(Left to right) U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Hope For The Warriors Chairman’s Award for Corporate Citizenship Award Winner, Car Donation Foundation and the organization’s Executive Director Loren Dorshow, U.S. Marine Col. Barney Barnum and Hope For The Warriors Co-founder and CEO Robin Kelleher.
SPRINGFIELD, Va. (October 31, 2023) – St. Louis Park-based Car Donation Foundation was recently named a recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Corporate Citizenship at the Hope For The Warriors Got Heart, Give Hope Gala.
Presented by U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and U.S. Marine Col. Barney Barnum. Loren Dorshow accepted the Chairman’s Award for Corporate Citizenship on behalf of Car Donation Foundation, which is awarded to a longtime strategic partner of Hope For The Warriors.
“Receiving this award from Hope For The Warriors means that the donations from our organization are really meaningful to Hope For The Warriors and the military families they serve, and that is super important,” shared Loren Dorshow executive director of Car Donation Foundation.
The annual Got Heart, Give Hope Gala at Union Station, in Washington D.C., honored three members of our nation’s armed forces and their families with the Vigiano Family Hope and Courage Awards, in addition to honoring individuals, corporations and organizations which have stood beside the organization in serving military families.
“Thanks to the donations from the Car Donation Foundation’s Vehicles for Veterans programs, we’re able to fund programs like our Drive For Hope program, restoring veteran’s freedom of driving once again,” said Robin Kelleher, co-founder and president for Hope For The Warriors. “The foundation broke $1 million in financial support in 2022 and continues to support HOPE and our programs, because they truly understand the positive impact their donations directly make to military families we serve.”
Based in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and through its Vehicles For Veterans program, Car Donation Foundation vehicle donation program provides funding to nonprofits with mission’s to build better lives for disabled veterans and their families in need of assistance and support.
Since 2018, Car Donation Foundation has donated over $1.9 million to Hope For The Warriors and its programs benefiting military families.
For more information on Hope For The Warriors, visit hopeforthewarriors.org
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About Hope For The Warriors: Founded in 2006, Hope For The Warriors is a national nonprofit dedicated to restoring a foundation of stability, strength and community for post-9/11 veterans, service members and military families. Since its inception, Hope For The Warriors has served over 159,000 through a variety of support programs focused on providing financial, career and educational stability; physical and emotional strength; and social support that builds community. One of the nonprofit’s first programs, Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarships, has awarded 232 scholarships to caregivers and families of the fallen. For more information, visit hopeforthewarriors.org, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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