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Today marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and as we honor and
remember our military heroes, many are still battling a variety of health issues

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Fox 5's Antoine Lewis introduces us to a New Jersey man who is making
it his mission to help families of vets who remain hospitalized

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I just felt like America forgot about them. So
I always get emotional, so just stay with me

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And that is the reason Scott McDowell has been hosting the Scotty Mac Sippy Poo Barbecue
at Demarest Farms in Hillsdale, New Jersey, for the last six years and counting

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Year seven will happen this weekend. Facebook friends encouraged
him to start this event, which has drawn as many as 600 people

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I said, I think I can cook for 600 people. Well,
597 people came through that door at one time

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The first year was complete mayhem. attendees pay $35 and
McDowell and his supporters provide all the food and do

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the cooking. The community also helps with donations. All of the money collected goes to a mission close to his heart the Fisher
house foundation created in 1990 the foundation builds comfort homes where military and veteran families can stay free of charge

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while their loved one is in the hospital. The
foundation showed its thanks to McDowell and

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the Sippy Poo team for their support with this
plaque unveiled during the Fisher House Memphis

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dedication last September. I walked through that
house with tears in my eyes just to see what we

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did even to be just a small part of it his desire
to give back came about when his son chase saw a

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veteran one afternoon and mcdowell told him to go
say thank you so i explained to him those are our

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veterans we wouldn't be walking around this
country free the way we are because without

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those guys and every time you see one i don't
care if you have to stop at a red light you walk

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cross traffic, you pay attention, you shake their
hand. The 2025 Scotty Mac's Sippy Pooh Barbecue

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is on Saturday, May 3rd at Demarest Farms. In
addition to being BYOB, guests are also encouraged

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to bring their hearts. Man, it's just
all worth everything that we do for them

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Antoine Lewis, Fox 5 News