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Gold Star mother honored by Sen. Johnson
While Fletcher was in Iraq, Kenney sent him weekly boxes of sundries. When Fletcher asked his mother to send a box to one of his buddies who had not received anything from home, she happily obliged. When he asked her to send specific items for other soldiers, it became an ongoing project for her. Eleven days after Fletcher's death was his 29th birthday. Kenney sent a box of supplies and, thus, the Jacob's Light Foundation was born. To date, the Foundation's 250 plus volunteers have sent more than 160,000 pounds of items and letters to our troops. Senator Johnson explained that the Senate's Women of Distinction program was created as part of the Senate's celebration of Women's History Month. The program, which started in 1998, honors exceptional achievement, personal excellence and outstanding, courageous and heroic actions on the part of individual women from all across the State. Each honoree's photograph and biography becomes part of a special exhibit that honors and celebrates the unique accomplishments of exemplary women in New York. As part of Kenney's mission to comfort and support our soldiers, she has also brought our military's need for more lifesaving blood coagulants to the attention of the US Congress. She has personally sent hundreds of clot-promoting bandage kits to military units in need.
Kenney is also a minister of teaching and healing and has taught holistic healing both internationally and domestically. She was one of 10 featured Community Crusaders in CNN's Heroes Gallery in 2007. In 2008, she was both a Long Island Press Woman of Achievement and the Elk Citizens of the Year. She has also received numerous citations from all branches of the military.
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