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$12.8 Million In Charitable Donations Reached

As part of the Tee It Up for the Troops mission, we honor, remember, respect, and support our nation’s military veterans and their families. We accomplish this by raising charitable donations and awareness through our golf events across the country which support six core pillars of critical need as identified in the graphic below.

Tee It Up for the Troops Pillars of Support
Tee It Up for the Troops Pillars of Support

 

We are honored to announce over a half-million dollars in grants for our 2021 national grant recipients! Each year, through our golf fundraising platform and the support of over 750 volunteers nationwide, Tee It Up for the Troops awards grants to non-profit organizations that provide services to our warriors and their families in critical areas of need.
 
In 2021, Tee It Up for the Troops granted nearly $1.1 million in total, which launched us over $12.8 million in charitable donations since 2005 to national and local organizations to directly assist combat veterans and their families. Due to these achievements, we are honored to announce over a half-million dollars in grants to our 2021 national grant recipients! Thank you to every single supporter, volunteer, and event leader for making this happen!
 

2021 Grant Partners Announced 

Tee It Up for the Troops is a “Force Multiplier” with a larger impact across the nation by working with many highly recognized veteran support organizations. We are honored to announce our 2021 Non-Profit Partners that received grants from Tee It Up for the Troops!

Family & Caregiver Support

Blue Star Families

Project Sanctuary

Hope for the Warriors

Fallen Heroes Family Camp

Gold Star Teen Adventures

Salute, Inc.

Angels of America’s Fallen

Golf & Sports Rehabilitation

Move United

Salute Military Golf Association

Bunkers in Baghdad

North Texas Warrior Golf Association

 Suicide Prevention

K9’s for Warriors

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

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Working Dogs for Vets

 Housing & Homelessness

Fisher House Foundation

Purple Heart Homes

 Employment

Combat Veterans to Careers

On Course Foundation

The COMMIT Foundation

PTSD & Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

CreatiVets

Defenders of Freedom

The Warrior’s Journey

We jointly share a common vision with all 24 of these great non-profit organizations to assist military veterans, active-duty service members, and their families with a broad range of services.

Despite the ongoing challenges over the past two years, Tee It Up for the Troops was blessed to raise more funding in 2021 than we did in 2019, pre-pandemic! This generous support allows us to do even more to help combat veterans get back on course!

Along with our financial support and collaboration with these non-profit partners, we can make a greater impact across our nation for veterans and their families. At Tee It Up for the Troops, we strive to be a high-impact nonprofit that works with and through other veteran support organizations to create more impact than each of us could alone!

Learn more about Tee It Up for the Troops here.

 

 

 

 

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Sponsor Combat Veteran Outreach

Thank you to these sponsors!

Thank you to all our wonderful 10th Anniversary REUNION sponsors that made this combat veteran outreach event possible from January 13-17, 2022 at Reunion Resort in Florida!

About This Combat Veteran Outreach Event

Each year Tee It Up for the Troops hosts REUNION, a combat veteran outreach initiative to reunite battle buddies who have been separated due to reasons beyond their control. Through REUNION, participants not only reconnect with those they trust most, but also experience healing, and develop new relationships and support networks to help with their ongoing transition from battlefield to homefront.

Warriors re-connecting!
Warriors re-connecting!

Why Sponsorship Is Important

It is through the participation and support of sponsors and private parties that combat veterans experienced the healing of REUNION with their battle buddies. The cost for a warrior and their caregiver to attend this event is $1,500 and sponsorships help warriors and caregivers experience the benefits of REUNION. Sponsorship gives our combat veterans time together to discuss their post-military struggles, see their comrades in a supportive environment, and share tactics to help them survive and thrive at home. Sponsors also make it possible to bring together caregivers for peer support with the goal of increasing their hopefulness, skills, and knowledge. REUNION also provides access for veterans and caregivers to partner organizations’ resources.

Warriors and Caregivers Meet and Greet.
Warriors and Caregivers Meet and Greet.

How Do Sponsors Benefit?

Meanwhile, REUNION sponsors enjoyed time interacting with combat veterans and playing signature golf courses designed by three of golf’s greatest legends: Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, and Arnold Palmer. Our sponsorship packages offered many businesses, foundations, and foursomes an opportunity to gain exposure as outstanding supporters of combat veterans and their caregivers. Learn more about how your company can get involved with sponsorship:  https://teeitupforthetroops.org/reunion-for-sponsors/

Sponsors enjoy time interacting with combat veterans and playing golf on signature courses.
Sponsors enjoy time interacting with combat veterans and playing golf on signature courses.

The Impact of Combat Veteran Outreach

Perhaps the impact of REUNION and combat veteran outreach can be better explained and felt by this video from the 2022 REUNION.  See for yourself the hope and healing this event brings to America’s veterans!

Thank you again for your support of combat veteran outreach and REUNION 2022! Together, we are making a difference for all those who serve(d)!

 

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Trustone Financial Supports Veterans

To support Veterans during November, TruStone Financial Credit Union employees raised more than $1,000 for Tee It Up for the Troops with its Casual for a Cause fundraiser and the TruStone Financial Foundation contributed an additional $5,000. This company-wide fundraiser gives employees the opportunity to wear jeans in exchange for a donation to a designated charity. 

About Tee It Up for the Troops

Tee It Up for the Troops is a national non-profit organization, headquartered in Minnesota, supporting programs that deliver critically needed services to help Veterans transition from the battlefront to the home front. Tee It Up for the Troops focuses on six core pillars that positively impact Veterans including PTSD support, Employment, Suicide Prevention, and Sports Rehabilitation. To learn more, visit  https://teeitupforthetroops.org/ 

“We are honored to receive such a generous donation from TruStone – especially during National Veterans and Military Families Month – to help support our mission and America’s veterans,” says Tim Wegscheid, President and Executive Director of Tee It Up for the Troops.

“We strive to make a direct impact in our communities,” says TruStone Financial Foundation Chairman, Sam Stern. “The employee contributions, along with the donation from the TruStone Financial Foundation, will bring well-deserved support to the Veterans who need it most.”

(Left to Right) Sam Stern, TruStone Financial Foundation Chairman and Steve Steen, Chief Business Officer of TruStone Financial, presented the $6,177 donation check to Patrick Nelson, U.S. Veteran and Tim Wegscheid, President and Executive Director of Tee It Up for the Troops.
(Left to Right) Sam Stern, TruStone Financial Foundation Chairman and Steve Steen, Chief Business Officer of TruStone Financial, presented the $6,177 donation check to Patrick Nelson, U.S. Veteran and Tim Wegscheid, President and Executive Director of Tee It Up for the Troops.

 

About TruStone Financial

TruStone Financial is a full-service credit union that has worked to improve the financial well-being of its neighbors since 1939. Having been founded as a teachers’ credit union, education is driven into the mission. It has 23 branches across Minnesota and Wisconsin and is Minnesota’s second largest credit union, with assets of almost $4 billion as of October 31, 2021 and a mortgage servicing portfolio of more than $2 billion. TruStone was named one of 100 top-performing U.S. Credit Unions in 2020 by S&P Global Market Intelligence and ranked as a top five Best-In-State credit union by Forbes magazine in 2021. To learn more, visit TruStone.org.

About the TruStone Financial Foundation

The TruStone Financial Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2009 by TruStone Financial Credit Union. The TruStone Financial Foundation primarily supports financial education and programs through scholarships and outreach, while also engaging in general charitable giving in the communities served by the credit union. Learn more about the TruStone Financial Foundation at TruStoneFoundation.org.

Learn more about how your company can Support Veterans and Tee It Up for the Troops at  https://teeitupforthetroops.org/donate/