Help Support our Veterans
Today is Veterans Day. In a demonstration of collective support the Beyond Tribute Coalition is launching the Eleven Eleven Campaign to mobilize 11 million Americans to donate $11 to support our vets. Kim Cattrall details the impetus of the campaign on Huffington Post:
Once the parades have passed and our wars have faded from the news, how we treat our returning soldiers and their families is the measure of our country’s character.
Unfortunately, Veterans Day — which began more than half a century ago as a profound national holiday — has now become little more than a day for people to skip work or a chance for shoppers to find a good sale.
We should do better than that. And beginning today, we can.
For the past year, I’ve been honored to be the national spokesperson for Beyond Tribute, an organization whose mission is to change the way America honors its veterans — not just on Veterans Day and Memorial Day, but every day of the year.
To that end, we’ve just launched The Eleven Eleven Campaign — a two year effort asking 11 million Americans to contribute at least $11 in support of Veterans service organizations and charities. The campaign culminates on Veterans Day, 2011: 11/11/11.
I just donated $11 to the Eleven Eleven Campaign. Please join me in supporting our Vets today and return Veterans Day to its original mission.
Contributions are distributed to Beyond Tribute’s 11 coalition partners, who specialize in providing direct services and/or advocacy for Veterans of all eras and conflicts including veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and the present day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Coalition has been carefully vetted through an application process administered by Scholarship America, in order to guarantee their financial accountability and quality of services to the veterans’ population. Coalition organizations will receive contributions directly from the Beyond Tribute Veterans’ Day Campaign.
Please take this opportunity to demonstrate your support for our veteran and consider giving back to our veterans today.