Task Force Dagger Foundation Receives Donations from American Airlines and the Airpower Foundation

DALLAS, Jan. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Task Force Dagger Foundation is excited to announce a donation of 500,000 American Airlines air miles for use by the Foundation to move wounded, ill, or injured Special Operations Forces (SOF) service members and their families when needed. Task Force Dagger Foundation also received a $25,000.00 grant from the Airpower Foundation.

Keith David, Executive Director, said "We worked with American Airlines and the Airpower Foundation on SKYBALL XIV and it was such a tremendous event. Our relationship has grown closer and deeper and we are proud to partner with them. Being in the local Dallas/Fort Worth Area is an added bonus. American Airlines and the Airpower Foundation really care about the military and the military family. We know that if we have an air movement need, we can reach out to American Airlines and they can make it happen."

"American Airlines and our over 130,000 team members are tremendously proud to support Task Force Dagger and everything they do for those in the Special Operations community," said Randy Stillinger, Manager of Military and Veterans Initiatives for American Airlines.

Stillinger, who continues to serve part-time as an officer in the Texas Army National Guard, said that the organization is "giving much needed hope to those who have served and sacrificed for our nation."

Without your donations, we cannot achieve our Mission supporting the US Special Operations Command's service members and their families.

The Task Force Dagger Foundation's three core programs: (1) Immediate Needs, (2) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Health Initiatives, and (3) Rehabilitative Therapy Events provide resources and healing for SOF members and families. Our SOF Health Initiatives provides program recipients care and treatment that is designed to treat the issue and not the symptom through functional medicine and other treatment modalities that are holistic in nature. Task Force Dagger Foundation supports Army Green Berets, Rangers, Civil Affairs, Military Information Support Operations, Army Special Mission Units, Navy SEALs, Air Force Special Tactics/Operations and Marine Special Operations and their families. These are some of the units that comprise the US Special Operations Command.

Since 2009, we have supported USSOCOM and our Special Operations families with over $5.1M dollars of support The Task Force Dagger Foundation's overhead rate is 14.68%.

For more information, please contact the Task Force Dagger Foundation Office at (214) 420-9290 or via email at info@taskforcedagger.org or visit us on the web at http://www.taskforcedagger.org.

SOURCE Task Force Dagger Foundation