Posted on Aug 26, 2016
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RP Members and Connections please check out the mission that SPC Michael Byrd is on! Go to the lonk above!
Here is quote directly from Michael:
"I plan on using funds collected to travel the U.S. and assisting new and old veterans alike that are suffering at the hand of being ignored for the things they need. Cash helps everyone and as such i plan to assist as many homeless vets as I can find to help. It is not by just handing them money. I plan to recruit them as it were and get them to start expanding their minds via work and materials purchased through the fund. Equally I would like to get them involved so that they can go and help other veterans as well. It is more of a pay it forward scenario and I am hoping (naively) that it really catches cause I am tired of hearing about all the bad things happening to vets that can't get it together or get their feet on the ground. Heck I got a friend in Virginia that is working a job he can't do, due to medical that the VA did to him and he is on the verge of losing everything which would put him and his family out on the streets and I can't sit idly by and let this happen any longer!
I am a disabled veteran that is tired of all these organizations saying they are there to help veterans and yet we never see them do anything with the donations except pocket them and occasionally give a little meal/fund raiser. I also can not find work as when I get called in for interviews I am immediately cast aside when they read my limitations.
I am trying to start my own business/charity that consists of getting veterans moved along in life and focuses on finding those like myself that can no longer hold regular employment and giving them jobs to work with me!
ALL branches/veterans can be helped by my proposed program and I would even go as far to say that we would try and provide housing for them and their loved ones while we got them going. I can no longer stand idly by and watch the country we all fought so hard to protect ignore our plights!
I am needing this funding so that i can get some trailers moved on to my property for the housing as well as buying materials for the vets to begin chasing paths that would allow them to use their minds to find their new paths. They would be paid for their time and we would benefit from the inventions from us vets as we all had great ideas from one time to another. And because we could all be helping to progress our future as a country by allowing veterans to again have a dutiful purpose that would help drive them to succeed again!
I would be eternally greatful to any and all that could donate to this cause as i too am a suffering veteran that wants to change my world for the better and i feel that if we can get enough of us involved with this it could really turn into a wonderful second step after the military casts us broken bits aside! This will provide an effective outlet for veterans to learn new skills without risking homelessness to chance a career they would not
Here is quote directly from Michael:
"I plan on using funds collected to travel the U.S. and assisting new and old veterans alike that are suffering at the hand of being ignored for the things they need. Cash helps everyone and as such i plan to assist as many homeless vets as I can find to help. It is not by just handing them money. I plan to recruit them as it were and get them to start expanding their minds via work and materials purchased through the fund. Equally I would like to get them involved so that they can go and help other veterans as well. It is more of a pay it forward scenario and I am hoping (naively) that it really catches cause I am tired of hearing about all the bad things happening to vets that can't get it together or get their feet on the ground. Heck I got a friend in Virginia that is working a job he can't do, due to medical that the VA did to him and he is on the verge of losing everything which would put him and his family out on the streets and I can't sit idly by and let this happen any longer!
I am a disabled veteran that is tired of all these organizations saying they are there to help veterans and yet we never see them do anything with the donations except pocket them and occasionally give a little meal/fund raiser. I also can not find work as when I get called in for interviews I am immediately cast aside when they read my limitations.
I am trying to start my own business/charity that consists of getting veterans moved along in life and focuses on finding those like myself that can no longer hold regular employment and giving them jobs to work with me!
ALL branches/veterans can be helped by my proposed program and I would even go as far to say that we would try and provide housing for them and their loved ones while we got them going. I can no longer stand idly by and watch the country we all fought so hard to protect ignore our plights!
I am needing this funding so that i can get some trailers moved on to my property for the housing as well as buying materials for the vets to begin chasing paths that would allow them to use their minds to find their new paths. They would be paid for their time and we would benefit from the inventions from us vets as we all had great ideas from one time to another. And because we could all be helping to progress our future as a country by allowing veterans to again have a dutiful purpose that would help drive them to succeed again!
I would be eternally greatful to any and all that could donate to this cause as i too am a suffering veteran that wants to change my world for the better and i feel that if we can get enough of us involved with this it could really turn into a wonderful second step after the military casts us broken bits aside! This will provide an effective outlet for veterans to learn new skills without risking homelessness to chance a career they would not
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Thanks for informing us about SPC Michael Byrd's mission to help "as many homeless vets as [he] can find to help" COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
I concur with CPT Jack Durish's response. There are so many non-profits which are trying to help house homeless veterans out there. It seems difficult to determine which are legitimate. For Christina ministries I check to see if they are endorsed by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). I also check the Better Business Bureau to see if there are any issues and if the nonprofit is listed there.
I appreciate SPC Michael Byrd's response to CPT Jack Durish's response.
LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
I concur with CPT Jack Durish's response. There are so many non-profits which are trying to help house homeless veterans out there. It seems difficult to determine which are legitimate. For Christina ministries I check to see if they are endorsed by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). I also check the Better Business Bureau to see if there are any issues and if the nonprofit is listed there.
I appreciate SPC Michael Byrd's response to CPT Jack Durish's response.
LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) 1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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SPC Michael Byrd
Ltc. Stephen, i am in the beginning stages of establishing this charity/fund and as such i haven't established with ECFA nor the BBB but once i have the start up costs covered i intend to pursue this with an unrelenting resolve as i know 3 families right now that could be getting helped by SO MANY of the funds/charities that are out there but they are more interested in collecting your money's for themselves and in keeping to make a big business with no actual contribution aside from what they can do to satisfy the media. I do not intend for media coverage, I intend to pursue families and single vets who are on the cusp of losing everything or have lost everything and trying my damnedest to insure that they have a new path to follow even it if means i have to help them by bringing them back home with me! I will not allow this to keep happening to our brothers and sisters in arms!
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Causes such as this tug at the heart strings. How can we know if they're legit? We've all heard of well-intentioned efforts failing as well as not-so-well-intentioned scams. I know of two small, local charities who are doing a great job helping vets (and active duty personnel). How many more will we need because our government is failing to keep its promises?
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SPC Michael Byrd
CPT DURISH,
I know that there is always a risk when donating to a new start up like this. But I can personally assure you that my heart is in the right place as well as my business model for cycling the U.S. to find and target vets that have not been treated right. I don't plan on just handing out, i plan on teaching budgeting as well as showing them a new way to live. I can not sit by anymore to let my brothers and sisters former and new run the risk of losing everything. Yes i know there are programs out there that they can go to and ask for help. But my hope is that people realize the value of my organization. We find those that the system has lost. We will do what we can to help them get back on track so there is no longer the epidemic of veterans being homeless or jobless! This is how you can know that it is legit! I don't stop and even though my back is really messed up i'd rather finish out my service by helping our family in arms than sitting around and waisting away doing nothing and hearing about the decline steadily on the news and social media sites. Enough is enough! please help me to help others sir!
I know that there is always a risk when donating to a new start up like this. But I can personally assure you that my heart is in the right place as well as my business model for cycling the U.S. to find and target vets that have not been treated right. I don't plan on just handing out, i plan on teaching budgeting as well as showing them a new way to live. I can not sit by anymore to let my brothers and sisters former and new run the risk of losing everything. Yes i know there are programs out there that they can go to and ask for help. But my hope is that people realize the value of my organization. We find those that the system has lost. We will do what we can to help them get back on track so there is no longer the epidemic of veterans being homeless or jobless! This is how you can know that it is legit! I don't stop and even though my back is really messed up i'd rather finish out my service by helping our family in arms than sitting around and waisting away doing nothing and hearing about the decline steadily on the news and social media sites. Enough is enough! please help me to help others sir!
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SFC William Farrell
You have a valid point CPT Jack Durish. I hope that coming from COL Mikel J. Burroughs there is a little more legitimacy in SPC Michael Byrd efforts. I know Colonel Burroughs is one of our biggest advocates and we would expect the same from SPC Byrd.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
CPT Jack Durish, SFC William Farrell, and SPC Michael Byrd my policy is to always trust my brothers and sisters that come to me directly and request my assistance. I always take that approach and its paid off well in the past. There have been a few that have broke that trust, but not many. Michael will do what he says he's going to do and will keep us updated on his mission right here on RP. The question you'd ask is: "What if the trust is broken?" The answer is simple you'll no longer receive my help going forward in the future. I hold no grudges, but I will not put my reputation and services on the line for someone who breaks the trust. I won't bad mouth them or "call them out!" I just terminate the relationship. That is all that is necessary. We have to build trust here on RP to the very best site possible and so that is the direction I'll take first and foremost! That's my explanation!
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SPC Michael Byrd
SFC Farrell as i said i know there is risk to any donation to if a charity is real or not. However as i am in beginning stages i can swear up and down till i am blue in the face that i am on the up and up. But until i get the donations needed and can get going to help those in need of it i will have no absolute proofing of any of it. And each vet/family helped will be honored by me via my posting on rallypoint to the situation and how our efforts will have helped them!
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The key word is "legitimate," as LTC Ford mentions. Vet's need a place to live. I know of a few charities that are doing a great job, but I also have come across unscrupulous organizations that at the moment of truth - have denied help to vets. Great post COL Burroughs.
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