Rebuild Hope News

NEWS FLASH - October 31, 2008 --Today Rebuild Hope Received A $4,500 Check From California Congressional District 4 Candidate Charlie Brown's "Promises Kept Veterans Charity Challenge". That's a total of $14,500. Charlie, thank you!

Rebuild Hope Joins eBay Giving Works

Menlo Park, CA - October 10, 2008 -- Rebuild Hope announced today it has joined the eBay Giving Works program which enables sellers to give proceeds from their sales to Rebuild Hope and anyone with a PayPal account to donate to Rebuild right away without buying or selling anything. These are the latest online donation capabilities now supporting Rebuild Hope. The ebay Giving Works program is administered by MissionFish. Also a non-profit, MissionFish certifies that participating nonprofits are tax-deductible and meet eBay Community standards against hate, violence and intolerance; collects donations from eBay users and delivers them to nonprofits as intended, manages the tax benefits of giving through eBay Giving Works; and powers the technology that makes it all possible. (Learn More)

Rebuild Hope to Benefit From The Tabard Theatre Company's Production of
Antigone (In the Oval Office)

San Jose Mercury News - September 21, 2008 -- View Flyer

(Sal) Pizarro: Site helps soldiers rebuild

San Jose Mercury News - August 31, 2008 -- As U.S. military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq raged into their fifth year, Dana Hendrickson decided to do something about it. What really bugged him was the inefficiency of many non-profit groups and the red tape that created barriers for veterans and active servicemen and servicewomen seeking benefits. But the Peninsula resident, who spent his career in the tech industry, didn't pick up a protest sign. Instead, he started a non-profit group.

With the help of Silicon Valley investors, in June he launched Rebuild Hope, a volunteer network that uses the Web to directly connect donors with the military personnel who apply for help through the site (www.rebuildhope.org). The bios of more than 15 beneficiaries are up on the site, and donors can direct their contributions to any of them.

Hendrickson sees this as a way to give back after a successful career in Silicon Valley. The point, he says, is to provide veterans with transitional financial assistance to get them back on their feet. And he's trying not to step on toes, working with the Veteran's Administration and other agencies to find potential beneficiaries.

"Time and time again, Americans have demonstrated unmatched compassion and generosity, helping millions of people around the world who experienced major hardships," Hendrickson said. "It's hard to imagine a greater humanitarian cause than helping our own U.S military families who personally suffer from lasting wounds of war.

NEWS FLASH - Sept. 4, 2008 --Today Rebuild Hope Received A $10,000 Check From Charlie Brown's "Promises Kept Veterans Charity Challenge". Charlie, in behalf of our families, thank you!

Charlie Brown To Donate $30K in Campaign Funds to Three Area Veteran Service Providers

Retired USAF Lt. Col. to Present Checks with General Wesley Clark on Thursday in Roseville

Roseville, CA - September 3, 2008 -- The Congressional campaign of Retired USAF Lt. Col. Charlie Brown has announced the newest round of beneficiaries in its historic "Promises Kept Veterans Charity Challenge" program, and will present $30,000 in new donations at an event this Thursday afternoon in Roseville. As was the case during Brown's last Charity Challenge giveaway back in March, for the past week, Brown"s website has conducted an online poll to determine how much of the funds slated for distribution would be received by three finalists---Rebuild Hope, the Greater Oroville Homeless Coalition, and Cottage Housing. More than 2000 votes were cast.

"It's important to call attention to the challenges war fighters and their families face when they come home. However if history has taught us anything, it's that we can't let the conversation end there, and too often it does," Brown said. "The Promises Kept program is about bringing people together to keep that dialogue going and take action, because we can all be part of the solution here in our community."

Brown's Veterans Challenge program is unprecedented---and reflects a pledge Brown made upon announcing his candidacy back in September of 2007, to donate 5% of every dollar raised for his campaign to area organizations serving veterans and families in need. Brown also challenged all other candidates---running for any office under the banner of any political party to match this commitment. And while 2008 has set records in terms of campaign cash receipts across the country, so far, there haven't been any takers. (Read Entire Release)

Rebuild Hope Launches Innovative Financial Support Network for Severely Injured U.S. Veterans

100 Percent of Donations Distributed to Beneficiaries

Business Wire - Menlo Park, CA - June 10, 2008 -- Rebuild Hope, a new national "not-for-profit", today announced the introduction of the first online humanitarian service that directly connects injured U.S. servicemen and women with Americans who wish to financially help them. The Rebuild Hope website (www.rebuildhope.org) displays the personal profiles of current and former military personnel who suffer life-altering injuries from the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and enables individual donors to address specific needs not met by existing government and private-sector organizations. At a time of growing concern about the donor efficiency of many U.S. not-for-profits, Rebuild Hope ensures that 100 percent of beneficiary donations are distributed to qualifying recipients. (Press Release)

HEALTH MATTERS: High-tech execs rebuild hope for injured veterans

Daily News - Palo Alto & San Mateo County - June 3, 2008 -- There was little common ground, ostensibly, between several successful Silicon Valley executives and wounded American soldiers who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan. But Menlo Park businessman Dana Hendrickson and co-founders, Wes Rose and Patrick Corman, decided to find common and higher ground by launching Rebuild Hope. (Full Story)

Silicon Valley Meets The Military

Palo Alto Weekly - Palo Alto, CA - April 30, 2008 -- It's a philanthropic model that makes sense: executives with high marks in technology and marketing savvy marshalling their resources to the aid of those in need. But the model only works if you can find the people you want to help. That's the unusual situation in which Dana Hendrickson, Wes Rose and Patrick Corman have found themselves. Their budding nonprofit, Rebuild Hope, launched last summer helps injured U.S. servicemen and women and their families through a person-to-person Web site. Based on micro donations accepted through www.rebuildhope.org , donors can browse a list of recipients, find out what their needs are, and send money with a secure online payment.

Hendrickson, Rose and Corman, who have a combined resume that reads like a who's who of high-tech, built the site without much technical or financial grief. It was the next part that would be the group's big challenge. (Full Story)

Grassroots Aid Growing For Iraq Vets

San Francisco Chronicle Cover Story - San Francisco, CA - April 6, 2008 -- " There is no shortage of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who need help adjusting to civilian life. And, unlike during the Vietnam War, there is no shortage of civilians who want to embrace the nation's returning warriors, even if they don't support the war.

The challenge is how to connect the two groups, both of which often feel frustrated or intimidated by the military bureaucracy in their efforts to help or be helped. That is evolving, as civilians - including many in an anti-war area like Northern California - are finding creative ways of connecting to the more than 1.6 million men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Full Story)

Rebuild Hope Joins Palo Alto Stage of 2008 Soldiers Ride

Palo Alto Daily - February 21, 2008 -- Sponsored by the Wounded Warriors Project, the first regional Soldier Ride in California kicked off at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and will finish next Tuesday in San Diego. A total of 25 veterans, including six from the Palo Alto hospital's brain trauma unit, are making the trek, many on bicycles specially adapted to their war injuries. One of the Rebuild Hope founders joined them on their ride through Stanford and Palo Alto, the first leg of the multi-day event. Can you spot him in the photo? (Full Story)

Proud To Be A Member of the California Statewide Collaborative

Rebuild Hope is now an proactive member of the California Statewide Collaborative, an informal group of individuals representing the private sector, military and the Veterans Administration Healthcare System who share the belief that a "wholistic" and compassionate continuum of health and human services must be provided to the military and their families. We are working together with the "like-minded" to achieve this objective. Learn about our members and services.

Rebuild Hope Introduces New Partner Program

Our strategy to selectively partner with other military not-for-profit organizations will enable our donor community to help even more military families. Existing not-for-profit organizations already provide free specialized services on either a local, regional or national basis. However, their service capacity is limited by their own fund-generating capabilities. Through Rebuild Hope donors can now help these organizations with the knowledge that 100% of their donations can be used only to cover the direct costs of delivering services to a beneficiary. Rebuild Hope creates a sponsorship for each potential partner beneficiary, collects donations and then distributes them to our partner once expenses have been vetted.