ARMED FORCES FOUNDATION

Program: Family Assistance Program

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The Armed Forces Foundation’s Family Assistance program offers direct financial assistance to Service Members and their families to meet everyday needs.  Needs range from utility bills to mortgage payments.  In 2007, the Armed Forces Foundation assisted nearly 200 families in their time of need.  The Armed Forces Foundation continues to support our troops and military families to alleviate financial burdens for active-duty and retired personnel, National Guard, Reserve components, and their loved ones.

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Program: Morale, Welfare & Recreation Program

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The Armed Forces Foundation offers Service Members and their family members an escape from the stress that stems from military deployment, injury, and death through our Morale, Welfare and Recreation program.  AFF sponsors annual ski trips, Unit Christmas parties, golf outings, summer concerts and Welcome Home celebrations for returning units, among other things. 

 

In August 2007, we teamed up with the Venetian Hotel-Resort-Casino in Las Vegas for Operation Oasis: A Military Family Appreciation Day.  Over 600 guests attended including Airmen from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada National Guardsmen, their spouses and children.

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Program: Operation Caring Classroom

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Operation Caring Classroom is a national education initiative created to encourage students to support the children of military families. Each year the program selects 50 schools from 50 states to take part in an outreach effort to support children coping with the absence of a parent. Students show their support by building strength chains, coloring pictures, and writing letters of support. In 2007, the foundation was presented with a “Service and Dedication Award” by the History Channel recognizing the program’s accomplishments.

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Program: Injured Support Services

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Every month the Armed Forces Foundation goes to great lengths to provide support services to injured service members. Monthly dinner parties for injured troops and their families at the National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and H.H. McGuire Veterans Affairs Hospital affirm this support. In addition, the foundation also provides hotel assistance and free lodging at the Navy Lodge. Over the past year, AFF has provided over $90,000 worth of Injured Support Services to injured service members.

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Program: Ron White Annual Tribute Show

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For the past 3 years comedian Ron White, of "Blue Collar Comedy" fame, has supported the Armed Forces Foundation by putting on an Annual Tribute Show. As Mr. White has brought his tour to Washington, D.C. in support of the troops, he is no stranger to “serving those who serve.” A veteran himself, Mr. White has demonstrated time and again his devotion to supporting our military community through his words and his actions. For each sold out show, Mr. White has donated all proceeds in support of the Armed Forces Foundation and has given complimentary tickets for each show to service members from Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. Following the shows, Mr. White stops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to pay tribute and to host a barbecue for patients at the medical center.

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