Happy Birthday Marines!!! Once again, the time for celebration has come and gone as we were happy to celebrate the 242nd birth of our Corps. These past few months, myself and the other two members have been spent talking back and forth via email and phone calls about future fundraising ideas. We’ve also finalized and resubmitted the 501(c)3 package to the IRS. So now we wait…! I have also been in contact with another restoration shop – that has shown interest in our project – to discuss our future plans for the restoration and get professional advice on the best way forward, once the financing is in place. The cars are currently being stored while this process unfolds and are checked on from time to time. The cars will remain in storage until the day we can begin with Phase III of our campaign as stated in Part III under the “Concept Tab.” As we continue to receive donations, interest in the project, and “Likes” on our Facebook page, I want to continually thank those who have shown support in many ways.
In mid-December, for the third year in a row, just prior to the Christmas holiday and through the assistance of the leadership forward, the foundation was once again fortunate to be able to provide and serve a catered hot meal to the Marines of VMGR-352 DET-A while forward deployed. Many of the Marines reached out afterwards to say thanks and one even wrote:
“Thank you for the chow! My Marines and I are extremely grateful for the home-cooked meal that you served to us. It made the chow hall look like dog food, and one of my guys brought up how he admires that you’re restoring that car because that is one thing he is passionate about. Thanks again for all the food and the time that we all spent together that night.”
This “meal” has sort of become an annual event for the Foundation and continues to be at no cost to the donations received for the cars restoration, and we look forward to doing it again in the future, if it continues to be logistically possible. Happy Holidays from us to you wherever you find yourself this time of year. Semper Fidelis.
