Veterans Day Vehicle Giveaway

Robert Brogden's Olathe Buick GMC & Wells Fargo Sponsor Vehicle Donation to Combat-Wounded Veteran

During Veterans Day weekend at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, a new 2018 GMC Sierra will be awarded to Retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Steven Wacker on behalf of Wells Fargo and Robert Brogden's Olathe Buick GMC. The companies will sponsor the vehicle donation through the Military Warriors Support Foundation’s Transportation4Heroes program.

On November 9, 2018 at 2pm CT, the payment-free vehicle presentation will take place in front of the Liberty Memorial. Craig Blacklidge, General Manager of Robert Brogden's Olathe Buick GMC, will emcee the event. “We are honored to partner with Wells Fargo and present a 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 to such a deserving veteran and his family,” Blacklidge said. “We hope this vehicle will provide both reliable transportation and happy memories for years to come.”

Retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Steven Wacker served from 1993 to 2013 in Germany; Fort Riley, Kansas; and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as a Combat Engineer. In 2003, he served in his first combat tour in Iraq and was later transferred to Fort Riley in 2005. During his second combat tour in Afghanistan, Steven Wacker was injured while traveling in a vehicle that was attacked by multiple Rocket Propelled Grenades. Today, he lives in Ogden, Kansas with his wife, children, and two dogs.