2012-05-11T17:42:32-05:00 2011-12-31 830246322 THOMPSON PALMER & ASSOCIATES PC PO BOX 4158 JACKSON WY 830014158 990 2011-01-01 263266790 HONORING OUR VETERANS HONO 3075432135 PO BOX 526 MORAN WY 830130526 JIM WHALEN 3077334052 2012-05-10 1 GEORGE L THOMPSON P00286065 3077335160 2012-05-10 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z JIM WHALEN 4300 HUFSMITH HILL JACKSON WY 83001 58636 0 X N/A X 2008 WY TO PROVIDE DISABLED VETERANS WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO HAVE A FULFILLING LIFE AND A STABLE CAREER. 4 4 0 30 0 0 211544 58636 0 0 0 0 0 0 211544 58636 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1673 78588 67796 78588 67796 132956 -9160 151970 142810 0 0 151970 142810 X HONORING OUR VETERANS IS AN EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION FORMED TO ASSIST WOUNDED AND DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS, AND TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITIES THAT HONOR ALL AMERICAN VETERANS, LIVING OR DEAD. THE EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC BENEFIT PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION INCLUDE: EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE NEEDS OF WOUNDED AND DISABLED VETERANS; ORGANIZING CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MEET AND ADMINISTER THOSE NEEDS THROUGH THEREPEUTIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RECREATIONAL THERAPY; WORKING WITH OHER CHARITIES INVOLVED WITH THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO DIRECTLY ASSIST WOUNDED AND DISABLED VETERANS WITH ACTIVITES SUCH AS HORSEBACK RIDING, NATIONAL PARK TOURS, FISHING TRIPS AND FLYTYING, EDUCATING WOUNDED VETERANS THEMSELVES ON LIFE SKILLS THAT WILL AID IN THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY CAREERS AND WAR TRAMA TO CIVILIAN LIFE; AND BUILDING CITIZEN NETWORKS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVIDING FREE RECREATIONAL THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES FOR WOUNDED AND DISABLED VETERANS. 0 0 35186 FLY CASTING AND FLY TYING INSTRUCTION & FLY FISHING TRIPS. A FLY DEMONSTRATION AND CLASS WERE PROVIDED TO THE VETERANS AT A LOCAL FLY SHOP. TWO DIFFERENT FLY FISHING TRIPS WERE ARRANGED. BOTH OCCURED ON THE SNAKE RIVER - ONE WAS CONDUCTED IN THE BRIDGER TETON NATIONAL FOREST AND THE OTHER IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK. THE VETERANS HAD THEIR OWN FLY FISHING GUIDE AND RECEIVED FLY FISHING INSTRUCTION ON EACH TRIP, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ON THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE AREA. A LARGE NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL GUIDES AND VOLUNTEERS WERE MOBILIZED IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE TRIPS HAPPEN. THE GUIDES, AND FLY TYING AND FLY CASTING INSTRUCTORS DONATED THEIR TIME. RIVER SHUTTLE FEES WERE PAID IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLES FROM THE "PUT IN" LOCATION TO THE "TAKE OUT" LOCATION DOWN THE RIVER. FISHING LICENSES AND GEAR ALSO NEEDED TO BE PURCHASED. FLY FISHING, FLY TYING AND FLY CASTING ALL INVOLVE CONCENTRATION AND MOTOR SKILLS, THEREFORE THESE ACTIVITIES ARE IDEAL TO USE IN IMPROVING BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND COGNATIVE FUNCTIONING IN DISABLED VETERANS. SEVEN DISABLED VETERANS ENJOYED ALL THE ACTIVITIES. 5034 REMEMBERING THEIR SACRIFICEON MAY 1ST 2010, MIKE EHREDT, A RETIRED POSTAL CLERK AND ARMY VETERAN, TOUCHED THE WHEEL OF HIS JOGGER STROLLER IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN ASTORIA, OREGON AND BEGAN AN EPIC 4,514 MILE JOURNEY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER SERVICE MEMBERS LOST IN IRAQ. HE PLACED FLAGS THAT HOLD A YELLOW RIBBON BEARING THE NAME, RANK, SERVICE, AGE AND HOMETOWN OF THOSE WHOSE DREAMS AND AMBITIONS WERE TAKEN SO QUICKLY FROM US. THE FLAGS WERE PLACED EACH MILE ALONG THE ROADS HE TRAVELED IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BY DATE OF DEATH, TILL THE VERY LAST FLAG HE PLACED ON THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC IN ROCKLAND, MAINE ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2010. THIS TRIBUTE IS A SILENT MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR AND WHOSE SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. DURING 2011 A MOVIE - DVD DOCUMENTARY WAS PRODUCED TO CELEBRATE PROJECT RUN AMERICA AND TO HONOR THOSE LOST IN IRAQ. 24872 WATER SPORTS THERAPY - PADDLING INSTRUCTION AND WHITEWATER RAFTING INSTRUCTION. THREE DIFFERENT PADDLING INSTRUCTIONAL TRIPS WERE ARRANGED. TWO OCCURRED ON LAKES IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, AND ONE WAS CONDUCTED ON THE SNAKE RIVER IN THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST. INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION WAS GIVING BY GUIDES TO EACH VETERAN ON HOW TO PADDLE AND MANEUVER THE BOAT. EACH VETERAN ALSO HAD A GUIDE AS A PADDLING BUDDY ALONGSIDE THEM AT ALL TIMES. A LARGE NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL GUIDES AND VOLUNTEERS WERE MOBILIZED IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE TRIPS HAPPEN. THE GUIDES DONATED THEIR TIME, AND THE WHITEWATER FLOAT TRIP AND INSTRUCTION WERE DONATED. THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING. THE JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION SPECIALIZES IN HEALING WITH HORSES. ALL HORSES USED FOR THE THERAPY HAVE GONE THROUGH RIGOROUS TRAINING AND EXHIBIT THE PERSONALITY TRAITS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE A VALUABLE THERAPEUTIC ANIMAL. THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING STRENGTHENS THE RIDER'S CORE, IMPROVES BALANCE, BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND TRUST, AND GIVES THE DISABLED VETERANS A CHANCE TO BE MOBILE BEYOND WHAT THEIR PHYSICAL INJURY ALLOWS. A TRAIL RIDE WAS ARRANGED FOR SEVEN DISABLED VETERANS. WE FIRST WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE EACH HORSE WAS CAREFULLY SELECTED TO MATCH THE VETERAN'S DISABILITY. BEFORE THE VETERANS ARRIVED IN JACKSON HOLE, THE VA THERAPIST FILLED OUT A RIDER INFORMATION FORM THAT DETAILED EXACTLY WHAT EACH VETERAN'S DISABILITIES WERE, RANGE OF MOTION, ETC. A RIDING BLOCK AND STAFF TO ASSIST WERE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF THE RIDE. EACH VETERAN HAD A THERAPEUTIC RIDING STAFF MEMBER ALONG SIDE THEM FOR THE ENTIRE RIDE.MEET & GREET AND THE HALE & FAREWELL. BOTH OF THESE EVENTS WERE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE DISABLED VETERANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM JACKSON HOLE. SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPOKE TO THE DISABLED VETERANS ABOUT HOW THEIR OWN PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE HELPED THEM BECOME SUCCESSFUL. SOME GAVE POINTERS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT APPLYING FOR JOBS IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND OTHER CAREER FIELDS. THESE COMMUNITY INTERACTION OPPORTUNITIES ARE DISIGNED TO HELP DISABLED VETERANS REINTIGRATE INTO CIVILIAN LIFE BY HAVING THEM MINGLE WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE IN A NON-THREATENING AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. 65092 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X SANDA BOCKMAN 3075432135 PO BOX 526 MORAN WY 830130526 X JIM WHALEN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DR RICHARD SUGDEN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 HELGA BUDAK 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SANDRA K BOCKMAN 25.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM C NEWTON 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58636 33058 58636 58636 0 0 0 945 945 588 588 53 53 25 13 12 13822 13822 824 824 ACTIVITY SUPPLIES 23950 23950 PROGRAM LODGING 11584 11584 PROJECT - RUN AMERICA 5429 5034 395 PROGRAM MEALS 5345 5345 5231 4520 86 625 67796 65092 1031 1673 151970 7810 135000 151970 142810 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 151970 142810 151970 142810 151970 142810 -9160 0 X X 0 0 0 X 14700 30864 211544 58636 315744 14700 30864 211544 58636 315744 315744 315744 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 RAYMOND JAMES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT 135000 C 135000 X LODGING 2 7333 MARKET X VEHICLE RENTAL 3 2202 MARKET X FLY FISHING TRIPS 18 8865 MARKET $493 PER GUIDED TRIP X RIVER FLOAT TRIPS 3 1320 MARKET $440 PER TRIP X NATIONAL PARK TOUR 3 6000 MARKET X AIR FARE 2 3271 MARKET X MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT 4 1402 MARKET X AERIAL TRAM TRIP 1 578 MARKET X FLY TYING & CASTING LESSONS 4 1200 MARKET 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 A DIRECTOR REVEIWS THE FORM 990 AND SIGNS IT PRIOR TO MAILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C DURING BOARD MEETINGS CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN AS TO WHETHER ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXIST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 HONORING OUR VETERANS MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. INTERESTED PARTIES MAY WRITE TO THE ORGANIZATION AT PO BOX 526, MORAN, WY 83013 AND REQUEST COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS. OTHER METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FORM 990. PART XI, LINE 1 ACCOUNTING METHOD IS MODIFIED ACCRUAL.