the war since U.S. warplanes began bombing Afghanistan a month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  Now Michael has become a statistic….but he will always be a hero to me!

"What an honor to be the Aunt of a True American Hero, Michael gave the ultimate sacrifice on 7.30.2010 for our country, and I know deep in my heart, this is what he would have wanted...he was a committed, dedicated soldier, who believed 100% in serving our country.  This was his pride!   He wanted to be his soldier his entire life and was able to fulfill his dream, unfortunately for the United States of America, his dream ended on his 2nd tour, this one in Afghanistan, but he died a True American Hero! RIP Michael.... 

As the "grieving aunt",  Executive Director and Founder of Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. ("FSO"), a national not-for-profit organization that since 2003 has been sending out monthly "we care" packages to our military personnel serving overseas, covering all world theaters, Michael's death has touched the organization and it's volunteers personally.  His gratitude and emails of appreciation to FSO is an example of what a nice, gentleman, appreciative man he was.  He provided us with more names of soldiers to become recipients and made special requests of items, which we were able to always fulfill   It's the gratefulness and appreciation that he and others soldiers share with us that keeps our organization going strong....this is a time that people can help us with our mission of sending "that little bit of home" to assure they are not forgotten, by making a donation to FSO in Michael's memory, what an awesome way to pay tribute and honor a True American Hero!   Donations can made directly via paypal on our website, www.forgottensoldiers.org or mail to:

Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc.
3550 23rd Avenue South, Suite 7
Lake Worth, Florida  33461