Dunkin Donuts/Home For Our Troops Event

The great thing about blogging is that I get to share information about worthy causes and charities.

I wanted to make sure that everyone noticed the coupon in Sunday's paper for a Dunkin' Donuts small 16 oz Iced Coffee for .50 on April 21, 2009. Your purchase will support Homes For Our Troops-a non profit organization that provides specially adapted homes for severly injured veterans at no cost to them.

Here is an excerpt from thier site:

Learn About Homes for Our Troops

Homes for Our Troops is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501 (c)(3) organization founded in 2004. This organization is strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to their country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries. We assist severely injured Servicemen and Women and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and then coordinating the process of building a new home or adapting an existing home for handicapped accessibility. The finished home is then given to the veteran.
*All services provided by Homes for Our Troops are at no cost to the veterans we serve.

Homes for Our Troops Has Been Named Top Rated Charity by American Institute of Philanthropy

The American Institute of Philanthropy, one of the country’s premier charity watchdog organizations, has included Homes for Our Troops in their “Top-Rated Veterans & Military Charities” listing. Only 5 of the 32 Veterans charities rated by AIP are included in the Top-Rated Category.
Because of their stringent review process, the AIP is described as "the pit bull of watchdogs" by the New York Times. Newsweek said "It's the toughest of the bunch. Because it disregards certain, potentially suspect, expenses and donations, it fails some nonprofits that the other raters approve."

Let's go out on April 21 and support those that have given so much for thier country.