ANNOUNCEMENT: Please vote for your preferred charity

[Adam Montana]

Hello, Community!

Every year about this time, I take some time to evaluate my finances and figure out how much I can afford to give to help others out.

This year, I want to do something a little different... I think this will do much more than any check I could personally write!

Every day, this site is viewed by 10's of thousands of people, and obviously the ads generate some revenue. I then use that revenue to pay for the site, upgrades, maintenance, etc.... well, from Monday November 14 until the end of the year I am going to give 25% of the ad space to 4 charities of your choosing. Since this site is dedicated to the Iraqi Dinar, I have chosen to keep the options focused on organizations that serve our troops, both active and otherwise.

I posted a thread asking what charities the community would like to see helped, and these are the ones that were suggested. I don't prefer any one over another, and I am not biased on any of them. I don't get a tax write off for this, nor any other benefit..... this is something I am doing because I believe all of us together have the power to make positive things happen, and we should thank those men and women that give us the freedom to do things like speculate on a foreign currency.

This my way of saying "Thank You" to our amazing heroes.

Please review the following options, then vote in the poll above.

(You can also make a contribution to any of these if you are able and inclined!)

http://uso.org The USO is a private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services.

http://www.operationhomefront.net MISSION: Operation Homefront (OH) provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors.

http://christmasspir...troops/home.htm Trees for Troops® is a program of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation (CSF). Since the program’s inception in 2005, Christmas Tree growers from across the U.S. have generously supported military families by providing 84,000 fresh cut Christmas Trees.

http://www.cleaningforheroes.org/ We are the only non-profit dedicated to providing free cleaning services to veterans in need! Cleaning for Heroes is committed to promoting a healthy, clean home environment for our disabled or elderly community heroes.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members. To help injured service members aid and assist each other. To provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members

http://www.specialops.org The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.

http://www.americanf...mfoundation.org The American Freedom Foundation, Inc. mission is to honor the men and women of America’s armed forces and raise awareness for their service and sacrifice and raise money for organizations that serve and support our veterans, active duty military and their families. Special emphasis is directed to the welfare of those wounded in action, those disabled and the families and children of those killed in action in conflicts throughout the world.

https://www.newsmaxs...christmas11.cfm Christmas Calls for Troops : Our troops can use these gift cards to call their friends, family and loved ones. It will be a special moment for them — and one you can give to show your support for these heroic troops.

Newsmax is asking its readers to join with us to buy as many soldiers as we can AT&T's Prepaid Global cards. Each calling card costs $10 and gives each recipient 120 minutes in call time from Afghanistan and Iraq to the U.S.

These calling cards will be distributed by the U.S. Army's Family Morale and Welfare Command which will ensure the cards are delivered to military personnel.

http://ecad1.org/ProjectHeal/Home.htm Project HEAL© is a program offered by ECAD.

The program honors and empowers Wounded Warriors by providing specially trained Service Dogs to increase independence and make a difference in their lives.

http://pennysfromheavenfoundation.org Penny's from Heaven Foundation working therapy dogs are also on "High Alert" with Soldiers' Angels to assist incoming wounded warriors with severe depression and to offer aid and comfort wherever it is needed with the families of the soldiers

http://www.dav.org The DAV provides lobbying for Vets. They support Vets in Congress and the Senate. They support the rights, benefits, and care for disabled vets. They have vans that transport Vets to the VA doctors and hospitals. They also represent Vets with disabilities to the VA. They are so overwhelmed & cannot handle all of the disabled Vets. A sizable contribution could buy another van, more case workers- for better representation, or a volunteer at the VA hospital etc.

http://www.salvation...f/vw-local/Home The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

[BETTYBOOP]

Thank you Adam. I am so pleased to see a charity listed in the option which helps address the mental health of the troops . All these charities deserve some form of support. But , as you are possibly aware mental illness and addiction issues are my passion. Unfortunately, physical health needs, mental illness and yes, even addiction issues are all multi-directional. So my vote went to pennies from heaven. Pet therapy can be amazing to watch in action when a wet nose gets a reaction that human beings can't reach because the person has reached the black depths of mental illness. Hence why when I go to "Holybush" on my days off....the dogs go to. Thank you for brightening my day. .

[winterset]

Thanks Adam! I also voted for Pennies from Heaven love the pets they are great for healing!

[LUHRST32]

Adam,

There is a fairly new charity founded here in NE Fl. called K9's For Warriors. They train service dogs for our vets that need them.

My wife and I have seed how much these dogs help the soldiers. Please go to thier web site and check it out. Hopefully you can add this to

your list to be voted for.

www.k9sforwarriors.org

Thanks,

LUHRST32

[fastarnie]

Thanks Adam this is huge. Love it. :twothumbs:

[Dah-kota]

Thanx Adam for putting my *Christmasspiritfoundation* in your list.

It's one I do contribute to and they are so grateful for any amount given.

Lots of wonderful Charities you decided on

[Nelg]

Thanks for the great list. All of them need financial support for their work and contributions have been down during these financially trying times. We can 't wait for an RV, but that would be extremely helpful.

[gamblinkid]

Adam, this is a great idea. I hope everyone gives generously to all charities, especially those connected with vets, this Christmas season--RV or not.

[blaineage]

I have been very impressed with wounded warrior project.

[mskimsto]

Thank's Amam. You are truly a "Do-So'er and not a Say- So'er". Be safe.

[rtrusty]

Now we've a list of places that we all could donate to after we all RV.

[cvw1951]

Very cool, Adam!

[nordie]

Hi Adam,

Have you also considered HirePatriots.com a program setup by a non-profit organization Patriotic Hearts from San Diego? it was started because of many unemployed Marines after multiple deployments and transitioning from active duty to civilian life. It's a one day job board posting for temporarily employment and engages the community to support businesses to hire our veterans and retiring servicemembers. Unemployment is now up for Veterans of all military branches 14.1 % as of today vs. the civilian sector of 9.1%. It has been reported that 70,000 military service members will be transitioning out of the military this summer with no jobs lined up yet. Suicides, PTSD & TBI , unemployment, divorces , homelessness is exponentially increasing and it's not going to get any better until we educate the community that this will impact local communities that have some level of connection with our veterans.

I am a professional life coach specializing in helping these veterans transition back to civilian life and it is an uphill battle and it will take a village to take care of them. I'm very passionate about this because I'm a daughter of a retired veteran, sister of a brother in the army that went through 3 tours of duty in Iraq, and I have a son who is a Navy Corpsman that was just deployed last week with the Marines from Camp Pendleton to Afghanistan. So there is a lot of skin in the game for me in terms of these Veterans and they deserve more than just saying Thank you and then just walk away, there needs to be action put behind those words. They don't want hand outs but a hand up from all of us. Food for thought.

Eva

Hello, Community!

Every year about this time, I take some time to evaluate my finances and figure out how much I can afford to give to help others out.

This year, I want to do something a little different... I think this will do much more than any check I could personally write!

Every day, this site is viewed by 10's of thousands of people, and obviously the ads generate some revenue. I then use that revenue to pay for the site, upgrades, maintenance, etc.... well, from Monday November 14 until the end of the year I am going to give 25% of the ad space to 4 charities of your choosing. Since this site is dedicated to the Iraqi Dinar, I have chosen to keep the options focused on organizations that serve our troops, both active and otherwise.

I posted a thread asking what charities the community would like to see helped, and these are the ones that were suggested. I don't prefer any one over another, and I am not biased on any of them. I don't get a tax write off for this, nor any other benefit..... this is something I am doing because I believe all of us together have the power to make positive things happen, and we should thank those men and women that give us the freedom to do things like speculate on a foreign currency.

This my way of saying "Thank You" to our amazing heroes.

Please review the following options, then vote in the poll above.

(You can also make a contribution to any of these if you are able and inclined!)

http://uso.org The USO is a private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare and recreation-type services.

http://www.operationhomefront.net MISSION: Operation Homefront (OH) provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors.

http://christmasspir...troops/home.htm Trees for Troops® is a program of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation (CSF). Since the program’s inception in 2005, Christmas Tree growers from across the U.S. have generously supported military families by providing 84,000 fresh cut Christmas Trees.

http://www.cleaningforheroes.org/ We are the only non-profit dedicated to providing free cleaning services to veterans in need! Cleaning for Heroes is committed to promoting a healthy, clean home environment for our disabled or elderly community heroes.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org To raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members. To help injured service members aid and assist each other. To provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured service members

http://www.specialops.org The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.

http://www.americanf...mfoundation.org The American Freedom Foundation, Inc. mission is to honor the men and women of America’s armed forces and raise awareness for their service and sacrifice and raise money for organizations that serve and support our veterans, active duty military and their families. Special emphasis is directed to the welfare of those wounded in action, those disabled and the families and children of those killed in action in conflicts throughout the world.

https://www.newsmaxs...christmas11.cfm Christmas Calls for Troops : Our troops can use these gift cards to call their friends, family and loved ones. It will be a special moment for them — and one you can give to show your support for these heroic troops.

Newsmax is asking its readers to join with us to buy as many soldiers as we can AT&T's Prepaid Global cards. Each calling card costs $10 and gives each recipient 120 minutes in call time from Afghanistan and Iraq to the U.S.

These calling cards will be distributed by the U.S. Army's Family Morale and Welfare Command which will ensure the cards are delivered to military personnel.

http://ecad1.org/ProjectHeal/Home.htm Project HEAL© is a program offered by ECAD.

The program honors and empowers Wounded Warriors by providing specially trained Service Dogs to increase independence and make a difference in their lives.

http://pennysfromheavenfoundation.org Penny's from Heaven Foundation working therapy dogs are also on "High Alert" with Soldiers' Angels to assist incoming wounded warriors with severe depression and to offer aid and comfort wherever it is needed with the families of the soldiers

http://www.dav.org The DAV provides lobbying for Vets. They support Vets in Congress and the Senate. They support the rights, benefits, and care for disabled vets. They have vans that transport Vets to the VA doctors and hospitals. They also represent Vets with disabilities to the VA. They are so overwhelmed & cannot handle all of the disabled Vets. A sizable contribution could buy another van, more case workers- for better representation, or a volunteer at the VA hospital etc.

http://www.salvation...f/vw-local/Home The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

[smee2]

Well, since all my stammering in regards to the SPCA didn't help them to make the cut ... hahahahahaha ... I have voted for the "HEAL" ... service dogs ... they do a fantastic job with depressed people, and those injured who need physical help in a variety of ways.

I see by the results so far that my choice isn't that popular but I hope that perhaps some people will read the comments first and perhaps reconsider and vote for the service dogs ... they really do a fantastic job. I have seen it first hand and donated enough to finance the training of three dogs here in Canada for this very purpose. It is a terrific feeling to know how much these animals bring to the depressed and wounded, and their families, if they have them. Often they don't and the dog becomes that too .. a family member. Please, please reconsider and if you haven't cast your vote yet check out their site.

Thanks

Oh, and Adam ... thanks so much for doing this. I know you have a good heart and that is huge. But you have also given us a list of places we can put some of our dinar profits when the RV has happened and we are in need of some place to donate because we are so overwhelmed we need to reach out and help others. It is part of what makes the world go round ... giving.

smee2

[Bill n AZ]

My personal on-going year-long contribution to our armed forces is that whenever I am at a 'fast-food' eatery or a 'sit-down' restaurant and there are armed services people present dining in uniform, I secretly pay for their meals. I don't want to embarrass them or get thanks...it just makes me feel good!

Bill n AZ

[fayefaye]

Thanks Adam! I also voted for Pennies from Heaven love the pets they are great for healing!

I voted for Pennies from Heaven also.. nothing better than a friend to talk to, to hold onto & they don't judge........

[Abarvets]

http://www.cleaningforheroes.org/ We are the only non-profit dedicated to providing free cleaning services to veterans in need! Cleaning for Heroes is committed to promoting a healthy, clean home environment for our disabled or elderly community heroes.

Adam,

You had so many great ones listed it was very difficult to choose. Having been invovled with hospice this was one service that was provided. I can honestly say that this service means a lot not only to the individual but to the family as well. It is one less worry. Thank you for all you do. Nothing but good wishes to you and yours.

[Reece]

You're a good man Adam Montana; regardless of what others say about you (just kidding), you have a good heart! Now.....go Viks!

[avalancheinvestments]

Roger that!!!

[skitealwedrop]

I vote for Unicef. It's a great organization.

[saslas]

These are ALL so wonderful, it is also a list of places that we can contribute to once our money comes in. What a wonderful thing you are doing here!! It really is such a hard choice because there are several I would want to choose, but they ALL deserve our help!!!

Adam these are ALL so great! It is also a list that we can contribute to many or all of them once we get our money!! What a wonderful thing you are doing here and I am so glad to be a part of this!!! Go RV so that our warriors can benefit from this!!!

Sorry I posted twice, I did not think the first one posted at all!

[Shick]

THANKS ADAM FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST MY OPINION. GO RV!

[littlefeet]

All Deserving !!! Nice thing you are doing Adam.

GO RV !!!

[kiccas68]

Exellent idea Adam, this should be a great inspiration to all to support our own when they arrive back to the world. (USA) Thank you for allowing my vote to be counted!

[caughtinthecrossfire]

Wounded Warriors...most of us may never realize how deep those wounds can go. I am so proud, right now, to see the current results of this pole. I am almost as proud of the DV members voting as I am of those soldiers who were mortally wounded and...of their friends and fellow soldiers who still live and struggle with the memories.

God bless