honorees

Teddy tan

2022

Tan served with the U.S. Navy for more than 30 years, going on several deployments to conflict zones, including multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. After his last deployment, Tan came back severely ill and no longer physically able to stay active in the military. His illness, an aggressive immune response attacking his cerebellum, has left him wheelchair bound, and with loss of his speech and fine motor skills. Even worse, Tan’s diagnosis is terminal. He’s been given just two years to live. “He has a wife, Laura, and two little boys in elementary school, Taylor and Kai, and the reason why his family came into our eyesight was because a company that gives Disney trips to families such as this are only able to accommodate a certain number of people and they were capped for the year

Stockings for a Cause is excited to collect (x) money for Teddy’s family.

sergeant jason
earl walker

2023

Walker came from a Naval family background and he always wanted to serve. Jason Earl Walker was born in Lemoore, California on the Naval Air base to parents Brian and Gwen Walker on December 2nd, 1984. 

In August of 2002 Jason enlisted in the United States Marine Corp. as a combat engineer until 2008, including a 10 month deployment to Iraq.

In April of 2010, Walker reenlisted into the United States Army as a combat engineer and was deployed to Afghanistan for eleven months in February of 2011. He was deployed to Afghanistan once again for six months in April of 2013. His job while on deployment was to go down all the roads and pathways checking for anything that may explode.

In September of 2013, Walker was on foot patrol when he stepped on an improvised explosive device which was part of a complex ambush. Doctors were able to salvage his right leg but had to amputate his left from just below the knee downwards. He also suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Stockings for a Cause is excited to have collected $55,000 for Jason and his family.