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TO EMPOWER, EDUCATE, AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THOSE WHO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN ADDTION TO HELP SUPPORT LOCAL AND NATIONAL VETERNA AND FIRST RESPONDER CHARITIES/PROGRAMS.
Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue Mission Statement:To provide a sanctuary for saving lives. By rescuing wild mustangs and domestic horses, we provide sanctuary from being abused, abandoned, neglected, and ultimately sent to slaughter and instead focus on gentling and adoption.
To provide temporary lodging and support to military members, veterans, and their families, when receiving treatment through a Southern California Navy or Veterans Administration (VA) medical facility. We also fund the construction of new Fisher Houses, and ensure that our four current Fisher Houses are well maintained for our military families. We make available more than 15,000 nights of lodging, at no cost to the military/VA families, at four Fisher Houses located at VA Long Beach, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, and Naval Medical Center San Diego, saving families more than $2 million in savings annually.Additional support is provided to the families such as food supplies, amenities and transportation services.
The mission of Charlie Mike is to save the lives of military veterans still carrying the unseen wounds of combat. We rescue, rehabilitate, and train shelter dogs to serve as companions and provide emotional support to veterans. We also provide veterans with the opportunity to work with horses as a therapeutic approach to cope with their invisible wounds.
"We strive to have a positive impact on our U.S. Combat Veterans as well as save the lives of homeless animals. By bringing them together we help them forge their bond and give them hope. In pairing rescued dogs with veterans we create teams that understand each other. They've both been through some tough times but keep going - happier together than alone. Our Service Dogs are Public Access Tested, Canine Good Citizen Awarded, and then further trained for the specific skills and tasks needed by each Veteran."
To prevent and disrupt the sex trafficking of women and children in the United States.
To assist military families with holiday stress by donating toys for their children.
The VFW National Home assists military, veterans, and their families with children, by creating a foundation of services and resources to achieve their personal and family goals in order to move forward in a positive, safe and healthy environment. Formerly known as "VFW National Home for Children."
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AID, ASSISTANCE, EXPERIENCES, PURPOSE, INSPIRATION AND HOPE TO CHILDREN BATTLING SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS, MILITARY VETERANS IN NEED, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
No Greater Sacrifice is dedicated to the children of our nation's fallen and wounded Service members by delivering scholarships and resources to improve their quality of life through the pursuit of higher education.
Together, we unite military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud. United Through Reading provides new, high-quality children's books to military households & offers service members the opportunity to be video-recorded reading books to their children for use when the service member is deployed or can't be physically present for storytime - all of the tools needed for a storytime routine. Program participation supports military family resiliency by boosting family morale, reducing stress, and bolstering the literacy development of military children, who are considered an at-risk population due to the unique demands of military life, including frequent family separations, academic disruptions, & interrupted family routines.
The Mission of the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans is to extend a helping hand to homeless veterans who have served the United States honorably in peace and war who are addressing the challenges of addiction, trauma, severe and persistant mental illness, and/or unemployment. And, who will commit themselves to sobriety, non-violence, and working for personal change; to offer homeless veterans temporary, save overnight accomodation and basic nutrition; to offer in a fiscally sound manner effective longer term programs which best meet the veteran's transition needs, utilizing the full range of government, foundation grants and private contributions; to refer veterans to other public and private institutions through a network of service providers who can meet their needs, not duplicating what others can do better; to create and operate housing for veterans as an important solution to homelessness; and to one day become recognized as the most effective private veteran's transition program in the country.