Hope for Heroes

Help the heroes by getting involved with these programs individually or through your chapter.



Backpacks for Wounded Warriors
Wounded Warriors from all U.S. military services are sent back to the United States for treatment and travel with just a plastic trash bag to carry their personal effects. We can help make this journey easier by providing supplies for backpacks that can be given to soldiers as they begin their trip home.

Personal care items, non-perishable snacks, decks of cards, paperback books, and magazines are among the items most needed.

Consider sponsoring a community-wide supplies drive as an ESA Hope for Heroes project and exponentially grow the impact you can have for heroes.

Cell Phones for Soldiers
Cell Phones for Soldiers is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing deployed and returning troops with free methods to communicate with family while serving in the United States military. They turn donated used cell phones and cash donations into phone cards for the troops.

Visit www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com for instructions on how to donate a gently used cell phone, set up a drop-off site or used cell phone collection drive in your area, or simply make a donation online.
"People like you, who take out the time to send words of encouragement, pen pal letters, care packages, cards and pictures let us know that you care and it gives us the push that we need to continue to do our mission."

- Excerpt from a letter from a deployed military member to ESA