"Caring Beyond the Box"

DENNIS NELSON, BOARD MEMBER:

Dennis Nelson was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas and graduated from Paschal High school. He pursued a career in transportation and drove semi-trucks across country for a number of years before returning to Fort Worth where he settled and met his wife, Teresa of now 15 years. He now works part-time for her company Teresa ‘s Treasures as a delivery driver and full-time as a driver for Mrs. Bairds/Bimbo Bakeries. His Father was in the Marines and his step-Father in the Air Force so his respect and admiration for the military runs deep. In his spare time, he loves building and repairing computers, studying European history, architecture, and attending live theatre and music performances. His favorite quote is “ We may not can fix the world, but we can sure leave it a little better than the way we found it” and that’s what he hopes to do for our troops serving home and abroad.

GARY BLAKE, BOARD MEMBER

Gary Blake is the Owner and founder of Creative Solutions in Healthcare, a company that operates over 50 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Texas. He is a man who believes in the joy of caring for others. He cares about the elderly, the sick and the disabled and he helps them receive the care they need, respecting their lives and giving them the dignity they deserve. He takes pride in building a business that gives back to those who have given to others.

Support Our Soldiers does what most Non-For-Profit Organizations cannot or refuse to do… “Respond to individual needs of our Soldiers”. Providing the basic of needs the men and women who risk their lives is so important and so worthy of our time, attention and talents. He is honored to serve our Board in any capacity he can and enjoys the opportunity to impact the lives of our heroes.

TRACEY WALKER, BOARD MEMBER

Tracey Walker lives in Burleson and graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Business Administration. In 1991, she married Scott and they have 2 boys, Blake and Reese. She worked in the business world before having children and then chose to be a stay-at-home. Tracey teaches meal planning for New Journeys Christian Women’s Job Corp, is active in her church at FBC Burleson and works part-time for Avcor Healthcare Products.

She enjoys being involved with SOS and connecting the community with the military. Tracey believes serving and providing for the basic needs of SOS is the least we can do for the soldiers who risk their lives for our families. She doesn’t want anyone deployed to feel he or she has been forgotten by those of us safe in our homes. For what a soldier gives up to serve his or her country, she wants her service and support to make a difference.