Injured GI from Howell has a calling. Helping others heal

Injured GI from Howell has a calling: Helping others heal
Golf outing for Brennan foundation
By Michelle Gladden • FREEHOLD BUREAU • August 19, 2009


HOWELL — It's been a long road, in more ways than one, for the Brennan family.
Committed to establishing a foundation that would help other wounded soldiers returning from war, the family is hosting its Brennan Stands Alone Foundation Golf Outing Monday at the Cruz Golf Club.

"We're just beginning to crank it up," said Joanne Brennan, mother of Afghanistan war veteran 1st Lt. Brian Brennan, who suffered life-threatening injuries and lost both legs in a roadside bomb attack. "We have our first corporate sponsor and we're hoping for a good response for the golf outing."

Brian Brennan, 24, said he will serve refreshments during the event while members of the local Policemen's Benevolent Association will prepare food.

It was only a few months after his May 2008 injuries that he and his family expressed their wish to help others the way they'd been helped. But money earmarked for the trust could only be used to help her son, Joanne Brennan said.

The trust fund was established to help the family with the cost of traveling first to James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and then to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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Injured GI from Howell has a calling