Monetary donations to show your support is a great and important way of helping deployed Marines and their families, especially since the "any soldier" mailing programs have been discontinued due to security concerns. Please research organizations before donating your time or money. Here are a few of our recommendations for organizations to help you support our troops.

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Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
Department of Defense statistics indicate 1,854 Marines were wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 19, 2003 through September 4, 2004. While the Marine Corps goes above and beyond to support Marines and their families, there are limits to the amount of funding available. The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund was formed to provide supplemental assistance to our Marines, sailors, and their families as they face their road to recovery.

825 College Blvd Suite 102
PMB 609
Oceanside, CA 92057

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
Fisher House provides a low-cost way for families of wounded soldiers to stay with their soldier during their hospitalization. This organization has been around for a long time and is often ignored. Recently opened a Fisher House location in Germany at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20852

Wounded Warrior Project
The Wounded Warrior Project seeks to assist those men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world. The Wounded Warrior Project was founded to give a voice to this new generation of veterans facing unique issues and problems. The Project fills the vital need for a coordinated, united effort to enable wounded veterans to aid and assist each other and to readjust to civilian life.

Wounded Warrior Project Headquarters
324 Washington Ave. Suite 1
Roanoke VA 24016-4312

MarineParents.com, Inc. Care Package Project
Donate to MarineParents.com, Inc. Care Package Project to help pay for shipping of care packages to troops overseas. You can help us send care packages overseas. MarineParents.com, Inc. allows you to sponsor care packages for 1-100 Marines for one month, or 1-100 Marines for six months. This is a great way for churches and other organizations to support our Marines and deployed military personnel.

Supplied to Survive
Donate to Supplied to Survive. SUPPLIED to SURVIVE™” is dedicated to providing equipment and supplies to Armed Forces personnel of the United States of America. These items are to make life for combat personnel as comfortable as possible.

Operation Helmet
Donate to Operation Helmet for purchase of upgrade kits for helmets worn by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Operation Helmet is being sponsored and promoted by celebrity Cher. For information, see www.CNN.com

Operation Hero Miles
In September 2003, the Pentagon started giving soldiers stationed in Iraq two-week leave periods in the largest R & R program since the Vietnam War; the soldiers can fly to Germany or Baltimore Washington International Airport for free, but they are responsible for the cost of flights to their final destination. Returning soldiers often have to purchase high-priced, last-minute airline tickets so they can spend time with their family. You can help American troops travel home to spend quality time with their loved ones.

Operation Uplink
Operation Uplink is a project of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), which provides free phone cards to soldiers who are deployed. This can make a great difference to those who have to use phone cards to call home. You can sign up to have a phone card send to a soldier you know, or if you are a service member, you can have a phone card send to yourself.

Operation Uplink
406 West 34th St, Ste 920
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-968-1155

• Army Emergency Relief at www.aerhq.org
• Navy/Marine Relief Society at www.nmcrs.org
• Air Force Aid Society at www.afas.org
• Coast Guard Mutual Assistance at www.cgmahq.org