Since Walter Reed is, for the moment, full up on phone cards, and didn’t specify where else we can send donations, I’ve been asking around for some possibilities. Here’s what I’ve found.
Fisher House is an organization that provides local housing and other support to family members of the wounded while they visit with and tend their loved ones. They offer several ways of helping with either specific families or general needs.
Army Emergency Relief is a private non-profit organization that has been helping vets since 1942. They offer emergency funds for rent, food, housing and other essentials, give scholarships to the children of veterans, and help with medical and dental care for vets and their families. They primarily need cash, and all donations are tax-deductible.
Support Our Troops is a page put together by the Department of Defense which lists many other organizations which give support in dozens of ways to our troops and their families. If you want to search around for an organization that can use your money or your talents, this is a great place to start.
Our young men and women are being killed and wounded daily while following orders to the best of their ability. We owe them every kind of help and support we can provide, whatever we think of the politicians who have sent them off to fight.