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Dearest Friends,
September 4th is the 10th anniversary of the founding of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, named in memory of American journalist, Jim Foley, who was kidnapped, held hostage for nearly two years and murdered in 2014.
Jim Foley grew up in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, attending Carpenter School and graduating from Kingswood Regional High School in 1992. Jim served for five years in Teach for America in the inner city of Phoenix, Arizona, before becoming a conflict correspondent in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. His story is told in the HBO documentary, “Jim, the James Foley story”, directed by Wolfeboro native Brian Oakes and available on most streaming platforms and in the 2024 book, “American Mother” written by acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann with Diane Foley.
The Foley Foundation is a non-partisan non-profit that seeks to inspire the moral courage to secure freedom for Americans held unjustly captive abroad, prevent future hostage taking and promote journalist safety. Its annual “Bringing Americans Home” research report has successfully driven US legislation and our US government to bring home more than 130 innocent US nationals from captivity abroad.
Our 10th anniversary James W. Foley Freedom Walk will occur locally at St. Katherine Drexel church on Saturday, September 29th at 9 am and in Rochester, New Hampshire and virtually worldwide on Saturday, October 19th at 10 am.
I invite you to join my team- Diane's Moral Courage Walkers for become a 2024 Foley Freedom Run/Walk sponsor, walker or runner by registering at www.foleyrun.org. You will be making a difference for often forgotten fellow Americans held captive abroad and journalist safety.
HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND LOVE,
DIANE
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- Deborah Martin Fuller Hi Diane, Happy to donate although I'm not running these days! Trying to save my knees for skiing. It was great to see you at the reunion. Think of you often and I remember your parents and Rita as well. 2 weeks ago $51.95
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