2023 Annual Appeal

 

Dear Friends of the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc,

Last year the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc (CTNGFI), provided direct financial assistance to sixty-seven service members, families and Family Readiness Groups, totaling $77,551.00. Additionally, $20,500.00 in scholarships was awarded to Connecticut National Guard service members and family members. 

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc. I wonder if the founding members of the CTNGFI thought that so many service members and families would still need financial help, twenty years after its founding. But the need does still exist!

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that these times of crippling inflation and economic turmoil have been an incredibly difficult time for all of us. 

But for those who are unemployed, or barely earning minimum wage, they are suffering more than others. Unfortunately, service members and families of the Connecticut National Guard, are among those suffering. 

Today, I am writing to you with a simple yet heartfelt plea. Will you step forward to help our service members and families during this especially dangerous and trying time by sending a charitable donation to the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc?

Your gift will make a real and practical difference in lifting up service members and their families, who are suffering. Your gift to our general fund will be used to help support our members suffering with such needs as weekly care and emergency relief, food assistance, rent or mortgage payments, utilities, home health care, medical expenses and funeral expenses.

Any one of us could find ourselves needing the support of friends and neighbors if life takes a sudden turn. Together, we can lift up our struggling service members and their families, and give them the hope and help they need. 

Yes, it is truly amazing the difference you can make today. By reaching out with your charitable donation, you will be supporting our mission of providing financial hands-on solutions to our struggling service members and their families. 

But direct financial assistance is not all that your donation will support. Operation ELF, Adopt-a-Military Family, Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, and Post Secondary Scholarships are also funded by your generous donations. These vital programs provide relief and happiness to military families who may be struggling with the pain of deployment separation, loss of employment and income, or how to pay for the escalating costs of higher education. 

Your donation, no matter how large or small, could be the lifeline to our military families and service members who have no where else to turn. Please make this special difference – a life-sustaining difference for many – by sending your contribution today to the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc. 

In order for us to assist these families, we need your help. Our hope is to continue to support our Guard family as long as the need exists, but we cannot do it alone. We need your help. Contributions can be made by check, credit card, PayPal, and now Venmo. You can donate by check or credit card, by using the enclosed reply card and envelope, or for PayPal by going to our website at www.ctngfi.org and clicking on the “how to help tab” and then the donate button. To donate by Venmo use our account name: @ctngfi. If you are using Venmo, please be sure to provide your name, address and/or email and cell number for proper acknowledgement of your donation. 

This is the season for giving thanks ... and in that spirit, thank you for all you do for our Foundation. Please send your most generous gift today.

 

Sincerely,

 

Christopher Mackenzie

Chief Warrant Officer Four (Retired)

President

 

 

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Operation Embracing Lonely Families (E.L.F.)

Operation Embracing Lonely Families (E.L.F.)

20th Anniversary Gift Card Drive

Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
The Officers' & Enlisted Club of Connecticut
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Donation: $25.00 per person, Fully Tax Deductible

Click here to donate securely online.

  • Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, beer and soda
  • Wine and mixed drinks available for purchase
  • Raffle Prizes

100% of your donation will be used to purchase a gift card to support a military family in need

RSVP required. Not later than 29 November 2021.

Facebook:  @ConnecticutOperationELF

Instagram: @CT_OP_ELF

1.800.858.2677 

In 2001, then Lieutenant Governor M. Jodi Rell, lead an initiative across Connecticut that afforded an opportunity for the generous residents of our State to show their support for Service Members and Families separated during the holiday season due to deployment.  The effort was an overwhelming success and in the months that followed, local businesses, organizations, school systems and residents continued to seek ways to illustrate their appreciation and respect for the service and sacrifices made by those in uniform and their Families.  In the Fall of 2002, Lieutenant Governor Rell’s initiative gained an official name – Operation Embracing Lonely Families (E.L.F.).

In its 20 years, Operation E.L.F. has generated thousands of new, unwrapped toys, gift cards for grocery and department stores, seasonal services such as lawn care and snow removal and tax-deductible monetary contributions to the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization that provides emergency financial assistance and scholarships to eligible members of the Connecticut National Guard, Organized Militia and dependent Family members.

This years Operation ELF event will take place on Saturday, December 18, 2021.   As a leadup to this year’s Operation ELF, a fund-raising event is being held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at the Officers & Enlisted Club of Connecticut, State Armory, 360 Broad Street, Hartford CT.   Hours are 4:30 – 6:00 pm. 

All monies raised will be used to purchase gift cards to support military families in need.  Donations are $25.00 per person.  Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages.  Wine and mixed drinks available for purchase.  Raffle prizes.  

RSVP no later then November 29, 2021.   You can register and donate at this website by clicking on the donate button. 

Thank you for your support.

Chris Mackenzie
President
CTNGFI

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