TAPS 2014 Celebrity Classic–Songwriter’s Night

We’re all too familiar with the scene: a mother, wife or loved one hears the doorbell and the dreaded news is waiting on the other side: their loved one has been killed in action. The grief is immeasureable and the pain seems insurmountable.

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) was formed by Bonnie Carroll in 1994 to try to help and heal the pain. Her own husband was killed in action and she knew there was a huge need for resources for those left behind. Through 24-hour peer assistance lines to grief camps to trauma resources, TAPS has become a nationally known “port in the storm” for surviving family and loved ones. They have assisted more than 50,000 surviving family members, casualty officers and caregivers.

Now in it’s ninth year, the Colorado Celebrity Classic helps to raise funds for TAPS. On Thursday night, the Songwriters Show kicked off the event with some of Nashville’s – and California’s – finest songwriters. This exceptional show featured Frank Myers, Eddy Raven, Jimmy Nichols, Walt Aldrich and Danny Wells, plus two songwriters who are also current film and TV actors, Gregg Henry and Bruce Greenwood. 

The Classic continued with a golf tournament and a chuckwagon barbeque on Friday. For more information on TAPS programs and how you can get involved, log on to www.TAPS.org.