Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Two women plan health center in Vietnam

It left their fathers and families with emotional and physical scars, but two Mahoning Valley women hope their efforts provide healing both for their families and for the people of Vietnam.
Katie Costello of Hubbard and Heather Bowser of Canfield are working to raise money to develop a health and vocational center in Pleiku, Vietnam.
That’s where Costello’s father, Tony Matola, served in Vietnam and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died last summer from lung cancer due to complications from the chemical.
Costello envisions a facility where the Vietnamese people can go for health care, to learn a trade and secure daycare for their children.
Bowser’s father, William Morris, also served in Vietnam and was exposed to the chemical. He died of a heart attack at 50 after battling several health issues.
Each man served in 1968-69.
It was just a year, but it changed the lives of both men and their families.
“I was born two months premature,” Bowser said. “I’m missing my right leg below the knee, several fingers and the big toe on my left foot.”

It left their fathers and families with emotional and physical scars, but two Mahoning Valley women hope their efforts provide healing both for their families and for the people of Vietnam.
Katie Costello of Hubbard and Heather Bowser of Canfield are working to raise money to develop a health and vocational center in Pleiku, Vietnam.
That’s where Costello’s father, Tony Matola, served in Vietnam and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died last summer from lung cancer due to complications from the chemical.
Costello envisions a facility where the Vietnamese people can go for health care, to learn a trade and secure daycare for their children.
Bowser’s father, William Morris, also served in Vietnam and was exposed to the chemical. He died of a heart attack at 50 after battling several health issues.
Each man served in 1968-69.
It was just a year, but it changed the lives of both men and their families.
“I was born two months premature,” Bowser said. “I’m missing my right leg below the knee, several fingers and the big toe on my left foot.”
- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2016/feb/29/valley-women-raise-funds-for-vietnam-hea/?newswatch#sthash.CGd9YYOM.dpuf

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