Star Wars society raises funds for wounded warriors at Walter Reed
by J.H. Freeman
Jun 30, 2009
J.H. Freeman/Medill
The Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi graces the front of the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society's medallion to raise money for patients in Walter Reed's Ward 57
WASHINGTON - Injured soldiers recuperating in Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s Ward 57 are getting special assistance from a galaxy far, far away.
The Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society is selling a one-time run of 1,000 souvenir medallions inspired by the films, with proceeds going to Operation Ward 57—a group dedicated to raising money for DVD players and electronic gaming consoles, like Xbox and Playstation, for the wounded.
The 24-bed Ward 57, known as the “amputee ward,” is home to some of the most severely wounded soldiers in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“We decided as a group that we wanted to do some sort of fundraiser for Operation [Ward] 57,” said Bill Cable, president and founder of the 350-member Star Wars society.
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