by CGFAF | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Things have been crazy since graduation. But I wanted to thank you again for allowing me to be part of such a wonderful experience. Everything was absolutely amazing. I loved the town, the people, and most of all that first hug I got from my son!!! We joked about how...
by CGFAF | Oct 9, 2018 | Coastie News
A single mom we sent for her son’s graduation…she has a full time job and is also going to school. She told her son she wouldn’t be able to attend and he understood, but then she found our Fund. We sent her!
by CGFAF | Oct 9, 2018 | Coastie News
This is a young wife who we sent to husband’s graduation…and we were able to send their little daughter too! She is from Guam and hadn’t asked us directly…her mom messaged us first, asking on her behalf. What better time than graduation to bring this little family...
by CGFAF | Oct 9, 2018 | Coastie News
This mom and her family lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands when Hurricane Maria hit the island. The family was evacuated off the island in a mercy flight to Florida, but the mom had no job and no means to attend her son’s graduation. Thanks to our donors, we were able...
by CGFAF | Oct 9, 2018 | Coastie News
So often, young spouses who are married to recruits just don’t have the funds to attend graduation between airfare and hotels. We were able to send this spouse to her husband’s graduation.
by CGFAF | Oct 9, 2018 | Coastie News
This mom was able to attend her daughter’s graduation after losing money to an airline that would not refund or change her ticket when she had to change reservation dates. Our Fund made sure she was there!
by CGFAF | Oct 17, 2014 | Coastie News
Now we have a tale of one dad and two recruits. This father had a daughter in India 190 and a son in Juliet 190. He had been unemployed and was not able to manage the expense of travelling to one graduation, nevermind two. Then the CGFAF got involved and were able to...
by CGFAF | Sep 19, 2014 | Coastie News
The fund expanded it’s horizons when we sent a young fiance to her soon-to-be husband’s graduation from Echo 190. Since they were to be married right after graduation, it seemed close enough for us to count her as a spouse! Here is what she told us… “Congratulations...
by CGFAF | Aug 8, 2014 | Coastie News
Two more parents sent to Cape May, New Jersey. There were two dads for two recruits; one on disability with four young children at home. He needed our help to see his daughter graduate boot camp. There was absolutely no money for him to travel to Cape May for her...
by CGFAF | Jul 27, 2014 | Coastie News
We helped a mom surprise her son at his graduation from Xray 189. He knew she didn’t have the funds to travel to his graduation and graciously accepted that no one would be there. Here is what his mom told us about her surprise. ”My son performed in the band during...
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