Ormond Strong

Ormond Strong is a non-profit organization founded by Debbie Kruck with a goal of rising awareness and support for our 200 plus service members from our communities deployed to Afghanistan, in other parts of the world and in honor of our veterans, mostly the Vietnam veterans.

Debbie created not just a support group but a nucleus of people helping people.  Every day at 7:30 AM we do a vigil walk over the Granada Bridge in Ormond Beach, Florida, to bridge the gap between our communities and our service members far away.  Vietnam veterans, like myself, are among the main supporters of the group mostly because Debbie had the courage and gave us the honor of starting the vigil every day walk on March 29th, Vietnam Veterans Day.

The idea is to walk the Granada Bridge every day until every one from our unit in Afghanistan comes back home.  Today, July 25th ended the 17th week, 119 days of walking a distance of 2.0 daily miles, which include the bridge, the pier on the west side and the two parks on the east side.  The example she is setting is outstanding and will be very difficult to match by any one, men or women.  Most people joining the walk are doing it multiple times and that's a good sign of the values of the group.  It has become like a brotherhood that creates friendship, trust and brings out the patriotism hidden within many of us.

Ormond Strong is an open group.  Any one can become a member by supporting us in many different ways besides our daily walk.  You can go to our website "ormondstrong.com," and see what are the alternatives to become a member.

Thank you Debbie with all my heart for your hard working efforts in keeping us motivated and for keeping our love ones so inside of our hearts and minds.


Marcos A. Cabrera
SFC/E-7, USA Retired