April 17, 2012 - Weekly Friday night dinners for wounded veterans and their families have become an institution for servicemen during the healing process. David Martin reports the founding members never thought their idea would reach a milestone of 30,000 meals.
The Aleethia Foundation has been sponsoring Friday night dinners for injured troops for nine years in Washington. The dinners for wounded warriors are about spending some social time with people you see everyday at the hospital, but never really get a chance to talk to -- and food.
Imagine what a nice steak dinner looks like after a week of hospital food. Now imagine digging into that steak dinner with prosthetic arms because the good one you were born with were blown off by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. read more>>>
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