Military Family Support

http://littlepatriotsembraced.org/ - Little Patriots Embraced is an organization that focuses on the family of deployed servicemembers. They assist by providing family care packages, financial assistance, and emergency help, and more.

http://www.ourmilitarykids.org/- Our Military Kids focuses on helping the children of servicemembers. A nonprofit helped by volunteers, they help by paying for extracurricular programs to keep kids engaged in activities to reduce stress and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

http://www.armedforcesfoundation.org/ - The Armed Forces Foundation has numerous projects, but they say that their largest is their Beverly Young Financial Assistance Fund. They identify military families experiencing financial hardship and help with direct financial assistance.

Help for the Wounded

http://www.pva.org/site/c.ajIRK9NJLcJ2E/b.6305401/k.BCBB/Home.htm- Paralyzed Veterans of America supports former servicemembers with impaired mobility. They focus on veterans who need help securing benefits as well as paralyzed veterans who are trying to return to work. They also provide recreational programs and community benefits.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/- The Wounded Warrior Project is a multi-faceted organization that focuses on wounded veterans. Their main goals are to raise awareness, entice civilians to help, develop networks between injured veterans and servicemembers, and offer direct programs and services .

http://www.vetdogs.org/ - America's VetDogs is a non-profit that focuses on putting guide dogs and service dogs in the hands of veterans. These dogs assist with those who are visually impaired, and serve as loyal companions.

Entertainment and Recreation

http://www.asymca.org/- Armed Services YMCA has numerous programs and outlets for support, but in particular they try to give free YMCA passes to servicemembers and their families. Access to free fitness facilities improves health and quality of life.

http://www.occ-usa.org/ - Operation Care and Comfort is an outreach program that seeks to assist servicemembers through mail sent to the frontlines. They usually send letters and care packages, but will at times send other items such as tickets to sports games.

http://www.uso.org/- The USO is one of the oldest veterans support organizations around. It excels at providing servicemembers with entertainment by way of concerts, celebrity appearances, and more.

Show your support all month to our U.S. Servicemen and women and their families.

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