The Occasional Observer

For those of you looking for a good charity, read on. I may have previously told you about the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a fairly new (begun in 2000) non-profit dedicated to supporting military vets. They have been one of the most highly-praised military charities, and one of the things I like best is that they provide 100% (really, truly 100%) of all your donations to the cause. This is exceptionally rare in a charity; typically anything over 80% is considered good. They can achieve 100% because all of their admin fees are completely covered by separate donations from their Board of Trustees members.

They have recently completed their first project, a physical rehab center. As they describe it:

...a $40 million world-class state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The “Center for the Intrepid” serves military personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and veterans severely injured in other operations and in the normal performance of their duties. The 60,000 square foot Center provides ample space and facilities for the rehabilitation needs of the patients and their caregivers. It includes state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation equipment and extensive indoor and outdoor facilities.

They are now starting their 2nd project, which is a rehab center for traumatic brain injury, and have raised $15 M of the expected $75 M needed for this project. You can read more about it here. I highly recommend this charity; they will continue to partner with Fisher House, another A+ rated military charity.

As we all have read, the VA is inexcusably underfunded. The government, both Repubs and Dems, have failed our returning vets miserably, and it is up to charities like this one to make up the difference.