PURPLE HEART SERVICES , LLC
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

The Military Order of the Purple Heart is a congressionally-chartered veterans’ organization whose members have been awarded the Purple Heart medal. The Order provides opportunities for engagement, camaraderie and support among Purple Heart recipients, but its mission is far larger than that, encompassing programs that aid all veterans. Chartered in 1957, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation is the fundraising engine of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Through grants and outreach programs we lend support to other organizations whose programs align with Purple Heart’s mission, as well as make smaller direct contributions to veterans facing exceptionally difficult financial challenges. Programs that help all veterans recover and prosper. The Purple Heart Foundation supports a number of programs and services dedicated to helping ALL veterans and their families. Find out about the programs that your donations support. at Fort Hood opened its doors in January. A donation from the Purple Heart Foundation helped to build this center and your support will continue to help build these facilities across the country. at Fort Hood opened its doors in January. A donation from the Purple Heart Foundation helped to build this center and your support will continue to help build these facilities across the country. At this point in time, women were only able to serve our country through means of moral and economic support. The majority of this included sending clothing and supplies to the troops, rationing foods, and buying and selling war bonds, but many also found other ways to help through various organizations around the country. Women were not allowed to be close to the frontlines of war, but often times would act as nurses, treating those wounded at evacuation hospitals, far behind the lines. There was also a new level of political influence that this war opened up for women that had not been there previously. In fact, many jobs opened their doors for women that previously hadn’t. At a time when women were not particularly valued or readily greeted in the military, many stepped up when their country needed them. Opha May Johnson being the first of these strong and determined women. Despite the role women were expected to play in society, Opha May and hundreds of other women rose to the occasion of something much greater. Throughout history, it is moments and people like this which have made our country so special, and has fueled our growth. Without the courage and determination of Opha May, and all those like her, we would not be where we are today, 100 years later. In the one hundred years that have passed since Opha May became the first woman to enlist in the Marines, women have persisted and now are serving in combat roles, and helping to further protect our country’s freedoms. The Purple Heart Foundation supports a number of programs and services dedicated to helping ALL veterans and their families. Find out about the programs that your donations support. at Fort Hood opened its doors in January. A donation from the Purple Heart Foundation helped to build this center and your support will continue to help build these facilities across the country. Through grants and outreach programs, we lend support to other organizations whose programs align with our mission, and we make smaller, direct contributions to veterans facing exceptionally difficult financial challenges. We all do. Support our nation’s heroes by donating to the Purple Heart Foundation and help fund the programs and services that give all veterans the homecoming they deserve.