Spirit of America
NewsSeptember 06, 2019
GIVING BACK
Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charitable organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day. To back that up, our parent company – OpenSystems Media – will make a donation to every group we showcase on this page.
This time we are highlighting Spirit of America (SoA), a 501(c)(3) organization which has as its stated mission “to support the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help.”
Spirit of America was founded in 2003 by U.S. business owner Jim Hake, who responded to requests for assistance in deployed areas in response to needs identified by American military and civilian personnel. SoA, according to information provided by the organization, calls itself the only privately funded (that is, not a government contractor) 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that directly supports the safety and mission success of deployed U.S. service members. Its all-veteran field team works alongside U.S. teams to support the success of their missions, adding the agility, innovation, and resources of the U.S. private sector to the capabilities of the U.S. government and military in support of its missions abroad.
The group reports that as of 2019, it has implemented more than 1,000 projects in 70-plus countries. Examples of current SoA projects include supporting the U.S. military’s efforts to perform community outreach in Niger in order to help stabilize the region, partnering with the U.S. Navy to deliver aid and medical relief in Venezuela and Colombia, and assisting U.S. National Guard troops in their ongoing effort to reach out to key communities in Kosovo.
For more information on SoA, please visit www.spiritofamerica.org.
