I know that you AgWired loyalists will remember Paul McKellips. He’s a co-founder of a great sounding organization that I thought I’d bring to your attention. It’s No Greater Sacrifice. I will make no excuses for my support of our military men and women and this sounds like a good organization to support.
The men and women of the United States Armed Forces and law enforcement communities risk their lives every day for our country and our way of life. There is no greater sacrifice: to serve, to work, to fight – and if need be – to lay down one’s life for the cause of freedom. In making this sacrifice, every Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, and law enforcement official is forced to leave his or her loved ones back home.
No Greater Sacrifice (“NGS”) serves to bridge the educational development and professional mentoring gap for the children of our nation’s fallen heroes. Our job is to help finish their work by raising funds to pay for college tuition and graduate degree programs and to provide professional mentoring for their children. NGS accomplishes its mission by funding the charities that are already on the ground working on behalf of this noble cause, including:
- The Navy SEAL Warrior Fund
- The Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation
- The Special Operations Warrior Foundation
- And other local charities that support the NGS mission
Having worked in professional fundraising for a charitable foundation I find the following impressive:
It’s with great pleasure I announce the formation and launch of the No Greater Sacrifice(NGS) Foundation. The six co-founders have created this 501(c)3 charity with the mission to fund college educations for the children of our fallen soldiers. NGS has no paid staff and contributes 100% of our funds to this cause.
Besides “No Greater Sacrifice” Paul now works for the Foundation For Biomedical Research and has a podcast started called “Common Ground.” You can hear an episode here common-ground.mp3