Capt. Katie Higgins made the headlines last summer when she became the first female to fly with the elite Blue Angels aerobatics squandron during shows. As a USNA graduate and Marine Corps Captain, Higgins trained to fly C-130s, the military’s workhorse cargo plane, then deployed to
Today we celebrate what would have been Val’s 30th birthday. My dad found a perfect painting for this special day: From Pat: “Happy Birthday Val! You are thirty today. Our little black lab, service dog in training, from the Warrior Canine Connection, “Delaney”, is 11 months old and
We are thrilled to have awarded the 2016 LT Valerie Cappelaere Delaney Memorial Scholarship to Army Captain Danielle (Jessica) Williams, who will be using the $4,000 towards earning her private pilot’s license. Doreen, Ceecee and I had the opportunity to travel to Nashville, TN on March
From Pat Cappelaere who represented the Wings for Val Foundation at the 100K Vertical Challenge skiing fundraising event for Two Top Adaptive Sports Foundation on Monday Feb 29th at WhiteTail Resort, PA. 7:30AM Security brief and here we go to the slopes. Team LT Valerie Cappelaere Delaney had
On Friday, the Wings for Val Foundation organized a service day on the slopes for Gold Star family members from the Navy’s District of Washington Gold Star Program. We have had a longstanding relationship with Two Top Adaptive Sports Foundation, an organization that provides adaptive
2015 was an exciting launch year for the Wings for Val Foundation. It all started last January, when we reorganized and relaunched the website to showcase all the amazing stories about and tributes to our faithful, fearless Val since her passing on 3/11/13. This propelled our family into the
The Wings for Val Foundation has officially launched with a resoundingly successful series of kick-off events last weekend, raising nearly $10,000 towards our mission of honoring Val’s legacy by inspiring the next generation of female leaders. On Saturday – over 150 people gathered