Thank you for visitng my fundraising site.  I am running the Howl at the Moon 8 hour timed ultra on August 14^th to raise funds for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.  Hopefully you can join me in showing support for Special Operations community.  The Special Operations community are people of the highest  physical and mental excellence.  The sacrifice much and receive and are recognized for little.  They are people who could easily achieve success in any field they choose for more handsome compensation and less risk.  They dedicate their lives to serving their country with their talent and sacrifice.    Since I am unable to serve with them, I am hoping to support them along with your help to the best of my ability.  It is no secret that these men are extraordinary people, perhaps to many of us superhuman or invincible.  The reality is that they are human beings like you and I.  They have loved ones, people who care about them and they of them just like anyone else.  

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation mission is devoted to providing a college education to every child who has lost a parent while serving in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations during an operational or training mission. The forces covered by the Foundation are some 50,000 military special operations and support personnel stationed in units throughout the United States and overseas bases.

The Warrior Foundation is currently committed to providing scholarship grants, not loans, to more than 760 children. These children survive over 600 Special Operations personnel who gave their lives in patriotic service to their country, including those who died fighting our nation's war against terrorism as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan and the Philippines as well as "Operation Iraqi Freedom." To date, 143 children of fallen special operations warriors have graduated from college.

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation also provides immediate financial assistance to special operations personnel severely wounded in the global war on terror. Once notified of a special operations soldier, airman, sailor or Marine hospitalized with a severe injury, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation immediately sends funds to the service member (or his/her designated recipient) so the family and loved ones can immediately travel to be bedside.

The SOWF was awarded its fourth consecutive 4-star rating for its financial efficiency by a charity watchdog group, Charity Navigator. Less than 7 percent of the 5,300 charities rated by Charity Navigator receive this exceptional rating.

Last year, the Foundation provided $2.7 million in scholarship grants, academic, financial aid, and family support to our families.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit this site, and any help is deeply appreciated.  It will mean more than I could ever hope to describe.  Additional information about SOWF can be found at their website to the left, as well as a nice video.