SAORE Foundation
(Seawolves Agent Orange Relief Effort Foundation)
SAORE Foundation(Seawolves Agent Orange Relief Effort Foundation)
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A United States Navy "band of brothers", who once served together in a unique helicopter squadron in Vietnam, reunited almost 40 years later to meet with a delegation of their former adversaries: Vietnamese veterans. Meeting at the New York offices of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations, the two groups looked into each others eyes and traded views instead of bullets. Topics discussed centered on the effects of chemical defoliants, their side effects, and long term physical and cerebral disabilities. Both United States fighting men and the Vietnamese were victims of the Agent Orange defoliation program. These discussions fostered mutual common grounds and yielded a bond between the former enemies. As a unifying gesture of hope for the future well-being of our nations, the U.S. veterans decided to create the Seawolves' Agent Orange Relief Effort Foundation (SAORE Foundation). These veterans pledged to reach out, identify, and develop all means to provide relief to the victims left behind and to the ones who returned home. While the SAORE Foundation seeks donations, the members perform all tasks ad administration on a pro-bono basis. They accept no pay nor remuneration in this important quest that was brought into being as a "Heart to Heart Mission."
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SAORE Foundation is a charitable organization, raising funds for physically disabled, mentally handicapped, needy and poor in Vietnam. The concept of this "Heart to Heart Mission" was born as a project to heal and improve relations between the United States and Vietnam. One hundred percent, (100%), of funds are used for carefully screened and selected humanitarian needs. There are NO salaries paid and administrative costs are minuscule or absorbed by SAORE Foundation volunteers.
Funds utilized by SAORE Foundation are distributed directly to the end users via non-governmental contacts or agencies. Neither U S nor Vietnam governmental elements are in the distribution nor utilization chain
SAORE Foundation is not affiliated with nor a part of the US Navy Seawolf Association Send mail to
webmaster@SAOREF.Org with
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