Veteran Of The Year To Host 2nd Annual Fundraiser

Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 2014 (Newswire.com) - On Veterans Day 2014, former “National Vietnam Veteran of the Year” Bob Wieland, www.bobwieland.com, will be hosting the 2nd Annual Honoring Our Heroes Experience, Presented by Akyumen Technologies, alongside Hollywood stuntman, speaker, mentor, and reality TV show host Sammy Maloof.

Wieland is partnering with the Watering Seeds Organization (WSO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Brady Mazzola to create sports rehabilitation and recreational opportunities for individuals with special needs. WSO is dedicated to empowering our youth, wounded warriors, and challenged civilian communities through education, media, inspirational sports programs, and live-entertainment events.

I want to deliver a powerful presentation that encourages you to go out the door believing you can defeat Goliath if you have to!
-Bob Wieland

Headlining the event will be NBC(s) The Voice finalist and Grammy Award winner Will Champlin, www.willchamplin.com, performing music from his hit album Borrowing Trouble.

On Veterans Day, November 11, 2014, Wieland and WSO will be partnering with the Stubhub Center, Akyumen, Domino’s Pizza, Coca-Cola, Sports4Life, Veterans Supplemental Support Network (VSSN), Fueled By The Fallen, and the City of Carson, with full support from Mayor Jim Dear.  Details of the event can be found at www.wateringseeds.org.

*For further information, please call the WSO office at (818) 936-3476 or by email: info@wateringseeds.org.

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Vietnam (1969), Bob and his platoon walked into an ambush. When a member of his unit was hit with fire from an AK-47, Bob rushed to the aid to his fallen comrade; while doing so, he stepped on and detonated an 82mm mortar round booby-trap, designed to destroy tanks with a 30 yard radius kill zone. Both of Bob’s legs were lost during the ordeal.

My legs went one way, and my life went another.
-Bob Wieland

Since his tragic and heroic act of valor Bob Wieland has gone on to become a world-renowned athlete, strength and conditioning coach for the NFL Green Bay Packers and was even named “Mr. Inspiration” by President Ronald Reagan.

His accomplishments are many, including walking across America on his hands in three years eight months and six days (3y-8m-6d) and being a four-time world record holder in the bench press competing against able-bodied individuals with a best lift of 507 lbs. He is also one of People Magazines Six Most Amazing Americans of the Past 20 Years, and the only double amputee to complete the grueling Ironman Triathlon in Kona Hawaii WITHOUT the use of a wheelchair.

Bob was named Wisconsin’s and California’s Outstanding Disabled American Veteran, 2001 National Vietnam Veteran of the Year, “Most Courageous Man In America by the NFL Player Association and one of the Top 100 Sports Stories of the Past 100 Years by the LA Herald Examiner.

Over the past 40 years, Bob has been inspiring the military, corporations, professional colleges, high school teams and individuals throughout the world as a motivational key-note speaker to give just a measure more of themselves. He often tag teams with his good friend and Hollywood stuntman Sammy Maloof to help businesses and groups unleash the Champion within!

In 1969, I had a decision to make, and it led me to where I am today. “Greater love has no man than this that a man be willing to lay down his life for his friends.” The Gospel of John chapter 15 verse 13…
-Bob Wieland