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The Yellow Ribbon Fund
The Yellow Ribbon Fund was created in early 2005 to assist our injured service members and their families while they recuperate at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center. Our mission began when the father of an injured Marine introduced two of our volunteers to staff at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval and they told us what needs were not met by other donors.
In almost four years contributions made through the Yellow Ribbon Fund have provided the following for injured service members and
their families: 900 free rental cars: over 11,000 free taxi rides; over 4,000 free hotel room nights; and 38 families have used our
five apartments for almost 4,000 nights; and hundreds of free tickets to sporting games, concerts and plays, and hundreds of lunches,
dinners, golf games, duck and goose hunts, fishing trips, and other activities.
Washingtonian Magazine Recognizes Yellow Ribbon Fund
Washingtonian magazine has tapped the Yellow Ribbon Fund as one of the D. C. area's top 64 charities out of 8,000 local nonprofits. According to the
Washingtonian, the YRF is an excellent organization to donate tickets to sporting and cultural events. Read about us on p.82 in the December issue.
Caring for the Caregiver
The Yellow Ribbon Fund has started a new and much-needed initiative: a Family Caregiver Program. Click on this link to learn more.
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