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We currently donate to the following organizations and charities:
Since July, 2004, Operation Troop Appreciation (OTA) has provided support to the military and veteran communities by providing them with items that promote their morale and well-being. OTA has helped over 138,000 members of the military. In April of 2014, OTA launched "Welcome Home", a veteran support program that has provided assistance to over 100 veterans and their families. With a 100% volunteer staff, 98 cents of every donated dollar is used to fund troop and veteran projects - OTA has maintained a 98% efficiency ratio throughout its history.
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Cell Phones For Soldiers Inc. is a national nonprofit dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to active-duty military members and veterans. Founded in 2004 by Robbie and Brittany Bergquist, then 12 and 13 years old, Cell Phones For Soldiers has provided more than 204 million “Minutes That Matter” to deployed troops. Since 2012, “Helping Heroes Home” has provided emergency funds for more than 2500 returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships.
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Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation provides college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. We serve families of all branches of armed forces that have experienced combat casualties, military training accidents and other line of duty deaths. We estimate that more than 15,000 children have been left behind by a fallen military member over the last 25 years. To date, Fallen Patriots Foundation has identified over 5,000 of those children. And we have great news! Every single dollar donated through Cookies For A Cause KY GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR FAMILIES. Through the generosity of our Board, their donations cover 100% of all operating costs.
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Since January 2005 Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet© has been supporting our service members, wounded warriors, veterans, and their beloved companion animals by providing such programs as the “Military & Veteran Pet Foster Home” (MVPFH) program and the “Military Pet Assistance” (MPA) fund. Via the MVPFH program, 649 beloved pets have been reunited to their owners and 2008 via the MPA program fund the organization has disbursed $23,000+ covering emergency related pet care expenditures. As of August 1, 2014 the organization is implementing a new program to be known as “Warriors’ Angels” (WA) in Texas supporting service members and veterans who have been officially diagnosed with PTSD and their Primary Care Manager (PCM) has determined that a specially trained service animal will benefit the service member or veteran and improve their quality of life.
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Courage Beyond provides confidential, no-cost or low-cost programs and services to warriors and their families facing post-traumatic stress disorder and other invisible wounds of military service.
We empower service men and women and their loved ones through a supportive online community, anonymous forums, retreats, eGroups, and a 24-hour crisis line. We offer warriors and families face-to-face counseling services and support across the nation. Courage Beyond is part of Centerstone, the nation’s largest not-for-profit provider of community-based behavioral healthcare.
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The American Military Partner Association (AMPA) is the nation's premier organization for the partners, spouses, and families of America's LGBT service members and veterans. AMPA is committed to education, advocacy, and support for our modern military families.
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Team River Runner believes that every wounded and disabled veteran deserves the opportunity to embrace new challenges. We believe the struggle of physical and emotional recovery needs to be supplemented with activities that spark competitiveness, invoke leadership, and promote camaraderie. Team River Runner provides an outlet to fulfill these beliefs – inviting wounded and disabled war veterans and their families to participate in adaptive paddling programs.
Team River Runner was founded in 2004 at Walter Reed Medical Center. We now offer weekly paddling sessions in 45 locations nationally and locally. Programs include biathlons in Washington, D.C. and Colorado, a Kayak Football Tournament at Walter Reed, and many other activities and events. We’ve placed an increasing emphasis on the development of leadership skills for our participants and host leadership clinics around the nation. Veterans learn the skills to become leaders of their TRR chapter. Team River Runner is more than an adaptive sports program.
It’s a program that provides hope and healing to those who have risked so much, yet asked for so little. It’s an opportunity to enjoy nature and realize its social, physical, and emotional benefits, whether it’s tackling whitewater rapids or paddling on peaceful flat-water. It’s an environment that facilitates connection, allowing veterans to reunite with their families and forge relationships with those who have endured similar pain.
More than anything, Team River Runner is a program that provides purpose for those who need it most – the wounded and disabled war veterans of the United States of America.
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Ride 2 Recovery is produced by the Fitness Challenge, a (501C3) in partnership with the Military and VA Volunteer Service Office to benefit mental and physical rehabilitation programs for our country’s wounded veterans and healing heroes that features cycling as the core activity.
Held in partnership with the Fitness Challenge Foundation, R2R raises money to support cycling programs at military and VA locations around the U.S. to help healing heroes overcome obstacles they face.
Cycling is important part of the recovery process because it’s an activity that everyone can do, no matter the disability and cycling helps speed up the recovery process.
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