Stand Down

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Since its inception in 2001 the Ride to the Wall Foundation has been committed to helping America’s veterans.

In May of 2004 The Ride To The Wall Foundation Board of Directors narrowed the definition of the Foundation’s mission as assisting homeless and at-risk veterans through a national program known as a Stand Down.

During 2004 and 2005 The Ride To The Wall Foundation has provided 52 grants in 31 states – helping the homeless and at-risk veterans across our nation.

The men and women who answered the Call to Duty and who now need a hand up as they face an uncertain future are able to get help at Stand Downs or through veteran’s service organizations that have worked in partnership with the Ride To The Wall Foundation.

The monies are awarded to Stand Downs or veteran’s service organizations in the communities in which they are raised.

The Foundation extends a huge thank you to all the volunteers who came to a Paul Revere and the Raiders concert and helped raise money for veterans in need.

The following list shows the Ride To the wall Foundation grants awarded since its inception. The increase in activity since May of 2004 is evident, and gives all of us at the Foundation a sense of fulfilling our mission.

Grant Report

Heather French Foundation, Homeless Veterans

Rolling Thunder, Sept 11 Fund

POW Veterans Group, American Falls, ID

VA Medical Center, Saginaw, MI

Vetsville Cease Fire House, West Palm Beach, FL

The Oregon Veterans Home, Salem, OR

No Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs, Raleigh, NC

Veteran's Trust Fund of Carolina, Columbia, SC

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bell Fund, Nampa, ID

LaCrosse MN Stand Down

Minnesota Stand Down

Wisconsin Stand Down

Georgia Homeless Veterans Program

Heather French Foundation, Homeless Veterans

Northwest Montana Stand Down

Charleston WV Stand Down

Billings MT Stand Down

Uinta County Veterans Board Evanston WY

Wyoming Veterans Commission Casper WY

DAV Bismark ND

Sioux Falls SD Stand Down

DAV Aberdeen SD

Mid Calif Stand Down (Fresno)

Fairbanks AK Stand Down

Anchorage AK Stand Down

Juneau Alaska VFW Taku Post 5559

Ketchican Alaska VFW

Call to Duty Fund (Idaho)

Columbia SC Stand Down

MAVERIC Lyons NJ Hospital

Charleston SC Stand Down

Vetsville Cease Fire House, West Palm Beach, FL

American Legion Post 212 Saginaw MI

American Legion Post 443 Saginaw MI

St Louis MO Stand Down

American Legion Lester Keate Post Springdale UT

Veteran Integration Center Albuquerque NM

Colville WA Stand Down

Las Vegas NV Stand Down

Don Rae VFW Post 8846 Muskegon, MI

Denver CO Stand Down

Eau Clair Wisconsin VFW Post 305

Sioux Falls SD Stand Down

Knox County Ohio Veterans Advocacy Committee

Philadelphia PA Stand Down

Brandon Titus Memorial Ride (Idaho)

Indianapolis IN Stand Down

Homeless Veterans Post 211 Shelbyville, Indiana

Mt. Pleasant VFW Auxiliary/Detroit, MI Stand Down

Boise ID Stand Down

Grass Valley CA  Stand Down

VVA Auxiliary of Ferndale WA

Birmingham  AL Stand Down

Columbia SC Stand Down

Mississippi Stand Down

Mississippi Food Network

Kentucky Stand Down

Santa Fe NM VFW Post 2951 Relief Fund

Maryland Homeless Veterans, Baltimore

Vermont Stand Down  Burlington VT

Rolling Thunder NH1 Durham NH