The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a non-profit 501C3 organization established to provide financial aid and quality of life solutions to injured Marines and Sailors who have been injured in battle or who suffer from life threatening illnesses.
Since the inception of the fund the IMSFF has provided more than 18,000 grants and 38 million dollars to those who have so bravely defended our liberties and freedoms.
'We are not professional athletes or career fundraisers, but we are people who want to give back to those Marines who have sacrificed so much of themselves in order to fight for our country,' John Greenway, founder and chairman of The Ride for Semper Fi, said. 'The Marine Corps was founded in 1775,' he went on to say, 'So, we knew that raising $177,500 would really mean something to those Marines who are so important to us and our cause. It's not only about raising the money. It's about showing them that we respect their history, and recognize their significant contribution to our country's history, too.'
So far over $150,000 has been raised for this year’s event. With your help, we know that they can easily reach their goal. The Ride raised more than $150,000 in 2009 which helped to “defray expenses, assist in recovery and support family members of Armed Forces service people injured in combat.”
To learn more about this amazing cause, please follow this link.
http://therideforsemperfi.com/
To donate:
http://www.active.com/donate/RideforSemperFi2010/DGenove
For all of the golfers out there, you can also participate by signing up for The Ride for Semper Fi Benefit Golf Tournament, Dinner & Silent Auction that will be held on September 19th, 2010, at beautiful Las Sendas Golf Club in Mesa, AZ. The event will include a 4-person scramble, live music, dinner, awards receptions and silent auction following the tournament. For more information and to register please follow this link.
http://www.golfdigestplanner.com/16456-SemperFiGolfTourn/
Thank you for your support of an amazing cause.
Excerpts from the above links as well as http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum/content.php?322-ARIZONA-TO-CALIFORNIA-A-challenging-bike-ride-for-a-great-cause&s=317d17d5e6ab1e9db51e6a213bb9a667
