To President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Please Honor the Memory of SSgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay

To President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:

We were last in the same place on Memorial Day in 2007, as we gathered in front of the Chappaqua Train Station to honor our town’s latest Fallen Soldier, SSgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay.

I suggest that you can Honor The Memory of SSgt. Chay in two ways: first, by making a contribution to a scholarship fund in his memory that has been established by his brother Tae; second, leading by example to encourage others to make their own contributions.

By the way, I am running for the open seat on the Chappaqua Library Board, as part of my volunteer efforts on behalf of the Delites US project. Our mission is to DELiver Internet Technology to Educators and Students in the United States.

thanks,
dave

The Sgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay Scholarship Program

Yesterday I received several emails from one of Sgt. Chay’s fraternity brothers at SUNY Albany that reached me via my blog as comments. (I will republish those notes here shortly.)

The sender asked how to donate to help educate Sgt. Chay’s surviving children, so I drove to downtown Chappaqua, NY, to deliver a note at the dry cleaning estalishment that is the family business, asking that Kyu’s surviving brother give me a call.

A few hours later I got a call from Kyu Tae Chay. He told me that contributions to the scholarship fund can be made by sending a check made out to him to:

Kyu Tae Chay
1063 Edgewood Avenue
Fort Lee, NJ, 07024

I told him that I was laid off by IBM on February 26 and am currently employed.

I also promised him that any money that came my way that I made either on my own, or as a partner of a small company that I hope to join soon, would be donated to the scholarship fund, though I would delay the contribution until I had first taken care of my family’s needs. [1]

Tae said the Cathy and the children are doing as well as can be expected. Jason is now seven, so he has memories of his father. Kelly is now two. She was born soon after his brother’s death.

I encourage others to contribute to the scholarship fund.

There is no finer cause.

There is no man, save any of Sgt. Chay’s fellow Fallen Soldiers, more deserving of a contribution to honort heir memory.

Sgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay – May His Memory Be A Blessing.

thanks,dave

Note:

1. The company offers internet-based solutions to k12 schools and libraries. I promised to contribut all after-tax income that resulted from contracts with schools, libraries, and other non-profit organizations in Westchester County, New York.