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Operation Healing
Freedom
| A Financial Community Campaign for Wounded Soldiers and Veterans. |
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Support those who have sacrificed for us.
Campaign’s Purpose
Operation Healing Freedom is a national fundraising campaign focused on assisting wounded members of our armed forces, veterans and their families who have made lasting sacrifices in this country’s armed conflicts. Grants from Operation Healing Freedom will be directed to the highest-quality agencies targeting veterans’ greatest needs, including the following:
- Physical and mental health
- Family support
- Adaptive housing and equipment
- Job training and placement
Profound Need
Since
2001, more than 1.5 million Americans have been deployed to fight in the
ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While advanced technology on the
battlefield has saved many lives, it has also created a depth and breadth of
physical and mental injuries never before experienced by our armed services
or our nation.
- At least 20 percent of our soldiers have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
- More than 300,000 have returned from conflict with PTSD.
- Of more than
35,000 who have been seriously wounded, 2,000 have suffered multiple amputations
and another 2,000 have been blinded.
- The suicide rate among returning
veterans is rising considerably.
Matching Funds and Administrative Costs
The McCormick Foundation will match the first $2 million raised at 50 cents to the dollar, up to $1 million. The Foundation will cover all administrative costs, so that 100 percent of every donation can be used to provide services to veterans.
Our Partners
The McCormick Foundation has partnered with several prominent investment firms to create Operation Healing Freedom. The sponsor firms include:
- Chicago Growth Partners
- GTCR Golder Rauner
- Madison Dearborn Partners
- Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
The sponsor firms have provided the initial funding for Operation Healing Freedom, and continue to work with the financial community to raise additional money for the fund.
Our Progress
As of December 2009, Operation Healing Freedom has awarded $1,430,000 in grants, including $500,000 in matching funds from the McCormick Foundation, to 16 organizations that serve wounded veterans.
Learn how we are making a difference:
2010 Operation Healing Freedom Report to the Community
How to Donate?
For more information on how you can support Operation Healing Freedom
please contact:
Jack Amberg
Senior Director, Veterans Program
McCormick Foundation
312 445 5021 telephone
312 445 5121 facsimile
JAmberg@McCormickFoundation.org
Additional Information
Click below to read more about Operation Healing Freedom:
Letter to the Editor
McCormick Foundation and Investment Firms Launch National Campaign to Assist Wounded Soldiers and Veterans
Financial Community Rallies for Wounded Veterans through Operation Healing Freedom
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