These past six months have been good for the foundation. Our shares, likes, and comments on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/theraidermobilefoundation) grow in numbers and continue to receive traffic daily. Our webpage is continually getting more visits both return and new from all over and our fundraising efforts have now taken us over the $18,000.00 mark. We currently are still raffling off the limited-edition KC-130J inspired custom made Bremont Watch, valued at $6900.00. Tickets are only $50.00 each. The foundation also has the Joe Everson commissioned acrylic painting of “The Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima” valued at $950.00, and tickets are only $20.00 each. This artwork has been dedicated and signed by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a copy of the video from its creation in his gallery. 100% of the proceeds from both of these will go to the fundraising effort for the cars restoration. The winning names will be drawn live at the VMGR-352 “El Toro” Raider Reunion planned for October 5-6 2018, as well as broadcast Live on “The RaiderMobile Foundation” Facebook page. Winner’s do not need to be present to win.
In June, the foundation did our semiannual “Double Your Donation” month and matched the donations for over $700.00 to include the fees required when they donated through our GoFundMe Page (https://www.gofundme.com/OpTankerLincoln). Also in late August, the Foundation held a raffle based fundraising event in San Diego at the AleSmith Brewing Company. This event was a huge success and we were able to raise just over $2000.00. We are looking forward to doing this again in early October just following our visit back to MCAS Miramar, as we have been approved to set up a small display during the MCAS Miramar Air Show from September 28th – 30th to help raise awareness as total attendance for the weekend is expected to be estimated at over 600,000!!
Unfortunately, it is an on-going time period where we are still awaiting to hear back from the IRS on our 501(c)3 status, and hopefully in our next update we will have good news on this approval. Please continue to follow along with our progress and as always we thank you for your continued support.
Semper Fi
