“After seeing the beautiful posters of Alan Golub’s art highlighting the lives of the Kabul 13 heroes, community members in Coeur D Alene, Idaho asked Alan to create a calendar with the posters of the Kabul 13. Alan approached me to write the text for each of the thirteen heroes. How could I refuse? I loved how Alan captured the personal life and heart of each hero in his posters. I knew the soldier’s lives and sacrifice had touched Alan deeply. As I began researching their stories, I too, couldn’t help but grow in my admiration for each of them. There was no interest from either of us to profit from the calendar so we decided that all proceeds should go to the preferred charities of each soldier’s family.”

- Annie Winston JAR founder and children’s author