Wounded WarriorOctober 25, 2011

3,200 KIA W 20,000 surviving family 27,000 Wounded 7,000 Severely wounded long term care 100,000 Brain injuries: 45,000 PTSD

It takes 24-36 months to recover from a deployment but returning in 18 months

“Army is out of balance where 50% of reserves are combat veterans”

Army Casualties/Impacts

Overview of R&DA WW Program Presentation of Plaques Acknowledgement of Food Donors Future Efforts Wounded Warrior Stories CDS/Unistel Program Barney Rosner Don Vtipil

OUTLINE

Started in 2007 Provided more than $1.4 million in support to

wounded and their families Validate all requests with government officials Expanded to Ft Carson in 2010 Provide what all other programs fail to provide No overhead costs Actual donations exceed donations to program

R&DA WW Program

Food Funds to transport families and WW Gift cards Cash to WW Centers to meet needs not

handled elsewhere Diapers Education related Service hours to help as needed. Special Event Support

TYPICAL DONATIONS

Elite Level ($5,000 plus)◦ American Bounty◦ AmeriQual Group◦ Cadillac Products◦ JTM Food Group◦ Ocean Direct◦ Mr. Marc Rapp◦ SOPAKCO◦ The Wornick CO

PRESENTATION OF PLAQUES

Cuisine Solutions Sterling Foods Trans-Packers Services

Elite Presentations

($2,500 to $4,999) Ms. Sheri Alvandian Buffalo Bob’s Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hoffman Kellogg’s Rose Packing Co. Ruiz Foods Truetech/Innotech

PLATINUM LEVEL

Butter Buds Ms. Mary Anne Jackson Ennio Zanotti

Platinum Presentations

More than 65 companies provide food items to WW Centers on a recurring basis

Largest donors in 2010 are: JTM Foods Sterling Foods Kellogg’s Jacks Link’s Quantum

FOOD DONATIONS

Diapers Individual sized non perishable snacks Candy any types Iced Tea and Lemonade & beverages Plastic serving utensils Soup Luggage

Wounded WarriorCenter Wish List

Expand to Marines at Quantico and Pendleton

Expand to Fort Bragg, NC

Expand to Fort Hood, TX

FUTURE EFFORTS

Video Telephones

KIA Mother

Seeing Eye Dog Transportation

Washing Machine

WOUNDED WARRIOR STORIES

It is the right thing to do A little gift means so much to wounded and

families Their lives have been changed forever They sacrificed for us without any qualms Regardless of your involvement- It makes a

big difference

OBSERVATIONS