Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to Match up to $10 Million in Donations for Veterans
Semper Fi Fund, an organization that provides urgently needed resources and support for combat wounded, critically ill and catastrophically injured members of the military and their families, has announced that the Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation will match all donations up to $10 million until the end of the year through the “Double Down for Veterans” match campaign.
This will be the sixth year in a row that the foundation has issued a match campaign for the Semper Fi Fund.
Bob Parsons, founder of YAM Worldwide, PXG and GoDaddy, is also a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran. He made the announcement during his annual Marine Corps birthday salute, where he paid tribute to the 35th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
“I challenge everyone to join Renee and me in support of Semper Fi Fund to help create a better world for today’s veterans by providing the resources they need to return home and rebuild their lives,” said Parsons.
Funds will provide members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families with immediate financial assistance, adaptive housing and transportation, PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury care and education, family and caregiver support, unit reunions, mentoring and apprenticeships as well as education and career transition assistance.
“Our mission is based on a simple principle – be there to support our country’s heroes in their time of need,” said Semper Fi Fund president, executive director and founder, Karen Guenther. “Thanks to the amazing support of Bob and Renee Parsons, we are able to extend critical resources to more veterans and deserving families than ever before.”
Last year’s c raised over $20 million and brought The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation’s cumulative donations to the Semper Fi Fund to over $31 million.
“It is vitally important that we continue to support the men and women who have made sacrifices in service to our country,” said businesswoman and philanthropist Renee Parsons. “Every dollar makes a difference, and the match campaign is a chance for donors to double their impact.”
GoDaddy will lead the campaign with an initial $50,000 donation.
“We respect and support veterans, and their families, for their dedication and sacrifice,” said GoDaddy CEO and executive sponsor for the company’s internal veterans’ employee resource group, Scott Wagner. “The commitment and mission-focused mindset of service members is a great match for the GoDaddy culture, and we have pledged to hire hundreds of veterans, and their spouses, throughout the next four years.”
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