We honor Army Reserve wife Dawnle Scheetz. In 2006, Dawnle's husband, Major Larry Scheetz, deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army Reserve. When he arrived, Larry saw terrible conditions of young Iraqi children, and told Dawnle about it. So Dawnle started Operation School House, a project to collect school supplies and clothing and toys for poor children in Afghanistan and Iraq. During an eight-month span, she collected five tons of supplies, which were packaged and shipped to the front lines and distributed by our troops. Here's something even more impressive: She's doing it while fighting breast cancer.
　　So, Dawnle, your service has changed young lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, and your service has inspired the whole nation. We all pray for a speedy recovery, and we honor you here at the White House. (Applause.)
　　We honor a Marine wife named Kaprece James. Kaprece has been married for two years to Second Lieutenant Rodney James. She's living at her first duty station -- the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twenty-Nine Palms. She has been a force of nature since she's arrived. When she moved on the base, Kaprece immediately began volunteering with the American Red Cross. She's assisted with more than a hundred Red Cross communications messages that have provided our deployed service members with notification or assistance in emergency situations. Kaprece developed the first year-round Youth Leadership Program on base to help young people learn from professional -- learn professional leadership and interviewing skills. She raised funds for a program that will allow young people to assemble 500 disaster kits for enlisted service members and their families. She developed a special newsletter for distribution to 250 families of deployed personnel. And on top of all that, she serves as a cheerleading coach for the hildren of Marines and civilian personnel on base. Whew. (Laughter.)
　　So today, Kaprece, we honor you. We honor your enthusiasm. We admire your dedication to the Corps, and we thank you for the example you've set. (Applause.)

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