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Charity for Charities

VAJoe and VA Mortgage Center.com Give $4,000 to 10 Military Charities

Between Aug. 5–20, 3,615 VAJoe members voted for their favorite military charities in the Charity for Charities event. VAJoe and VA Mortgage Center.com pledged $4,000 in donations to the nine charities with the most votes and one charity randomly selected in a raffle.

• See the 10 winning charities and read interviews with them and other charities that particpated.
• See results of the poll that VAJoe members voted in.
• Read comments from members about Charity for Charities and see the charities they nominated in the Charity for Charities discussion in Joe's Military Forum. Share your thoughts. 

Charity for Charities Donations

Click a Charity to Read its Interview

Charity	Votes	Donation
Soldiers' Angels	622	$1,200
Books for Soldiers	600	$700
America's Wounded Heroes	457	$400
AdoptaPlatoon	422	$400
American Recreational Military Services (ARMS)	255	$300
Operation Special Delivery	172	$300
Operation Troop Appreciation	156	$200
Operation Shoebox	155	$200
Operation First Response	104	$200
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund	Raffle Winner	$100

Read interviews with other charities that particpated in the event.

Charity for Charities Poll

Click a Charity to Learn About It	Click ONLY ONE Vote Button
9/11HelpAmerica Foundation		39 votes
A Soldier's Wish List		21 votes
AMVET: Operation DVD		0 votes
Adopt a Platoon		422 votes
Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon		5 votes
Air Force Aid Society		2 votes
Air Force Enlisted Village		3 votes
America's Wounded Heroes		457 votes
American Legion: American Legacy Scholarship Fund		3 votes
American Legion: Temporary Financial Assistance Program		1 votes
American Military Family		4 votes
American Recreational Military Services (ARMS)		255 votes
Angels 'n Camouflage		50 votes
Armed Forces Foundation		36 votes
Armed Forces Relief Trust		0 votes
Armed Services YMCA		2 votes
Army Emergency Relief		0 votes
Blue Star Mothers of America		0 votes
Books for Soldiers		600 votes
Cell Phones for Soldiers		16 votes
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund		9 votes
Coast Guard Foundation		0 votes
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance		0 votes
Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust		1 votes
Fallen Patriot Fund		0 votes
Fisher House Foundation		17 votes
Freedom Alliance		0 votes
GI-Bracelet.org		0 votes
Give2TheTroops		0 votes
Greater Dallas Veterans Foundation		0 votes
Groceries for Families		0 votes
Guardian Angels For Soldier's Pet		5 votes
Help Hospitalized Veterans		2 votes
Homes for our Troops		0 votes
Hugs4SmilesUSA		1 votes
Independence Fund		1 votes
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund		7 votes
International Children's Drive		3 votes
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund		0 votes
Kitchen Table Gang Trust		1 votes
Marine Corps Scholarship Fund		1 votes
Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans		3 votes
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, Inc.		2 votes
Military Order of the Purple Heart		1 votes
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society		4 votes
Operation AC		1 votes
Operation First Response		104 votes
Operation Give		44 votes
Operation Gratitude		24 votes
Operation Helmet		6 votes
Operation Hero Miles		0 votes
Operation Homefront: Georgia		8 votes
Operation Homefront		2 votes
Operation Homelink		0 votes
Operation Iraqi Children		73 votes
Operation Mom		57 votes
Operation Shoebox		155 votes
Operation Special Delivery		172 votes
Operation Support Our Troops--Illinois		2 votes
Operation Troop Appreciation		156 votes
Operation a Bit of Home		1 votes
Packages From Home		43 votes
Paralyzed Veterans of America		7 votes
Rolling Thunder		4 votes
Sew Much Comfort		20 votes
Silver Star Families of America		3 votes
Snowball Express		8 votes
Soldiers' Angels		622 votes
Special Operations Warrior Fund		4 votes
Sponsor the Troops		18 votes
Stars for Stripes		0 votes
The Greer Foundation		1 votes
The Heart of a Marine Foundation		0 votes
The Retired Enlisted Association		48 votes
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)		2 votes
USO Dallas/Fort Worth Airport		0 votes
USO Savannah, Georgia		0 votes
USO		4 votes
Ukes for Troops		0 votes
United Warrior Survivor Foundation		16 votes
VFW: Operation Uplink		2 votes
VFW: Unmet Needs Program		4 votes
Valour-IT		5 votes
Wounded Warrior Project		25 votes
3615 votes

 

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