[ [link removed] ]Wes Moore for Maryland[ [link removed] ]Wes Moore for Maryland



This is a longer email about saying goodbye,
John xxxxxx, but if you don’t have time
to read through, I would deeply appreciate [ [link removed] ]a contribution to power our
campaign.

After nearly a century of operation, Valley Forge Military Academy — the
place where I went to school and grew from an angry, complicated child to
a confident young man — will be closing.

When my mother first sent me to the Forge, she saw military school as a
last resort in response to a seemingly endless chain of misbehavior, both
at home and at school. At age 11, I’d already felt handcuffs on my wrists.
I was not on a path to success.

There was no overnight miracle when I started school there, but slowly,
things changed. I learned about honor, code, and service. I started to
take an interest in campus life, academics, and leadership positions — and
I rose up the ranks and became a first captain in command of around 800
cadets.

After graduation, I went on to study at Johns Hopkins and Oxford, deployed
to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division, ran one of the largest
poverty-fighting organizations in the country, and now, I serve as the
63rd governor of Maryland and the first Black governor in the history of
my state.

What saddens me most isn’t losing a place I once called home. My memories
will forever live on with me.

It saddens me that other young men like me will have one fewer avenue to
challenge themselves and build their own pathway to success.

John xxxxxx, at a time
where our young men and boys are falling behind and feeling isolated, we
have to offer more paths for connection and engagement.

I know Valley Forge Military Academy did that for me, and I’m determined
to find ways to do that for young Marylanders today.

That includes the Maryland Corps and Service Year Option — the first
statewide program in the country to give high school graduates a year of
paid, full-time community service on the path to college or a career.

We have to help young Marylanders find the thing that guides them on a
pathway to success and that inspires them to serve. [ [link removed] ]If you support that
mission, I would appreciate a donation to keep me in the fight as
Maryland's governor
today.

Elevate,

Wes

[ [link removed] ]Wes

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