Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation
Preserving Army Warrant Officer
History
A Non-Profit
501 (c) (3) Public
Charity
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Purpose and Goals
The Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation is organized, administered, and operated exclusively to receive, administer and expend funds
as a public charity for among such other objectives and illustrative purposes only, and not by way of limitation, the following purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as it may be amended from time to time:
Educate
our fellow military and the general public about the rich history of the U. S. Army Warrant Officer Corps;
Assume responsibility and accountability for the Warrant Officer Museum Fund from the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA) (See the Origin and Status of Warrant Officer Museum Fund);
Assist in the development, creation and maintenance of items and material presenting the history and heritage of the Warrant Officer Corps.
We will endeavor to arrange placement of selected items and materials in the National Museum of the United States Army being planned for Fort Belvoir, VA;
We will endeavor to design,
fund, and maintain a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades
at the planned the National Museum of the United States Army;
Develop fund raising methodology to support the programs of the foundation;
Distribute funds raised in a manner that supports the goals of education of the general public on the history of the Warrant Officer Corps;
and
Produce and publish a Warrant Officer
History Book covering the period July 1918 to September 2006, the royalties
of which will support our other projects -
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News
Huge insignia
collection donated to Army museum
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The National Museum of the U.S. Army will
be the repository of the most complete and historically significant
collection of distinctive unit insignia in the country thanks to a donation
by a California company. Vanguard Industries of Carlsbad, Calif., the
largest supplier of military insignia to the U.S. armed services, recently
turned over its collection of unit insignia to Ken Smith-Christmas, the
museum’s director of exhibits and collections -
see
more.
(Courtesy ArmyTimes.com)
5/5/09
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation direct donation method
- individuals and organizations may make donations
to the Foundation using PayPal. Donations will go towards the construction
of a Memorial to Our Fallen Warrant Officer Comrades and an Army Warrant
Officer Historical exhibit commemorating the 100th Birthday of the Army
Warrant Officer Corps. To donate go to the Foundation's
home page and click on
the "Donate button." Our PayPal account accepts credit
cards, debit cards, bank transfers, and PayPal . You may also
mail
a donation
to the Foundation by check if you
prefer that method.
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Recognition of Donations
The Warrant Officers Heritage
Foundation began in January 2008 to
recognize the individuals and organizations who answer the challenges issued at
USAWOA Annual Meetings over the last few years.
All
donations at this time go to fund a "Memorial to our Fallen Army Warrant
Officer Comrades" and to fund an Army Warrant Officer Historical Exhibit
commemorating the 100th Birthday of the Corps in July 2018.
Individuals who donate $100 or more over a 12-month period will receive a
specially produced 2" round coin with original brass Eagle Rising in the
center. The current Warrant Officer rank insignia appears on the body of the Eagle. The
circle on the front of the coin is inscribed "Warrant Officers Heritage
Foundation" and the reverse is inscribed "Preserving Our Warrant Officer
History." (See our logo at the top of this page). Organizations who donate $250 or more over a 12-month period will receive a brown
flag streamer with the inscription "WO Heritage Supporter" embroidered in
gold.
All donations, without regard to
size, will be acknowledged in writing for tax deduction purposes.
See
Donor List updated as
donations are received.
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The Foundation's Office of Record is located at:
Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation,
462 Herndon Pkwy, Suite 207, c/o USAWOA
Herndon, Virginia 20170-5235
Phone 757-999-2022,
Listed on
GuideStar.org, keyword "warrant" in the Search block.
All Directors, Officers, and
Volunteers serve without compensation.
(Many
files throughout this site are a
PDF files. A
free reader is available for download.)
We are extremely grateful to our website sponsors
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
and
the
U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association
No donation is too small!
All Donations, Grants, and Bequests are Tax Deductible
within the limits prescribed by law.
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