Army Scholarship Foundation Help Our Heroes Luncheon 

 

Event Name:             Army Scholarship Foundation Help Our Heroes Luncheon

 

Benefiting:                Army Scholarship Foundation

 

When:                         Wednesday, November 1, 2017
                             11:30 a.m. Luncheon          

           

Where:                       Brook Hollow Golf Club         
                             8301 Harry Hines Blvd.
                             Dallas, TX  75235

 

Who:                           Chairs are Colonel (U.S. Army, Ret) Jeff Gault and Deputy Assistant Secretary Air Force (Ret) Rose Gault.

 

Speaker:                    Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham, U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management.

 

           Event:                         The event begins as guests are welcomed and enjoy fellowship in the main ballroom. Guests are seated at reserved tables as the program begins and announcements are made. After the invocation, luncheon is served. Scholarship recipients are introduced and share their stories. The featured speaker is introduced and the presentation begins. After which, luncheon is adjourned.

                                               

                                     

Tickets:                 $150 each. Sponsor and Underwriter benefits include preferred seating, special program visibility, Patron Party invites and more.

 

Information:            Contact Jeff Gault, Email: Jeff.gault@armyscholarshipfoundation.org 
 Phone: 703-587-5181

 

Visit the website:     http://www.armyscholarshipfoundation.org

 

Mission Statement:  The mission of the Foundation is to provide college scholarships to the sons and daughters of those who have served our nation honorably as soldiers in the United States Army and to provide college scholarships to spouses of enlisted soldiers serving on active duty in the United States Army.

 

History: In the year 2000, a handful of U.S. Army veterans joined together to develop plans for establishing a foundation to assist the needy sons and daughters of soldiers and Army veterans in achieving their dreams of higher education. It was the vision of these Army veterans that the Foundation would grow and be able to benefit an ever increasing number of deserving children of soldiers. 

 

Following the events of 9/11, the Foundation took on a new meaning for its founders and volunteers.  They established a scholarship in memory of a fellow soldier, Captain Jennifer Shafer-Odom who was killed during the war on drugs in Columbia, and additional scholarships were soon established in memory of those fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

 

In 2001, the Internal Revenue Service recognized the Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, making all donations to the Foundation fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by federal law.  In order to recognize the sacrifices of the spouses of serving enlisted soldiers, in 2006 the Board opened eligibility for scholarships to such spouses as well. 

 

In 2016, the Army Scholarship Foundation awarded a record 103 scholarships to deserving Army family members in pursuit their educational dreams.  Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded more than 300 scholarships averaging approximately $1,000 each.  Unfortunately, many highly qualified applicants do not receive awards due to lack of funding.

 

The Army Scholarship Foundation continues today as an all-volunteer organization, run by caring individuals seeking to assist Army family members in their educational pursuits as a small way of saying "thank you" for the many sacrifices made by Army families.