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Speaking of the Relief Fund:

Author: Editor March 27, 2024

We have done very well in the past couple of years in keeping our Buddy Poppy receipts up, particularly given the impacts of the pandemic on our activities. We even have some room to expand what we give to some of our Relief Fund recipients, or add some additional smaller beneficiaries.

If you are aware of any Veterans programs, or other, particularly local, organizations worthy of our support, please let our Chaplain, Dan Doyle know who they are and how we can contact them. The Relief Committee (chaired by our Chaplain) will consider all candidates and add them to our list as appropriate. Here are some of the programs/organizations we have supported, to give you an idea:

Freedom Scholarship
Youth Programs
Teacher of the Year
Student Essays
Orting Veterans Home
Retsil Veterans Home
National Home

National Military Services
USO
Special Olympics
Fallen Heroes+ Speakers
Fisher House – JBLM
Fisher House – Seattle
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Fallen Heroes+ Speakers, Fisher House - JBLM, Fisher House - Seattle, Freedom Scholarship, National Home, National Military Services, Orting Veterans Home, Relief Fund, Retsil Veterans Home, Santa’s Castle– JBLM, Special Olympics, Student Essays, Teacher of the Year, USO, Youth Programs

Where Does Our Relief Funds Go?

Author: Editor December 3, 2014

We raise a lot of money handing out Buddy Poppies. How do we spend it? Not a single penny goes to the Post or to overhead. Here’s this year’s budget:

Service Officer – $2,500
Special Olympics – $ 500
Scholarships – $4,000
Fallen Heroes Project – $2,250
Youth Programs – $1,000
Fisher Houses – $2,000
Teacher of the Year – $ 500
Santa’s Castle– JBLM – $1,000
Student Essays – $ 750
Chaplains’ Offices – $1,500
Veterans Homes – $2,000
Semper Fi Fund – $ 500
National Home for Children – $1,000
Wounded Warriors – $ 500
National Military Services – $1,000
CRISTA Camps – $1,000
USO – $1000
NW Battle Buddies – $ 500
Rainier Therapeutic Riding – $ 500
Wreaths Across America – $ 500
Misc./Contingency – $1,200

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Speaking of the Relief Fund:

Where Does Our Relief Funds Go?