Wounded Service Members with Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride Cycle from Little Rock, AR to Nashville, TN to Raise Awareness

Wounded Service Members with Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride Cycle from Little Rock, AR to Nashville, TN to Raise Awareness

- Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe and Country Music Star Jamie O'Neal to Participate in Festivities -

WHO:

Soldier Ride is a program of Wounded Warrior Project that provides key rehabilitation opportunities for wounded warriors and raises public awareness for those that have been severely injured during the current war on terror. Wounded Warrior Project also offers services and programs like benefits and career counseling, advocacy initiatives and combat stress seminars to aid in the transition from hospital bed to an independent, productive life.

WHAT:

Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride will bring together wounded warriors from the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan and members of the general public, to cycle on adaptive equipment from Little Rock, AR to Franklin, Tennessee. This ride is sponsored by Actus Lend Lease (see below).

WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, November 6:
9:30am
Ride kick-off in Little Rock at War Memorial Stadium

12:30pm

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will address the warriors at the Clinton Library

Friday, November 7:
10:00am
Ride in Memphis to begin at Tom Lee Park and end in Germantown

7:00 pm:

Reception at Opryland Hotel in Nashville with Country Music Artist Jamie O'Neal

Saturday Nov 8:
9:30 am:

Public participation ride, starting and ending at Edwin Warner Park in Nashville

7:00pm
Entertainment events at the Grand Ole Opry and the Wildhorse Saloon

WHY:

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. For more information on Wounded Warrior Project and Soldier Ride, visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org for further updates and news.

Woody Groton and wounded warriors are available for interviews.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Ayla Hay
(757) 340-7425
ayla@themeridiangroup.com

About Actus Lend Lease

Excelling at large, complex development projects, Actus Lend Lease works with institutional owners to create value and deliver exceptional returns. With more than 40,000 Residential units in its portfolio, Actus Lend Lease has created fully master planned mixed-use communities throughout the United States. Actus is a member of the Lend Lease global family, which includes Bovis, Actus and Delfin Lend Lease. Global projects of note include: Army Hawaii Family Housing in Oahu, HI, Greenwich Peninsula in London, AOL Time Warner Center in New York, The Sydney Olympic Village and New York's Grand Central Station Terminal. Actus Lend Lease is headquartered in Nashville, TN, and employs more than 500 people nationwide.

/PRNewswire -- Oct. 30/

Source: Wounded Warrior Project

Web Site: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

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