Useful links to help veterans
Veterans Talk
Veterans Talk
I want to share some information in hopes that it will help someone. The following is a list of nonprofits that are there to help mostly veterans, but some for civilians also. Now keep in mind that if you do not need any of the things listed, you can always donate to one or more of them. Most of them use 90% or more of their donation money for helping vets, unlike some of the better-known nonprofits that use most of their donations for the people running them. So, do your homework, donate when and where you can and if you need assistance, well, you should be able to find what you need in the list that follows .
NATIONAL GRANTS: FOR CIVILIANS :
MILITARY & VETERANS:
www.reserveaid.org – Guard member deployed or recently deployed.
www.operationfirstresponse.org – Service connected disability.
www.pentagonfoundation.org – disability & boots on the ground.
www.saluteheroes.org – 30% disability & service OIF/ OEF & Boots on the Ground.
www.fallenpatriotfund.org – 100% disability/ unemployable (PDF).
www.legion.org/tfa - Children only (PDF).
www.hopeforthewarriors.org– Resource Centers.
www.vfw.org/unmetneeds/- Service connected disability.
www.operationhomefront.net – (First – 10th) (E1 – E6) Service-connected disability – no more than seven years from discharge.
www.ourforgottenwarriors.org – Service-connected disability.
www.saluteinc.org – 50% after 2011.
www.operationsecondchance.org – 70% disability & wounded in OEF/ OIF (PDF). – Female veterans only.
www.operationfamilyfund.org – 70% disability & boots on the ground (PDF).
http://homesforheroesfoundation.org/ - Military service.
I want to say congratulations to Grimes County VFW Post 4006 as they recently celebrated 75 years as a chartered VFW Post! Well done. Thanks to all who served our great nation, and may God bless Texas and the USA.
Carl Dry is a Korean War veteran, a former Grimes County Veterans Service Officer and the current VFW Post 4006 Commander.