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Hello and thank you for visiting our site! We are the Marine Graduation Foundation. Picture this: Family Day arrives. The stands are full of friends and families. The Marines are dismissed for onbase liberty. The crowd rushes from their seats to hug their new Marine. They are so proud. The Marines are so very happy to finally see their family. They stand in their uniform, totally transformed! But wait...then you see a group of Marines walking away...no one is there for them. After everything they've been through there is no acknowledgement, no hugs, no tears, no nothing. We just did not think that was acceptable so here we are, 10 years later, helping Marines have that moment with their families that they would not otherwise get to experience. If you don't have the money to get to the graduation, apply for assistance. People donate, applications are reviewed and if all goes well we will help you with travel costs so that your Marine does not have to stand alone on graduation day. Please remember funds are almost always limited. There are many families to help and many times not enough money to help everyone. If you can get to the graduation without our help, please save the funds for the people who wonder how they are going to get the money to have enough gas to drive to the graduation. If we all band together we can ensure that NO NEW MARINE STANDS ALONE! If you can help with our mission, even if it is $5, it counts! We definitely could not do this without you! Below you will find upcoming graduations for which you can specifically donate. If you do not have a tie to any particular graduation but would still like to help with our cause you can do that too by clicking the button below. Thank you, in advance, for your kindness.
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We were founded in 2005 after identifying a need to help families attend Marine Corps Boot Camp graduations. Why are we doing this? We do this to make sure that no new Marine stands alone on graduation day. These men and women volunteered to go through painstaking training to allow all of us to sleep at night knowing they are there to protect us. Only after they successfully make it through training are they called United States Marines. 
Attention Families and Friends of graduating Marines!
We do not accept applications until recruits have completed their 8th week of training so if you see $500.00 as funds needed, it is only because we do not have the exact figures yet. Please do not let that hinder your decision to donate. We will definitely have families to help for all graduations and will post the needs as they are available. Please choose the appropriate graduation below that you would like to support. Graduations for the next 90 days are now posted. |
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DONATE TO THE MARCH 13 GRADUATION
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DONATE TO THE APRIL 3 GRADUATION
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DONATE TO THE APRIL 10 GRADUATION
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DONATE TO THE APRIL 17 GRADUATION
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DONATE TO THE APRIL 24 GRADUATION
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DONATE TO THE MAY 1 GRADUATION
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I would like to convey my heartfelt thank you and gratitude for the
assistance in helping to complete the funding needed to attend Darik's
graduation. I could never have gone through life knowing I had missed such
an amazing and beautiful ceremony. It is truly something I will never
forget, along with never forgetting his face when the Sr DI's dismissed
their platoons for the last time, welcoming the new Marines and families I know that thank you's can never be enough
for the help you provided. My heart is overfilled with the love I have for
the Marine Graduation Foundation for what you do to ensure that each Marine
has someone there for them in this momentous occasion. You all will forever
be a part of our lives and one day, once truly back on my feet, I will be
paying it forward to help another single mom attend her son's or daughter's
Marine Corps graduation.
Officers and Directors: John Weant, CEO, Marine Veteran, Marine Corps League Life Member and father of two Marines; view bio
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