Wounded
Warrior Project CEO Fired For This Horrible Reason
Because of the government’s inability to
provide proper care for veterans, hundreds and thousands of veterans have found
themselves on the short end of the stick when it comes to getting their wounds
treated.
The list of what veterans are trying to
get the government to take care of runs on and on. If you were to take a look over this
list it would leave you completely undone. That’s where charities and nonprofit
groups have stepped in. They know the government isn’t doing
enough so they mobilize support on the civilian end of things to help veterans
out.
Unfortunately, one of the nation’s most
high profile charities has just been busted for misappropriation of funds. And they had to fire their chief
executives to make things right.
The Washington Times writes: The CEO and
COO of the Wounded Warrior Project have been
fired amid spending irregularities with the Project’s money.
Steven
Nardizzi and Al Giordano, the CEO and COO, respectively, were terminated
Thursday. CBS News
reports both were relieved over spending issues related to the Project’s funds.
In January,
The Washington Times reported that dozens of former Wounded Warrior Project employees
had accused the charity of needlessly spending millions of dollars in donations
on lavish conferences and parties.
In 2014, the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) received
more than $300 million in donations but only spent roughly 60 percent of that
on veterans, CBS News reported.
Other
respected charities for wounded veterans, like the Disabled American Veterans
Charitable Service Trust and Fisher House, reportedly spent more than 90
percent of their donations on vets.
CBS News
spoke to more than 40 former WWP employees
who accused the charity of out-of-control spending.
“Their
mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors, but what the public doesn’t
see is how they spend their money,” said Army Staff Sgt. Erick Millette, who
recently quit his job as a public speaker for WWP. “You’re
using our injuries, our darkest days, our hardships, to make money. So you can
have these big parties.”
Spending on
conferences and meetings went from $1.7 million in 2010, to $26 million in
2014, which is the same amount the group spends on combat stress recovery, its
top program, according to the charity’s tax forms obtained by CBS News.
The Wounded Warrior Project initially
demanded CBS retract the story before making the terminations Thursday. The truth is there had been rumors
circulating among veteran and patriot circles that this had been going on for
some time.
It’s such a shame to see how these two
men could stand there and say they were all about supporting the U.S. military
while their actions indicated something completely different.
It’s as if they were Democrats or
something…Tell us how you feel about this in the
comments below.
Comments
The TV ad
costs alone would have siphoned off 40% of their $300 million revenue. Wounded Warrior TV ads are as voluminous as
pill ads.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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