09/05/2026
🌟 SHOUT-OUT SATURDAY: THE FABULOUS FOUR 🌟
🏘When this mission first began, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund told us, “Nobody does it better than small towns.” They were absolutely right!
🇺🇲It has been both humbling and awe-inspiring to watch our communities come together to help Bring Healing Home.
💪💪💪💪Today, we want to recognize four extraordinary men—our Fabulous Four—whose tremendous work behind the scenes has helped carry this mission forward.
📢A heartfelt shout-out to MyRutherfordton Town Manager Doug Barrick for the countless conversations and hours of coordination required to ensure The Wall That Heals es**rt route has the full support of our public safety partners—including law enforcement, fire and rescue, and emergency medical services.
📢To Sheriff Aaron Ellenburg , thank you for embracing this mission with an open heart and an open door. From the beginning, your response has been, “Whatever you need, let us know.” At a time when one of our greatest challenges has been bringing the right people together to coordinate the many public-safety details required for an event of this magnitude, your accessibility, leadership, and willingness to help have been invaluable. You even graciously welcomed our committee into your own office for our most recent meeting—a gesture that spoke volumes about your heart for this mission. That kind of leadership, generosity, and personal investment is rare, and we are profoundly grateful. Thank you for believing in this mission and ensuring that we have an extraordinary team walking alongside us.
📢To Chief Deputy Randy Greenway, thank you for opening the doors of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, N.C. and providing a place for our local chiefs and public safety leaders to gather for our very first es**rt coordination meeting. Your hospitality and willingness to help gave this enormous undertaking an important starting place and helped set so many moving parts into motion.
📢And to Captain Bill Short—our very own “Miracle Man”—you have been nothing short of a miracle. Your leadership, logistical expertise, extensive network of resources, and remarkable ability to bring people together have lifted an enormous weight from our shoulders. Even more meaningful than all you have done is the genuine heart and compassion you have shown for this sacred mission, our veterans, and their families.
❤️Most people will never see the countless phone calls, meetings, details, and moving parts happening behind the scenes—but we see them. More importantly, we see the people giving their time, talents, connections, and hearts to make this possible.
💫Doug, Sheriff Ellenburg, Chief Deputy Greenway, and Captain Short—sometimes “THANK YOU” simply does not feel big enough. Please know that we see you, we appreciate you, and we are forever grateful!
🤝This is what community looks like. This is how we Bring Healing Home. 🇺🇸
