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Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Teams Up with Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. to Bring 'Day of Rivals' Lacrosse Event

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 13:48 CDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. will team up on Saturday, April 11, at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland for the "Day of Rivals" competitive lacrosse event. Hosted by Inside Lacrosse Magazine, this event will host a group of wounded veterans and their families for the 87th Army-Navy game and the 104th Maryland-Johns Hopkins game.

The much anticipated match-ups will commence at 11:30am with the Army-Navy game, followed by the Maryland-Johns Hopkins game beginning at 2:00pm.

"To be part of this monumental occasion is a true honor," stated Adam Silva, WWP Director of Resource Development. "Recognition during such a high-profile athletic event assists us in ensuring this generation of veterans is the most successful and well-adjusted in our nation's history."

As the charitable focus of the event, Wounded Warrior Project will play an integral role in the halftime show with an educational video and check presentation. Wounded warriors will also serve as honorary captains. Those to serve will be Dan Nevins for Maryland, Ryan Kules for Johns Hopkins, John Fernandez for Army and Steve Peace for Navy.

Nevins is a native of Maryland and suffered a left leg, below the knee amputation while serving in Iraq. He now works for Wounded Warrior Project and is an avid golfer.

Kules who lost his arm above the elbow and left leg just below the hip, now runs WWP's "Warriors to Work" program. He and his wife Nancy are the proud parents to a little girl named Jillian.

Fernandez, a former Army Lacrosse player himself, is a bilateral below the knee amputee. He has since gone on to play in the Army/Navy alumni lacrosse game and owns his own business. He and his wife Kristi have three children.

Peace, who suffered a stroke while serving in the Navy, now attends Mesa College, is working on his therapy and participating in WWP's Soldier Ride. Peace also played Lacrosse for Navy.

Full BIOS are available upon request. For more information about this event, including tickets, please visit Dayofrivals.com.

More than 33,000 troops have been wounded in the ongoing war on terror, many of them suffering traumatic brain injuries, amputations and severe burns. Wounded Warrior Project provides services and programs including adaptive sports opportunities, benefits and career counseling and combat stress seminars to ease the burdens of the wounded and their families, aid in the recovery process and smooth their transition back into civilian life.

About Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)

Wounded Warrior Project (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 visit woundedwarriorproject.org or contact Adam Silva at (904) 445-8538, asilva@woundedwarriorproject.org.

SOURCE Wounded Warrior Project

Source: PR Newswire

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