Coast Guard Foundation

Coast Guard Foundation director Jim Muldoon, US Sailing's Sailor of the Week

Myself and two others boarded an unmanned dredge in Delaware Bay that was taking on water. The pumps that we had proved to be to small. We sent the launch back to Lewes to get bigger pumps. By the time the launch returned the wind had increased to the point that he could not get close enough to us to hand off the larger pumps or get us off. The Coast Guard (Atlantic City, NJ) were called but the conditions were deemed to dangerous for a helicopter. Eventually the helicopter was dispatched.

"I was approaching my 21st birthday at the time. As I write this, I'm approaching my 72nd birthday. It is doubtful that we could have survived for long in the cold water and without PFDs. I was, and remain, thankful for the speedy response of the United States Coast Guard."

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, pays tribute to Senator Ted Stevens, the Coast Guard, and the Coast Guard Foundation at the Alaska Awards Dinner, August 11, 2010.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its Biennial Alaska Awards Dinner in tribute to the United States Coast Guard will take place on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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On July 13, 2010, second-class cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy made landfall aboard four Luders 44s at Harbour Court, summer station of the New York Yacht Club, and were treated to a bbq by the Coast Guard Foundation. Among its many ongoing projects, the Foundation has launched a campaign and raised more than half of $6.4 million needed to fund design and construction of a new fleet of sail-training sloops.

The Leadership 44 Campaign, to build eight new sail training vessels for the Coast Guard Academy, exceeds the halfway mark.

The Coast Guard Foundation is seeking financial support for the Family Disaster Relief Fund. This fund provides immediate assistance to the families of the fallen crewmembers as they deal with this tragedy, and will provide comfort for other Coast Guard families who find themselves in similar devastating circumstances. The Coast Guard Foundation also seeks support for the Fallen Heroes Scholarship Fund, which provides college scholarships for the children of Coast Guard members who perish in the line of duty. Six children lost their fathers in this tragedy and the Foundation will provide scholarship funds to each one to assist with higher education expenses.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, in partnership with Discovery Communications, announces today the premiere of its new Public Service Announcement (PSA) aimed at increasing awareness for its support for the men and women of the United States Coast Guard, and their families. Launched concurrently with the PSA, the Coast Guard Foundation has developed the micro-website, RescueTheRescuers.org, which includes additional versions of the PSA and provides interested parties more information on the Foundation, its efforts and ways to support its work. Initially airing on the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, the PSA and accompanying website kick-off promote the Foundation’s mobile giving initiative that allows donors to easily and conveniently give $10 to the Coast Guard Foundation by texting RESCUER to 50555.

The Coast Guard Foundation’s 6th Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard in Our Nation’s Capital will take place Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC. A cocktail reception will begin at 6:30 pm, with a dinner reception and program to follow at 7:30 pm. For more information on the Coast Guard Foundation’s tribute to the United States Coast Guard, its Are You One In A Million? campaign, the Coast Guard Foundation or to help support its work, please visit the Coast Guard Foundation website www.coastguardfoundation.org.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 25th Annual Pacific Area Awards Dinner in tribute to the United States Coast Guard will, for the first time, take place in San Diego, California, on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Held in San Francisco for the past 24 years, the gala honors the heroic efforts of the Coast Guard men and women serving the region.

In events on February 22, 2010 at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), represented by RADM Patrick Stillman, USCG (Ret.), presented a gift to the Coast Guard Foundation to support character and leadership development programs for cadets at the USCGA.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 8th Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard’s Fourteenth District will take place on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Coast Guard Foundation announced today the distribution of care packages to the Coast Guard men and women providing disaster relief efforts in Haiti. The first organization on the ground following the devastating earthquake, the Coast Guard continues to provide humanitarian relief to those affected.

The Coast Guard Foundation scholarship program is soliciting applications for the 2010-2011 academic school year. These Foundation scholarships are made possible by the following benefactor organizations for the 2010 scholarship open season: the Arnold Sobel Endowment Fund, the Daniel J. Christovich Scholarship Fund, the Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship Fund, and the Commander Ronald J. Cantin Scholarship Fund.

Major considerations for the selection of awardees include scholastic promise, motivation, moral character, leadership qualities, and good citizenship for all Foundation scholarships.

For more information on the Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship program, visit the "scholarship guide" section of this website.

The United States Coast Guard continues to take an active role in the humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti.  As an organization that witnesses what the men and women of this service do on a daily basis, the Coast Guard Foundation offers its support to them during this critical time on this important mission.

This article reprints an “all hands” message from the Commandant to the members of the Coast Guard, and includes some photographs of the Coast Guard response.

It is with great sadness that we report our dear friend and board member, Max Solomon II, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2010.  Max began his service on the Coast Guard Foundation’s Board of Director’s on January 1, 2000 and was re-elected to another consecutive 3-year term in November, 2009.  During his tenure on the Board Max served on the Executive Committee and provided strong leadership and direction for the Foundation.

The Coast Guard Foundation recognized and thanked its board members who have made significant lifetime, cumulative gifts at its Annual Meeting in November 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that it recognized Lockheed Martin Corporation as its largest corporate donor. Honored for lifetime gifts exceeding two million dollars, the Foundation presented the award to Fred P. Moosally, Coast Guard Foundation trustee and president of Lockheed Martin’s Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) business unit, at the company’s Washington, D.C. offices.

An effort to honor the Coast Guard members lost in the C-130 plane crash in October of this year is underway; Ryan White, a USCG Academy graduate and current lieutenant in the Coast Guard, has developed this innovative program to raise funds for the Coast Guard Foundation’s Family Disaster Relief Fund.

The Coast Guard Foundation is pleased to announce that the Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup Experience in association with the Maritime Museum of San Diego will donate all proceeds from its Sunday, Nov. 8, cruises and tours exclusively to the Coast Guard Foundation for its Family Disaster Relief Fund to honor the fallen crew members of CG-1705.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 16th Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Seventh District will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

The event will honor the valiant work performed by all men and women of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District over the past year; awards will be presented recognizing exceptional and heroic performances of duty. In addition to celebrating the service of our guardians who enforce maritime law, protect our homeland and preserve the environment, the tribute will raise funds to support the Coast Guard Foundation’s important projects and programs. These initiatives seek to improve the lives and performance of Coast Guard members, their families and Coast Guard Academy cadets, including college scholarships for children, as well as grants for enlisted members.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that it has re-activated its emergency Family Disaster Relief Fund in response to last Thursday’s C-130 crash off the California coast.

The Coast Guard Foundation is asking for financial support to assist the families of the lost crew of CG-1705. The Family Disaster Relief Fund was established in September 2008 in the wake of the helicopter crash in Hawaii that resulted in the loss of 4 Coast Guard members.

The Coast Guard Foundation is partnering with the United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association to raise funds for a new class of leadership sail training vessels for the Coast Guard Academy.

Putting cadets under sail is the best way to teach future maritime officers the ways of the sea and acquire a love for its lore.  Under sail, the future officer gains a greater appreciation and respect for the wind, waves and tides.