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64th Annual Welcoming Reception

(details regarding the opening Welcoming Reception)

64th Annual Spring Meeting & Exhibition

 R&DA is pleased to announce that our 64^th Annual Spring Meeting & Exhibition Keynote Speaker will be DAN CLARK.  A professional speaker and author, he has been awarded the most prestigious “TOP 5 SPEAKER” designation by America’s most prominent speakers’ bureau, “ Speakers Platform”.  Dan has spoken to many Fortune 500 companies, has appeared on national television, worked with NASA, Mayo Clinic and recently participated in the Festival of Thinkers in Dubai where he joined Nobel Laureates and world leaders.

Dan is a master story teller and has been published in 30 million books in thirty languages.  He spends time with our deployed military to motivate and to entertain our greatest asset, the war fighter.   Expect to be entertained and motivated by this American patriot.

64th Annual Spring Meeting

(details regarding meeting sessions, presentations from key

Government officials, networking & more)

ALL BOOTHS SOLD OUT

64th Annual Exhibition

(information on exhibition details & booth registration)

May 3-5, 2010

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

Tucson, AZ

IBEX MEETING DETAILS 

2010 IBEX MEETING

(information on meeting & registration)

April 20-21, 2010 

                                            Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina  

                       San Diego, CA  92101

IBEX is the acronym for Industrial Base Extended.  Annually a meeting is hosted by Defense Supply Center Philadelphia to explain the IBEX program, to look at government requirements from assemblers and suppliers, and to enhance data exchanges.

Support to Haiti would be a typical IBEX mission, where the capabilities of prime vendors, assemblers, and suppliers would be identified to fulfill requirements.  R&DA members may attend this meeting.  The attached document is the meeting flyer for IBEX.  If you are unsure if attendance would be beneficial please call Jim Fagan at 210-493-8024

2010-2011 Wounded Warrior Fund Drive

The 2010-2011 Wounded Warrior Fund Drive began this month.  We encourage your support as we meet the needs of the wounded and their families in the areas that all other programs fail.  We operate our charity with no overhead costs and we leverage our donations to increase the benefit to our heroes.

Our first 2010 donations were to Walter Reed Medical Center to provide transportation to family members so they can visit their warrior during difficult operations.  We know that recovery is much faster when family members are present.  We also provided funds to Fort Sam Houston to provide telephone calling cards, transportation, housing for family members who were unable to pay for lodging.

We expect to reach the $1,000,000 goal this quarter.  We will be contacting you in many ways to let you know how you can support this meaningful program. 

R&DA Expands into Military Training 

R&DA is proud to announce that this sixty-four year old association dedicated to supporting the military services is expanding its scope to provide food service and related training for military members.  This training will be conducted in conjunction with Ed Manley and Associates and will be coordinated with the military services. 

R&DA Certificate Program

(information on educational services & content)

Board of Directors’ Election 

In 2010 R&DA will elect members to its Board of Directors.  We are proud to announce our candidates for this election:

Mr. Gabe Castillo, The Wornick Co.

Mr. James Kennedy, Pilgrim's Pride/ConAgra Foods

Mr. Joe Renta, Unilever Foodsolutions

LTC (Ret) Don Vtipil, Red Cloud Food Service

2009 Typical Wounded Warrior Donations

Donations to all WW Agencies at Fort Sam Houston

• Transportation of family members

• For Rehabilitation Support

• Suitcases

• Burn Unit assistance

• Food Items to support meals of family members with wounded

• Telephone Cards

Donations to Walter Reed Medical Center

• Satellite telephones to link wounded with their families

• Transportation to events

• Food items for meals and special occasions

• Recreational activities

Donations to other WW Facilities

• Wedding dresses to WW and families

• Home repair for KIA dependents

• Donation of 1,000 steaks for WW meals throughout US

• Seven pallets of breakfast sandwiches for WW and family use at WRMC and BAMC

• Transportation of Wounded to their homes during the holiday season

• Provided therapy (10 hours) for Wounded in Florida

• Provided food items to Fort Hood, TX and WRMC for holiday parties

R&DA validates all expenditures with government leaders and fill the gaps of all existing programs.  There are zero overhead costs with the R&DA program as all work effort is donated.  Since 2007 we have actually given more than 3.7 times the funds collected as we always obtain matching grants or donations of the items needed by the wounded and their families.

Donations for 2009:                    $286,109

Donations Total All Years:         $904,956