Since our founding in 2012, we have been, committed to a single, unwavering mission, helping shadow warriors and their families flourish. Our efforts to accomplish that mission have been guided by a few simple operating principles: 1. to remain true to the ethos of our community. 2. to stick to what we do best and to partner with others to bring special expertise to complex problems. This allows us to be good stewards of our patrons & donors by avoiding redundancies and to be flexible and adapt to evolving world circumstances. We began by creating unique events to fund educational opportunities for Gold Star and Memorial Star children, the offspring of fallen special operations and intelligence officers. We work with generous defense companies and technology companies to raise money on behalf of charities that work directly with these populations. While this remains our primary focus, we have added additional dimensions to the Foundation, adapting as the world has changed around us. Over the last 20 years, the conflicts in which America has engaged relied less on traditional military tactics and more on covert special operations and intelligence forces who endured more deployments and faced increased odds of engaging in direct firefights, resulting in higher casualty rates and more families and children left behind. As a result, we have more than doubled the number of annual events and dramatically increased our fundraising for Gold Star and Memorial Star Kids. Today, however, we recognize that not only do the families of fallen warriors suffer, but so do those who go to battle and return both physically and mentally wounded. In response, we have partnered with several organizations to assist active duty and retired shadow warriors suffering from “Operator Syndrome”, a combination of post-traumatic stress injury, concussive brain injury, which often results in violent and addictive behaviors and, all too often, death by suicide. Please join our mission.
