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At Wounded Warrior Project we recognize our mission cannot be accomplished without our talented teammates, which is why we’re proud to offer benefits such as:
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A mission that matters is just the beginning, so if you’re ready to get started, we’re ready for you.
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To honor and empower wounded warriors.
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To foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in this nation’s history.
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Loyalty: We passionately commit to our mission and to each other.
Innovation: We have the courage to challenge the status quo and vigorously debate ideas in the pursuit of excellence.
Fun: We cultivate joy and belonging within our team and in our service to others.
Tank as an instrument of charity
CLIFTON –
“Come on! Well, more! Stronger! – Shouts of support, car horns, laughter and applause were heard all Sunday afternoon on the main street of the New Jersey city of Clifton, located 12 miles west of New York.
No, it’s not an American football game or a baseball game, which are popular American spectacles.
Residents and guests of the city were carried away by a somewhat strange, at first glance, occupation. Teams of twenty people, dressed in T-shirts of the same color, alternately grabbed a thick rope and tried to budge a huge truck, on the platform of which was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun from the Korean War. For simplicity, the organizers of the Clifton event call it a tank, especially since for a not very knowledgeable person the installation looks like a tank.
The essence of the competition, which brought together thousands of people from all over the area on this sultry Sunday, is to move a truck with a “tank” 12 feet with muscular effort. On the roadway of Clifton Avenue, which was blocked for traffic by the police, the corresponding temporary markings were made. Winners are determined in four categories, two sports and two humanitarian. In one sport, the winning team is the one that moves the tank truck 12 feet in the shortest time. In the second sport, the team wins, which has done the same with a smaller number of people pulling the rope, or rather, with a smaller total weight of these participants.
The two humanitarian categories win: the first is for the corporations and organizations that donate the most, and the second is for the most generous individual donor.
During the competition. Photo by Oleg Sulkin
The Tank Pull Challenge was created by two local Knights of Columbus members Raymond Lill and John Hughes. And now, for the sixth year in June, traffic along Clifton Avenue is blocked for the whole day, the participating teams register in advance, choose their captain and name, and also contribute $ 75 per person to the organizers fund. This is the “silver level” of sponsorship – $1,500 per team, and there are also higher levels: “gold” – $3,000 and “platinum” – $4,500.
As one of the initiators of the project, former “grand knight” Raymond Lill, told the Voice of America, 90% of the funds raised go to the treatment of US military personnel who were injured in combat operations after September 11, 2001, through the Wounded Warrior all-American charity project Project, and 10% stay in Clifton for the needs of local war veterans.
The emblem of this project, featuring a black-and-white image of a wounded soldier being carried by another soldier, adorned participants’ T-shirts, flyers and posters.
This year, over forty teams representing a wide variety of organizations and companies took part in the Tank Pull Challenge. Clifton and surrounding towns fire and police, auto and energy companies, community organizations, high school students and schoolteachers, labor unions. There was even a center for helping the disabled, whose representatives pulled the rope while sitting in wheelchairs.
According to one of the organizers, Jim Mayer, by the middle of the day of the competition, the fund received more than 60 thousand dollars in donations. Mayer himself led the competition, walking around with a microphone in his hand, introducing the participants, asking them questions and commenting on what was happening with humor. So, when it was the turn of the bus fleet team to pull the rope, he began to cheer them up: “Well, guys, tighten up, more effort, remember how you push a stalled bus to the side of the road.
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Indeed, the effort must be considerable. The weight of the tank with a platform and a truck is 36 tons. This tank, and in fact a self-propelled gun M42 with two guns, is known in America under the name “Duster”. It was in service with US troops in 1950-70, during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. According to Lill, it is loaned to the Cliftonians every year by the Veteran Military Organization of the city of Paramus.
A stone’s throw from the main scene, tents and field kitchens have been set up in a nearby square. Meals and refreshments for participants are provided free of charge by local restaurants and fast food outlets. Most of the staff are volunteers and “knights”.
John Hughes told VOA that the Elmwood Park Police Department team won the first category. They moved the “tank” 12 feet in 6.02 seconds. The second was won by the Wayne Hills High School team, whose representative single-handedly moved the “tank” in less than 2 minutes. As Hughes explained, they will announce the winners in the two donor categories later, when all donations are counted.
All winners are awarded commemorative cups.
Last year, the Knights of Columbus team won the first category with a time of 5.06 seconds, while the second category was won by the P&A Auto Parts team, who single-handedly moved a tank in 83 seconds. Energy company PSE&G was the most generous corporate donor at the time, contributing $11,000.
How did this project come about? “One of the main tenets of the Knights of Columbus is patriotism,” Raymond Lill told VOA. – We somehow thought: what can we do for our veterans? And John (Hughes) and I came up with the tank idea. People liked her. During these six years of annual competitions, we have raised $762,000 in donations. Some will call this a trick, but we consider it the right thing to do, since it was started for a noble purpose. All soldiers need care, but especially those who have suffered during the fighting.”
For example, in December last year, the local Clifton Journal reported that the Knights handed out a large check from this fund to 25-year-old Sergeant Aaron Alonso.
In February last year, he was seriously wounded in Afghanistan, losing both legs.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic movement, a fraternity uniting Catholic men for charitable and social work. Founded in 1882 by Catholic priest Michael McGivney. In the United States, this movement, with a predominantly conservative agenda, includes approximately two million people.
Help Heroes Of Ukraine is in the TOP 10 charitable foundations that help Ukraine the most and in the TOP 3 that help the military
Help Heroes Of Ukraine is an American charitable organization founded in the United States in the early days of a full-scale Russian invasion. It was founded by Ukrainians, owners of 20 largest transport companies living in Chicago.
Main areas of work:
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Providing Ukrainian soldiers with gear and equipment that can keep them alive on the front lines.
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Humanitarian assistance for civilians affected by hostilities, lost relatives, left without a home.
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Reconstruction of rocket-damaged civilian infrastructure – medical assistance for hospitals, wounded soldiers and civilians.
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Carrying out charitable social projects in support of Ukraine.
During the year of the war, more than $40 million in aid was sent to Ukraine. Of these, 27 million is military aid. The Foundation fully equipped more than 15,000 soldiers. Volunteers regularly donate drones, optical devices (thermal imagers, binoculars, sights, collimators, etc.), body armor, helmets and other NATO-style equipment to the front. In addition, the Help Heroes Of Ukraine team is doing everything to improve the mobility of defenders at the front. During the year, 150 pickups and seven Hummers were purchased, which are already successfully performing combat missions. By the way, the fund has all the relevant licenses for the purchase and export of dual-use goods to Ukraine.
Show your support for the Ukrainian people by making a donation through Help Heroes Of Ukraine.
There is also a signed memorandum with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which allows you to work through official requests. In cooperation with the General Staff, the team verifies and verifies each application from military units. The fund also regularly supports those who suffered from the war – these are internally displaced persons, vulnerable categories of citizens. In 2022, more than $13 million worth of humanitarian aid was sent from the United States. And this is about 2000 tons and more than 4000 containers. The cargo includes long-term storage food, hygiene products, blankets, pillows, medicines, clothes, shoes, children’s toys, things for women in labor and babies, etc.
From the USA, the cargo is transferred in two ways – air transportation and sea transportation. Delivery times range from one day to several months.