About JD Challenger -SPECIAL FRIENDS

Jd's SPECIAL FRIENDS

Greg Hamilton

Greg Hamilton and Jd Challenger

VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL
GREG HAMILTON + Link??
He is a Native american, verteran of viet nam, and that he's a member of the wall washing crew at the WADC Vietnam Memorail. A friend Jd is honored to know.

Jd is honored to count him as his friend.

His group takes care of the Vietnam Memorial in WADC > has program on TV about Vets > has Jd paintings as backdrops. (Ashes to Dust ; Apache Wind)

• Jd honorary member + been made (police/fire)

They have Ashes to Dust" - original & posters > Sold for their profits. Painting donated - really a Free Commission. + licensed to produce posters to raise $ for memorial (add link if there is one)

Jd's ( here I am standing next to ) my Hero.

Greg Hamilton Native American Vietnam Vets
NATIVE AMERICAN VIETNAM VETS
Washington, DC
The wall washing crew of which Greg Hamilton is amember. The photo is infront of the Wall in DC

Greg Hamilton Native American Vietnam Vets Ashes to Dust
NATIVE AMERICAN VIETNAM VETS
American Veterans with Greg Hamilton holding the print Ashes to Dust.

MORE SPECIAL FRIENDS

	OREN LYONS is a Native American Faithkeeper of the turtle clan of the Onondaga and Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.[1] Once a college lacrosse player, Lyons is now a recognized advocate of indigenous rights.[2] Jd was commissioned to do a painting of Oren Lyons. Jd considered this a huge honor because he was priveleged to spend quality time with Mr. Lyons during the modeling sketching and studio phase of the project.		NAMING CEREMONY August 2008 Pete & Arnie Osceola Seminole Tribe of Florida The name that they gave Jd Ce gah hi chi meaning "One Who Draws"
	ROBERT MIRABAL website link Robert, Jd, and Denise Challenger		MANY HAWKS Many Hawks and Jd in front of the original painting, " Ashes to Dust" commissioned as a donation to the Vietnam Memorial in Angel Fire, NM. add link


RODNEY GRANT website link	RANDOLPH SCOTT

PAST CONTRIBUTIONS

"SOLID ROCK"
at Grand Canyon University, AZ

Mission is "to meet the spiritual, economic, physical and social needs of teenagers and children within the community."

Rock and roll legend Alice Cooper is the founder of the program.

Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of America

Painted a ten foot long guitar.

GUITAR MANIA

WALKIN N CIRCLES
Horse Rescue

Walkin N Circles Ranch: New Mexico Horse Rescue exists to provide a safe, comfortable home for horses who have been neglected, abused, or whose owners can no longer care for them.

wncr.org

American Diabetes Association “Awakening the Spirit” program for young Native Americans.	Habitat for Humanity Fund raisers in both Scottsdale, AZ and Taos, NM	Parada del Sol fundraiser for the Scottsdale, AZ JC’s	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Amado Peña’s “Art Has Heart” to benefit St Pius School in Albuquerque, NM	Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ	Mirabal Fundraiser Face paint on Kids	American Indian College Fund