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Semper Fi & America's Fund (CFC #11459) Founded: May 17, 2004: Founder: Karen Guenther: Type: 501(c)(3) corporation: Purpose: To provide immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to wounded, critically ill and injured service members, veterans, and military families from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge, and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home.
The Ohio Veterans Bonus awards bonuses to Ohio veterans of $100 a month to those veterans who served during the eligible periods in the Persian Gulf theater, or in the Iraq or Afghanistan theaters, up to a maximum of $1,000. For veterans who served in other parts of the world during these times, the payment is $50 a month up to a $500.
Veterans studies is an academic field that examines the diverse experiences of military veterans and their families in society. [1] As a multidisciplinary field [2] committed to advancing understanding of all aspects of the “veteran in society," inquiry draws on the intersections of the theoretical and the applied, the creative and the performative, the normative and the empirical.
Got Your 6 is a national network of veteran service providers, managed by the Bob Woodruff Foundation. [1] In 2018, the Bob Woodruff Foundation acquired veteran nonprofit Got Your 6 [2] and relaunched the brand in 2020 [3] as the organization’s “enduring commitment to the veteran community.” The Got Your 6 Network includes community-based ...
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The former Franklin County Veterans Memorial in 2005. The current museum occupies the same location. The site along the west side of the Scioto River near the Discovery Bridge on Broad Street was originally home to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, [3] which originally opened in 1955 [4] and was demolished to make way for the museum in early 2015, [5] by S.G. Loewendick & Sons. [6]
In the United States, there are more than 7,000 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations assisting veterans and their families. [1] In the United Kingdom and its former colonies, an ex-service organisation is a voluntary association dedicated to the welfare of ex-service personnel (i.e. veterans). In addition to welfare services, they often ...