Team 5 Medical Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit Veteran medical foundation with the mission to bring Western medicine and education to overlooked developing countries. They are currently running a silent auction with 5 individual top prize packages provided by Remington and Gunsite, featuring a brand-new Model 700 SPS .308, a Leupold VX-1 3-9x40mm Scope, and a 3 day custom rifle course developed by Gunsite and Remington.
team5.24fundraiser.com/e/site/store/1463/items
Real World Survivor recently published an article on Elder Heart, a non-profit organization started by US Army Veteran Magnus Johnson. The article details Magnus’ background, as well as the various artistic projects Magnus and others have worked on in support of US Military Veterans, and the charitable efforts by Elder Heart to help Veterans.
You can read the full article at: www.realworldsurvivor.com/2015/04/08/elder-heart-healing-hearts-through-art/#dsc_7708
US Elite has partnered with Combat Flip Flops to produce a limited edition US Elite-branded CCF Shemagh. Like the regular line of CFF Shemaghs, the US Elite Shemagh is sourced and embroidered in a women-owned factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. Additionally, for each Shemagh sold, Combat Flip Flops and the manufacturer donates funds to put an Afghan woman in secondary school for one day.
www.us-elitegear.com/u-s-elite-custom-cff-shemagh
Evan of Thirty Seconds Out and Jimmy Hatch of Spikes K9 Fund have partnered up to produce this limited edition spray art piece. Dubbed “Commute”, the piece depicts Jimmy with Spike, his K9, and the rest of their crew in the side door of an MH60 Blackhawk helicopter during operations. It is done on Pro Gallery Canvas with a heavy duty wood frame, measuring 1.5″ X 18″ X 24″. 50% of all profits from the sale of the piece will go to benefit Spikes K9 Fund.
thirtysecondsout.com/products/art-spikes-k9-fund
Learn more about Spikes K9 Fund at spikesk9fund.org
Operation Restored Warrior is a 509c non-profit charitable organization dedicated to assisting Veterans dealing with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Combat Related Stress. The organization is managed by Veterans, and its programs are administered in a private facility in Vail, CO.
To raise awareness and funds for ORW, they are having a team of former Military personnel and civilians participating in the upcoming New York City Triathlon on July 19th. They are currently looking for sponsorship for the event, as well as additional willing participants.
For more information on this upcoming event, visit: www.orwtriathlon.org
www.operationrestoredwarrior.org
Later this month, three members representing Team 5 Medical Foundation will embark on the foundation’s next mission—fixing cleft palates, providing basic medical education and medicine to villagers in remote regions of Central America. Eric Linder, Founder of Team 5, Remote Medical Practitioner (RMP) and Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM), along with Keith R., M.D., surgeon and remote medical physician, and Matthew ‘Griff’ Griffin, co-founder of Combat Flip Flops and logistics lead, will begin their journey south, accompanied for part of the mission by the Expedition Overland team.
The highly anticipated Expedition Overland (XO) YouTube series will return in season 2 for a truly epic journey through Central America—one of the most breathtaking and complex areas of the world. The team of seven and their three overland-equipped Toyotas will film throughout eight Central American countries. Once in Guatemala, the crew will meet up with Team 5 as they perform medical procedures in remote villages. The 12-episode series will begin airing in July 2015 on the Expedition Overland YouTube channel; viewers are invited to follow the adventure as it unfolds at xoverland.com beginning April 15.
Team-5 is a small group of former special forces members and hand-selected medical and survival experts who venture into the most extreme and austere locations around the world to educate local healthcare workers, provide remote medicine and donate supplies to developing areas so they can be self sufficient.
Expedition Overland (XO) is a docu-reality series that follows a team of adventurers and their outfitted vehicles through some of the world’s most remote regions. With a crew of “ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” the show features the adventures, struggles, and unique people and places they meet along the way. XO journeys require teamwork, problem solving, ingenuity, and endurance. Learn more and catch up on past episodes at xoverland.com and YouTube.com/expeditionoverland.
To keep up with the journey, follow Combat Flip Flops on Instagram. For more information on Team 5, please visit www.team-5.org. For more information on Combat Flip Flops, please visit www.combatflipflops.com.
Team HAWKEYE has announced they will be holding the Team 31 Auction over Veteran’s Day week 2015 on Gunbroker.com. Goods, services, and memorabilia will be donated for the auction, from various companies in the tactical and shooting sports industries. All proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the causes and loved ones of the US Special Forces and Military personnel lost in the Extortion 17 crash in 2011.
Stay tuned for more information as the auction draws closer.
ophawkeye.com/team-31-countdown
What: Thanking our Troops through Tennis (T3) free event for veterans and their families, an initiative sponsored by the Blue Sky Foundation founded by former American tennis star Dick Stockton and his wife, Liz. Their son, Spencer Stockton, is a JU freshman, Sport Business major and member of the baseball team.
When: 3-4:30 p.m. March 27 (tennis clinic for Wounded Warriors) and 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (Youth Clinic ages 4-10), 1-2:15 p.m. (Junior Clinic ages 11-17), and 2:30-3:45 p.m. (Adult Clinic ages 18+) March 28. Lunch provided by Greater Jacksonville Area USO.
Where: Jacksonville University Keith Watson Family TennisCentercourts, 2800 University Blvd. N.
Who: Blue Sky is headed by Dick Stockton, who won eight singles and 16 doubles titles in his career, including mixed doubles titles at both the U.S. and French Opens. He is a Davis Cup winner and during his career had victories over Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Rod Laver, John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Ken Rosewall, among others.
Event details: Blue Sky has provided successful free tennis clinics at military installations across the United States and is now bringing the event to a university campus for the first time. Dick and other tennis legends provide these clinics to give back to the military. This year, JoAnne Russell and MaliVai Washingtonhave already committed to the event at JU. Invitees include veterans aided by the Wounded Warrior Project; K9s for Warriors; active-duty military members; military families; student veterans; personnel from Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, SubmarineStationKingsBay, National Guard and Reserve; JU military partners; and tennis pros.
“In the fall of 2012, I heard a promotion for a touch football game in Arizona that was raising funds for Wounded Warriors,” said Dick Stockton. “My immediate reaction was, ‘Why are we not doing something like this with tennis?’ I brought the matter up with my wife, and together, we came up with the idea of traveling to military bases and offering a fun, stress-free afternoon of free tennis clinics to active personnel, spouses, children, Veterans and Wounded Warriors. Since July 2013 we have held seven events at five different military installations. The response has been incredible; we are averaging about 125 participants per event, and they have ranged in age from three to 87. We have eight events scheduled for this year.”
See www.theblueskyfoundation.com for more about the nonprofit, and get information and register for the JU T3 event at www.T3Jacksonville2015.eventbrite.com.
