5/31/18
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DAHLONEGA – The University of North Georgia’s Department of Athletics has kicked off its award-winning Operation Nighthawks of Honor fundraising initiative by launching the third annual merchandise auction. Nighthawk Athletics has now donated a two-year total of over $1,800 to the UNG Boar’s Head Brigade Corps of Cadets Endowed Scholarship Fund since the initiative’s inception on the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The auction will run for the month of June and features commemorative memorabilia that honors the fallen soldiers with the all of the proceeds supporting the endowment fund. “Operation Nighthawks of Honor is a special yearlong initiative that recognized UNG’s rich tradition of military excellence,” said UNG Director of Athletics Lindsay Reeves. “Our tight community of Nighthawks greatly respects and appreciates all that armed service members, past and present, sacrifice for our country.” Each of the university’s sports teams was assigned a UNG graduate or former student that were killed in action while serving the country; the teams commemorated their service members throughout the 2017-18 season. This year’s third annual class featured honorees that were killed during, or associated with, World War I. The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission was created by an Act of Congress in 2013. The Commission’s mission is to plan, develop, and execute programs, projects and activities to commemorate the Centennial of World War I (WWI). The Commission will use the Centennial as a timely and essential opportunity to educate the country’s citizens about the causes, courses and consequences of the war; and to honor the heroism and sacrifice of those Americans who served. One of only six federally designated senior military colleges in the nation, UNG is The Military College of Georgia and its nationally recognized Army ROTC program attracts students from across the state, region and nation. |
