Non-profit of the month: July, 2008 - Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

I occasionally catch the Ric Edelman Radio Show.

On one of their broadcasts, Rey Roy who works at Edelman financial shared about his cross-country bike ride to help raise money for charity.

One of the charities, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, supports veterans and their families.

Here are some of the things they have done.

Excerpt:

Begun in 2000 under the auspices of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, and established as an independent not-for-profit organization in 2003, the Fund has provided close to $60 million in support for the families of military personnel lost in service to our nation, and for severely wounded military personnel and veterans.
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In January 2007, the Fund completed construction of a $40 million world-class state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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Although sufficient funding has been received for the Center’s construction costs, the Fund is accepting donations to provide additional services for our wounded military and veteran heroes and their families. The Fund’s Board of Trustees is currently determining, in consultation with the Armed Forces and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the next area of need for our wounded military personnel and veterans that the Fund will address. All contributions received will be directed to support this new project.

As we near July 4 and Independence Day celebrations, I would like to encourage you to consider supporting some kind of veterans groups as part of honoring those who helped make our independence possible.