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The University of Maryland University College is celebrating its 60th year of serving the U.S. military world-wide as the premier supplier of non-traditional education to our troops. UMUC is now educating 60,000 military and family members. Click Here to Read The University of Maryland University College's letter to The Blewitt Foundation
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Welcome to The Blewitt Foundation Web site.The Blewitt Foundation supports military families experiencing severe injuries and invites financial support to assist the foundation in carrying out its mission for special men and women who are suffering -- and who, with their families, have sacrificed so much for all of us. Our mission is based on the belief that military family members serve too. 2008 has been a year when we have spread out events and have found this to be a great way to serve our mission of supporting the military's severely injured and their families. Our approach has evolved and is different than our initial event in 2007, Destination R&R, where 100 family members came from all over the country to join us. This past spring, we joined a partnership with the NASCAR Foundation in a fund-raising effort at NASCAR's race at The Richmond (Virginia) International Raceway, which was attended by more than 100,000 people. Those who attended got a glimpse of our Foundation's background and during the race we collected almost $10,000 in individual contributions. This was our first project with NASCAR and we are hoping that it is one of many as we go forward. Earlier this summer we invited 25 military and their guests from Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC to be our guests at a Washington National's baseball game, where they enjoyed the comforts of the newest stadium in baseball. In late summer we invited Marines stationed in Washington, and who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, to another National's baseball game. On each occasion, The Blewitt Foundation had its own section. We found the Nationals organization to be very accommodating and look forward to doing similar outings next season. In early December, we will be taking up to 150 family members from the Washington, DC area military installations and hospitals to the renowned Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Northern Virginia for its annual Holiday Sing-Along. We will have buses picking-up the family members at selected military locations and hosting them at a special reception in their honor prior to the concert. We will then proceed to the concert, led by the U.S. Marine Corps Band, where we will occupy a reserved section in this great outdoor amphitheatre. Again, for this event, Wolf Trap has been most welcoming to our troops and their families and we look to do more events there as well. We have partnering organizations with impeccable military credentials and extensive experience in serving members of our armed services. Together we conducted our initial program at a first-class resort facility during August 2007. We devoted almost three years to developing our programs to best serve the needs of the families that we will serve. The unique program – “Destination R&R” – offers hope to those who in many cases are feeling despair. With the first Destination R&R program at Turf Valley Resort (Maryland) and our subsequent 2008 activities, we have moved our mission from vision to reality. Now, there is much work ahead for all of us at the Foundation, for our partners, and those who will join us in our efforts to serve military families. We invite your help and support. The cornerstone of our family-based program is fun -- but, not just any kind of fun. The Blewitt Foundation -- with your help -- provides all-expenses paid, fun with activities for all ages and abilities. Just as important, our collective support transforms fun into sharing, connecting, and healing for families and among families. There is no other program that honors the entire family like this -- and at no cost to them. Our Partners – Their Contributions to Success The Josephson Institute of Ethics (info at: www.JosephsonInstitute.org) and its widely-recognized youth-serving Character Counts! programs -- available on every U.S. Army base worldwide – are prominent educational and motivational partners in our program. Information at: www.CharacterCounts.org The University of Maryland University College is celebrating more than 60 years as the premier provider of high-quality adult education to the U.S. military globally (through both online and classroom curricula). UMUC provides a number of optional programs for program participants who may want to enrich themselves or brush-up on subjects of their choice. Information at: www.umuc.edu And, the National Military Family Association adds it renowned experience as the leading, long-time voice of military families to screen and select individuals and families eligible for the program -- and to help guide the Foundation overall. Information at: nmfa.org What We Would Like You to Know The content on this Web site will give you information about the Foundation, what our planned activities with partners are, information about our first successful Destination R&R program, and partners’ widely-lauded and proven additional programs to support our military. What the program details presented in these pages can only begin to tell you is that our mission to turn fear and tears into smiles and laughter, these wonderful things happen only with financial contributions of generous individuals, families, corporations, corporate and other foundations, institutions, trusts, and trade associations. At this critical point, The Blewitt Foundation needs significant contributions. There are opportunities for branding and sponsorships and all levels of support, and of course we welcome unrestricted funds that allow us to expand our operations and take our activities to the next level. The Blewitt Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity, as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. More important, the Foundation is an organization that will be there for these families and especially the children who deserve the demonstration of our love. Please help us help them. Thank you, The Blewitt Foundation Videos on YouTube |
Excerpts from Destination R&R attendees: "......You have sought out the disabled service members, including their families, recognized and honored them in a way that is unheard of in today's society.....My favorite part of the trip only last 20 seconds. It occurred when our son looked up at his Dad and for the first time, didn't see his disabled father, but he saw his hero. Thank you for that wonderful gift." "......The trip made a profound impact on our family and we will be forever grateful......We will never forget how much you have changed our lives" Click here for more excerpts from Destination R&R
Michael Josephson is the Founder & CEO of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and its well-known Character Counts! program. His daily commentary is heard by several million listeners on KNX Radio in Los Angeles, the Armed Forces Radio Network globally and several other U.S. radio stations, as well as printed in a number of U.S. local newspapers. Click Here for Michael's Veterans Day 2006 commentary.
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