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Speaking of helicopter grand entrances… that’s how Arizona Governor Jan Brewer arrived for Friday night’s 50th anniversary fundraiser in San Diego for Childhelp USA!

In a dramatic grand entrance, serenaded by a Marine Corp band, the governor (security detail), and Childhelp founders Sara O’Meara and Yvonne Fedderson arrived by Navy helicopter, landing on the USS Midway aircraft carrier’s deck.

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The governor joined the 600 guests for dinner and returned to Phoenix that evening. In the spirit of the USO theme, Sara and Yvonne, former actresses and dancers, donned polka dotted outfits, duplicates of the ones they wore on the USO tours in the late 50’s while entertaining the troops in Korea and Japan. (The ladies are pictured above with the governor in one of the many photos I took that night.)

The helicopter escort from San Diego’s Montgomery Field to the event was in honor of Sara and Yvonne’s involvement with the military in the 50’s and 70’s, helping to save the lives of orphaned children in Korea and Vietnam.

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