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Teams For Troops allocates donations to finance military care packages which are delivered to deployed personnel. The care packages include necessity items, such as toiletries and snacks, as well as professional and college sports team merchandise, such as jerseys and equipment. Additionally, once they return from their deployment, the troops will have the opportunity to attend sporting events with their families, free of charge. A portion of donations goes to research concerning traumatic brain injuries; a growing issue for veterans and athletes alike.
'''Teams For Troops''' is a [[Birmingham]]-based non-profit organization which funds, assembles and ships care packages to active duty American military personnel deployed overseas. The group was founded in [[2015]] by [[Jordan Thompson]], [[Josh Pagonis]] and [[Michael Krause]].
 
The organization includes professional and college sports team merchandise along with toiletries and snacks, and provides tickets to events for soldiers and their families when they return home. Part of the organization's charitable contributions are donated to research on traumatic brain injuries, a type of injury suffered by both veterans and athletes.


==References==
==References==
* Burch, Edward (November 10, 2015) "Teams for Troops brings home team to veterans." abc3340.com - accessed March 15, 2016


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.teamsfortroops.org/ Teams for Troops website]
* [http://www.teamsfortroops.org/ Teams for Troops] website
*[https://www.facebook.com/TeamsForTroopsAL?hc_location=ufi Teams for Troops Facebook page]
* [http://www.facebook.com/TeamsForTroopsAL?hc_location=ufi Teams for Troops] at Facebook.com


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[[Category:Nonprofits]]
[[Category:2015 establishments]]

Revision as of 11:15, 15 March 2016

Teams For Troops is a Birmingham-based non-profit organization which funds, assembles and ships care packages to active duty American military personnel deployed overseas. The group was founded in 2015 by Jordan Thompson, Josh Pagonis and Michael Krause.

The organization includes professional and college sports team merchandise along with toiletries and snacks, and provides tickets to events for soldiers and their families when they return home. Part of the organization's charitable contributions are donated to research on traumatic brain injuries, a type of injury suffered by both veterans and athletes.

References

  • Burch, Edward (November 10, 2015) "Teams for Troops brings home team to veterans." abc3340.com - accessed March 15, 2016

External links

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