"Jet Precooler Manufacturer donates 0.5% of sales to help wounded soldiers and their families”"
According to Global Cooling founder and president Jim Still, “Peggy Baker and OFR are the most important first line of defence for so many of our men and women who are, believe it or not, just about abandoned, after they return home from the Gulf Wars, with so many battle scars, both physical and emotional.”
He continued, “I can say things that Peggy and the others cannot say, about how these brave men and women, some young, and some not so young, how they are treated, or better yet, just plain ignored, by the powers that be in America today. It is not intentional by any means, it is just how bureaucracy works, but it is nonetheless real.”
Returning soldiers, who enlisted to help America remain free, are almost all affected with “some sort of post traumatic something or other,” according to Still. “They suffer an injury themselves, that prevents them from returning to 'normal' life when they return, or they suffer the loss of comrades in arms, and they wonder 'why was that not me instead of him?', and they do not want to abandon or forsake their band of brothers in these dessert conflicts, so maybe they re-up one time more than they should have, and then that is their burden to bear.”
Many of these brave men and women, and their families too, are for a wide range of reasons, denied assistance and support when they return to civilian life, and many face foreclosure on their homes, and loss of cars and trucks and more.
“That is where OFR steps in,” said Still, “Peggy and her staff sometimes take a first phone call for help in the morning, and then the money that is needed to solve the emergency is sent on its way that afternoon, or the next morning. There is, of course, some paperwork involved, but is only for what is truly needed, and can be expedited when a need might be urgent. Of course, things being what they are right now, there is really not enough of Peggy or her staff or enough money just sitting there, to take care of everybody, who could use some extra help.“
From the most recent audited financials of OFR, more than 90% of all donations are passed straight through to the troops and their families. “I don't know of any other organization,” said Still, “that is so effective at delivering emergency and ongoing help, and with the spirit of our great nation, at the same time.”
“Many of the good companies in the world,” continued Still, “have their causes and their charities, and almost all of us chose to remain anonymous, most of the time.”
“But this cause is different, because it is right now so urgent,” he said. “There are so many families, that have so many needs, they are just overwhelming the government resources meant to help them.”
“I am hoping that by going public with what was before an anonymous effort for Global, that we can encourage other companies, whether American or of our allies, to follow suit and pitch in, in this special time of need,” he explained.
“OFR has two main programs,” Still continued, “The Last Mission Project, focused on 'PTSD-The Battle On and Off the Field”, and then the Military Family Assistance Project, which is about just what it says.“ To learn more about OFR's programs, see www.OperationFirstResponse.org, and click on the Programs tab.
“For the average working man or woman,” Still explained, “all I would ask is that you try to understand what it is like for these men and women, and not be so worried about being made to feel uncomfortable about identifying with them, and feeling what they feel. We are all in this together, and these are our brothers and sisters.”
“I am hoping,” Still concluded, “that by going public with this, and choosing to not be anonymous this one time, there might be other companies that will join mine, and help support these men and women, and their families, who have sacrificed so much of themselves to preserve the American way of life.”
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Jim Still
Global Cooling Inc.
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