The Aleethia Foundation
supports recently wounded troops in their
rehabilitation upon returning home
While
injured troops receive medical care to heal their
physical wounds, The Aleethia Foundation honors them
with opportunities to enjoy some time away from the
hospital environment. Troops say these occasions
make them feel truly 'at home'.
Supporting Those Who Serve
The mission of the Aleethia
Foundation is to support the newly injured troops
with short-term therapeutic recreation. The doctors
have determined that it is beneficial for the newly
injured troops to get out of the hospital
environment occasionally. Our mission is to help
them get out for meals, movies, sightseeing, and
visits to interesting sites.
Our main focus is the
Friday Night Dinners
for the wounded troops from Walter Reed Army Medical
Center and National Naval Medical Center.
How
The Aleethia Foundation Began
The Aleethia Foundation was started to provide a
method of tax-deductible contributions to fund Friday Night Dinners
at Fran O’Brien’s Stadium Steakhouse. In the process of providing
the dinners, we found some of the troops in need of small financial
grants ($1,500 to $2,500) to bridge different financial situations.
We then expanded our mission to providing as many of these small
grants as we could. We also found a need to do more than just the
dinners, so we started supplying other short-term recreational
activities such as sightseeing drives, trips to movies, and smaller
dinner situations.
We are a small group of volunteers. There is no
paid staff and no overhead. We spend all collected money on the
troops.
Contact: The Aleethia Foundation
1718 M Street NW Suite 1170
Washington DC 20036
(202) 714-0135
