Support Freedoms Foundation At Valley Forge, Commander Gary L. Fry’s National Project

For more than 30 years, AMVETS has worked in part­ner­ship with the Free­doms Foun­da­tion at Val­ley Forge to deliver qual­ity edu­ca­tional pro­grams to youth and edu­ca­tors. These pro­grams focus on adher­ence to our nation’s found­ing demo­c­ra­tic prin­ci­ples, build­ing a patri­otic cit­i­zenry, and advanc­ing active civic engagement.

As our mil­i­tary men and women sta­tioned around the world con­tinue to sac­ri­fice for the pro­tec­tion of our democ­racy, our part­ner­ship with the Free­doms foun­da­tion remains as impor­tant as ever.

A study con­ducted this year by the Amer­i­can Enter­prise Insti­tute found that our nation’s top edu­ca­tors ranked the impor­tance of civics as highly as lit­er­acy and math. The civics edu­ca­tion achieve­ment gap was also dis­cov­ered to be larger between advan­taged and dis­ad­van­taged stu­dents than the achieve­ment gap between these groups regard­ing read­ing and math.

This find­ing is a strong indi­ca­tor that AMVETS is on the right track in sup­port­ing the civic edu­ca­tion pro­vided by the Free­doms Foun­da­tion. Thus, equally impor­tant is our sup­port for the preser­va­tion and care of the won­der­ful Free­doms Foun­da­tion cam­pus, which is vis­ited annu­ally by thou­sands of AMVETS mem­bers, stu­dents, edu­ca­tors, mil­i­tary lead­ers and civic lead­ers rep­re­sent­ing every state in the country.

Your con­tri­bu­tion to the Commander’s 2011–2012 Project will assist the main­te­nance and improve­ment of the dor­mi­to­ries, con­fer­ence rooms, and com­mon areas that are in con­stant use. Your sup­port for these upgrades will also pro­vide the oppor­tu­nity to per­ma­nently rec­og­nize your AMVETS unit on the Free­doms Foun­da­tion Campus.

Rep­re­sented below are the major needs and asso­ci­ated cap­i­tal improve­ment
bud­get of $100,000:

$40,000 for cen­tral air con­di­tion­ing for the Alexan­der Hamil­ton Stu­dent Dor­mi­tory;
$35,000 for cen­tral air con­di­tion­ing for the Gen­eral MacArthur Cafe­te­ria and adult sleep­ing rooms located in the build­ing;
$25,000 for refur­bish­ment of the lob­bies in the Ben­jamin Franklin and Alexan­der Hamil­ton Stu­dent Dor­mi­to­ries – both build­ings are in need of new fur­ni­ture, floor­ing, light­ing and recre­ational equipment.

Donate today and plan to attend the 2012 AMVETS youth pro­gram in Novem­ber, where the Free­doms Foun­da­tion will rec­og­nize donors to the Commander’s Project.

Beryl Love and the Free­doms Foun­da­tion staff are ready to assist Depart­ments, Posts and indi­vid­ual donors who desire to par­tic­i­pate in this fundrais­ing mis­sion. Together we can help the Free­doms Foun­da­tion accom­plish its mis­sion to edu­cate and inspire our country’s next gen­er­a­tion of civic leaders.

For more infor­ma­tion, contact:

Beryl Love, AMVETS National Pro­grams Direc­tor
Phone: (240) 832‑7768
e-mail: blove@amvets.org