Support those families of our fallen warriors!!!

In the 1980s I was lucky enough to be approached by a group of local veterans. The single purpose was to make sure that any local children of someone that dies while in service to this country has the financial support to go to college. It started out as 10 of use. There are now 25 of us. We also try to help those kids of service people disabled too. We kind of gauge how disabled they are and give accordingly.

We do not publicize what we do. Our group remains as anonymous as possible. Only the members know who the other members are. We take an oath to keep the other members secret. New members have to be agreed on by all of the current members.

We have a lawyer that donates his time and use of his office to administer the funds needed.

So far we have sent 38 kids through college in the last 25 years. Every single one of them graduated. If they are having other issues we try to make sure they are taken care off as well. Just making the connections needed is all that is needed most of the time.

We are not a Federal tax exempt slush fund. We just pass the hat among ourselves and some close friends an take care of what is needed. We do not write off any thing against our taxes. That way we are 100% in control of what we do. ZERO government involvement.

100% goes to where it is needed. Many of the national outfits have a high overhead cost so that little of the actual donations go where they are needed.

I DO NOT want any donations or anything like that. I just wrote about it to maybe get some of you to form your own group to do something in your local area. This can take many forms. Do it by yourself or join a group. This should include those that are disabled while on duty too.

Even simple things like household maintenance for the spouse is a big help. So put your thinking caps on and see what you can do personally. It is too easy to just send money to some national outfit and feel good. That is not what makes this country great. Help out those locals that answered the call!!!!

Great idea!

Rick

Thanks - You have me thinking about what I can do. You are a classic example of what made countries great and a role model for some of the change in thinking we need to make the world a better place.

That is the way that charity should be done. I will not donate to any charity where most of th emoney goes to the executives.

I had a friend that volunteered to help the Red Cross after a tornado. When those who needed clothes quit coming in, she told the Director that they should donate the remaining clothes to local charities. The Director told her "No"; "we'll bale the clothes and what doesn't sell to thrift stores we'll ship to some foreign country."

When I watch TV news and see people walking around with English words on their T shirts it is obvious where they came from.

Thanks for the idea. Where would one go to let somebody know they were interested in joining a group like that.

I was reading the local paper, on line this morning and the story was that one of the subordinates under the mayor of the nearby city, (I'm just over the line but have the same zip code) wants to develop and or redevelop some existing old buildings, one is an old residential high rise, I think those are slated for demolition, the other is an old hospital, both are vacant. The details are not so important, but the purpose is for housing of returning vets and or whatever uses are similar for those returning. The former hospital,is proposed to be used for veteran housing, health care and or similar uses.

I keep an eye on building construction projects locally as that is my expertise, and am in dire need of employment that pays well enough to pay the darned land taxes here, they are so ridiculous. I would enjoy managing the hospital gut rehab, knowing the purpose, but it seems no one wants a mid 40's project manager heavily experienced in all phases of high dollar complex projects, I've been involved in over 59 major projects in my career, that approach 1 billion in value when you add them up, I've done 500 million in new buildings alone, start to finish. That aside, I'll see if I can follow up on who might end up as construction manager, its really comical how things are, it makes me feel as though I've wasted my time in this career at this point, and need to start over. I'd be quite proud to deliver a certificate of occupancy for a building dedicated to the "direct" support of our veterans.
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