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Wounded Veterans Offered $500 Gifts
Stacy Davis Reporting
How would you like $500 to spend on whatever you want, no strings attached?
That's what the nation's largest veterans organization is offering the first 1,000 men and women who contact them. Just one big catch...you have to be injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The American Legion, along with the charity group "Coalition to Salute American's Heroes", says the $500 is just a small token of their appreciation for the sacrifices of these disabled veterans.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes presented a check of $500,000 to the American Legion so the group can award the grants. The funds will be divided into $500 grants and awarded to veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq who are rated with disabilities of 30 percent or more. The American Legion will assume all distribution administrative costs, meaning that 1,000 grants will be awarded - the entire amount of the Coalition's contribution.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes, www.saluteheroes.org  <http://www.saluteheroes.org/>, is a nonprofit organization that was created to provide a way for individuals, corporations and others to help severely wounded and disabled Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and their families rebuild their lives.

The American Legion, www.legion.org <http://www.legion.org/>, was founded in 1919 on the four pillars of a strong national security, veterans affairs, Americanism, and patriotic youth programs. The Legion's 2.7 million wartime veterans work for the betterment of their communities through more than 14,000 posts across the nation.

If you'd like to apply for one of the grants call the American Legion in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Veteran Services at 540-857-7101.