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Rotary Project is a cut above the rest
The event was held on Veteran's Day to honor the memory of Captain Brian Freeman. Freeman, a West Point graduate, worked in a Civil Affairs unit helping to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure (schools, roads, hospitals, electric, etc.). He became aware of an 11-year boy, Ali, who was suffering from a congenital heart defect and would die without corrective heart surgery. He was relentless in his pursuit to help Ali, and searched the internet for help. Freeman contacted Gift of Life International. He spent almost eight months obtaining diagnostic records, finding a hospital to accept Ali's case, getting visas and passports to have him sent to the United States for the surgery. On the day he obtained the passport, insurgents kidnapped and killed Freeman. His young wife, Charlotte, reached out to the Gift of Life and asked that Ali's case continue. Ali was successfully operated on at Schneider's Children 's Hospital on Long Island. Charlotte Freeman reflected: "Brian was always trying to help people … he wanted to make a difference."
Chromastics, a hair-coloring company in New York, sponsored the Cut & Color-A-Thon in salons through-out the country.
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