HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.07.15_Mayor_SBFD_Open_Wounded_Warrior_Way_FridayCITY OF SOUTH BEND
PETE BUTTIGIEG, MAYOR
Office of the Mayor
CONTACT:
Kara Kelly, (574) 235 -5853
kkelly @southbendin.gov
FOR RELEASE: Thursday, October 8, 2015
MAYOR, SOUTH BEND FIRE TO OPEN "WOUNDED WARRIOR WAY" FRIDAY MORNING
Mayor Pete Buttigieg will join South Bend Firefighters and veterans and their families at 10:00
am Friday, October 9, for a ceremony temporarily renaming of the intersection of Michigan and
Washington Streets to Wounded Warrior Way.
This is the 12th year that the South Bend Fire Department has partnered with Helping Hands for
Freedom and the Wounded Warrior Project to bring injured veterans and their caregivers to
South Bend to attend a Notre Dame football game.
Twenty veterans will attend this year, with half sleeping overnight at South Bend Fire's Central
Station.
Helping Hands for Freedom focuses on veterans affected by military injuries. The organization
provides programs for those injured in action and their families. Helping Hands for Freedom and
the Wounded Warrior Project paid for game tickets for all the veterans and caregivers attending
Saturday's Notre Dame vs. Navy game.
South Bend Fire is holding a cookout for the group Friday night at the home of retired New York
Fire Lieutenant Patrick "Paddy" Concannon on Coquillard Street. On Saturday, South Bend Fire
will host a breakfast at Central Fire and a pre -game tailgate party on Twyckenham Drive
between South Bend Avenue and Edison Road.