Together We Stand Military Families Foundation
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Mission Statement
Together We Stand serves Canada’s military families by honouring their contribution to our country, supporting families in need of a hand-up, and educating the civilian population about the pivotal role these families play in the country’s safety and security.
About This Cause
Military families serve this country with pride; however, this service comes with sacrifice. Moving to new provinces and communities every two years, isolation from family support, lack of available housing and childcare, and feeling the pressures of increased food costs due to significant unemployment for spouses. These families serve our country proudly and with enduring resilience – they simply do so without the uniform or the recognition. Our Canadian military families make sacrifices so that your family doesn’t have to. Together We Stand has two key programs where donors can have the greatest impact which are to honour and support Canadian military families - Operation Care Package and Operation Emergency Fund. Operation Care Package Managing the Homefront alone. When a member is deployed domestically or abroad, their families are left behind to manage family, households, finances, occasions, and illnesses alone. These absences can last anywhere from four months to a year at a time. How TWS is helping. To boost morale and honour their service to our country, Together We Stand created Operation Care Package as a way to say thank you to Canada’s military families. Each family experiencing the deployment of a loved one has the opportunity to receive a package filled with thank you messages and meaningful gifts – a small token of appreciation for all that they do on the homefront. Over 15,000 military families have received a care package since 2017, with more than $4 million in cash and in-kind gifts donated. Operation Emergency Fund Sometimes even our strongest need support. Military families serve this country with pride – but sometimes this service comes at a cost. Whether it be mental health or food security, military families deserve a safe place to turn to. How TWS is helping. Together We Stand created Operation Emergency Fund, a program designed to address acute financial crises within the military community in a confidential and dignified way. Through an official partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces, Together We Stand works to get emergency funding to military families within a 72-hour period – the first of its kind program for Canadian military families. TWS has distributed emergency funding to over $280,000, to more than 600 families with assistance for emergency housing, food security, emergency child care, and mental health services since 2021.