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How We Have Already Helped Our Veterans

Here are Some Examples:

A Maryland soldier had received a compassion leave from Afghanistan to be home with his then-pregnant wife who was also having medical difficulties.
The leave was extended for him to remain home after the birth to assist his wife with her continuing medical difficulties. A series of events and miscommunications stopped his military pay and medical insurance and left the soldier in limbo when he tried to return to his unit. Based on a letter from his wife and in conjunction with the MWR (Morale Welfare & Recreation) military organization, the Foundation provided $500 immediate assistance. Further communication with the District Congressman indicated a continuing dilemma for the family and the Foundation responded with another $500 in assistance.

The Foundation received a request from the District Congressman's office about a disabled veteran who found himself in a pickle with the Motor Vehicles department.
Unfortunately, while in the hospital, he let his auto insurance lapse for his and his wife's cars and was facing a sizable fine of $500. Bill Castle, the Foundation's Director of Operations was able to discuss the situation with the DMV and get a lower rate to reregister both cars.

Marine wife meets local Marine wives.
She lived with her Marine husband in North Carolina, but returned to Maryland when he was deployed to Iraq. Although she was friends with other Marine wives in North Carolina, she didn't know any Marine wives in Maryland where she moved after her husband was deployed. She heard about our organization from a neighbor and the following day after she called us – she was connected with Marine wives in the community where she lived. A few months later her computer crashed and she again contacted us. The day she contacted us a veteran who was a computer specialist called her and arranged for her to receive a refurbished computer at no cost.

Two vehicle transmissions of deployed veteran's wives needed repaired.
Because both transmissions were not worth repairing successful negotiations between MGBC and local car dealers sharing costs, both vehicle transmissions were replaced with no cost to the wives.

A medically discharged veteran's pay due, but was not received.
He was concerned that his car may be repossessed because he was late in his payments. He was assured that he would receive his disability classification, but it was delayed plus the government still owed him money. The following day after he contacted us he was given a $700.00 no interest note payable to us in 90 days.

A veteran's mother passed while he was deployed.
We learned from the veteran's first sergeant that the mother had no insurance and the family did not have enough money to pay for a casket, fee for viewing arrangements etc. The Red Cross arranged emergency leave for the veteran and while he was in route home, we negotiated with the funeral home to pay for all costs as a grant. All costs and arrangements were completed before the veteran returned home.

A fire in a rented apartment of a wife whose husband was deployed resulted in total loss of everything the wife owned – clothing, furniture, utensils, etc.
When MGBC learned of the situation, a meeting with the local Goodwill office resulted in replacement of everything lost in the fire except for personal items such as photographs. Everything was replaced at no cost to the wife.

House gutters blown down by a storm of the family home of a deployed service member and the wife had no emergency funds to fix them.
Quick contact by the foundation with the County Builders Association resulted in the gutters being repaired/replaced at no charge.

Family Information Day to inform dependents of their entitlements was conducted because it was learned that dependents were ill informed.
They were given travel funds, a complimentary lunch and free child care to participate in the foundations information day. Volunteers speakers from Fort Detrick participated and the results were outstanding. Dependents came to the Frederick, MD program from as far away as Richmond, VA. The Frederick County Sheriff participated and volunteered to conduct background investigations of volunteer baby sitters when needed to insure child and family safety.

A service member severely wounded by an IED was hospitalized in the Army Medical Center in San Antonio and was given permission to return home to Maryland for the holidays. However, he and his wife, who had moved to Texas to be with him, had insufficient funds to return home.
After the foundation found out about the situation, a joint grant from the foundation and Middletown AMVETS Post 9 was given to them for their return to cover expenses. Subsequent to that, because it was learned the family also had severe financial difficulties, the Women's Auxiliary of AMVETS Post 9 gave the family additional grants.

One that got away was the family of a deployed service member whose wife was unable to afford rent payments because the pay received by her husband on active duty was substantially less than his civilian job.
When foundation members learned of the problem she had already taken her children out of school and moved back to Ohio to live with her parents, and it was believed she was living in the attic of her parent's home.