Tis the season to be grateful, and in the humane and the holiday spirit, I suggest generous contributions to the following charities, all of which deserve our support:
Any Soldier: delivers care packages to overseas servicemen
Fisher House: builds “comfort homes” on the grounds of military hospitals for families of wounded veterans; sponsors scholarships for veterans’ children
Helping Our Heroes Foundation: supplies wounded veterans with mentoring, financial, and career assistance, and helps with emergency financial needs
Operation Iraqi Children: founded by actor Gary Sinese and Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand to buy, ship, and deliver school supplies to children and schools in Iraq
Programs and Money for Retraining Disabled Marines
Scholarships for Marines and Dependents
–Noemie Emery is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and author of the forthcoming Great Expectations: The Lives of Political Sons.