About the Walk

You too, can help carry a wounded soldier to safety on the home front. 

Operation First Response (OFR) is inviting people from all over the Delaware Valley to participate in Pennsylvannia ’s First official WALK FOR THE WOUNDED on June 15th at Rose Tree Park in Media, PA.  At the hub of 3 major population centers, Philadelphia, Wilmington and South Jersey – the goal is two-fold:  1) to draw attention to the plight of the more than 25,000 returning soldiers who are wounded, and whose families are facing significant financial and emotional challenges as their loved one recovers and 2) to raise funds to help meet the critical needs of these families, many of whom are crisis right now – today, in hometowns all across the country.

Quick Facts:          

• Operation First Response (OFR) delivers over 90 cents of every dollar raised to wounded soldiers and their families.
• OFR is staffed by mostly volunteers; with the exception of one full-time and one part-time salary workers."
  
• The 2 mile WALK will take place in the town of Rosetree Park of Media, PA  (just minutes off I-95 and Rt. 476 (The Blue Route)
• Parking is Free. View our Map to see the location of the walk.
• Walkers register here and are asked to help get donation sponsors for themselves, if possible.
• People are invited to use this web site to help sponsor any walker(s) of their choice
• Companies are also invited to become Walk or Corporate Sponsors, or to advertise in the WALK PROGRAM being distributed at the event.
• People are invited to simply make a donation.
• We hope people will purchase the country’s first official WALK FOR THE WOUNDED T-shirt to wear June 15th (at the walk or at home).
  

The Cause

It is hard for us to comprehend waking up each day in a hostile country, putting our life on the line to protect people from terrorists who have no fear and no conscience about planning and conducting mass murder. It is harder still to imagine how it feels to be at the heart of a bomb explosion – or to be shot by snipers – or to be the target of a single man or woman whose mission is to be a human bomb. Sadly, many lives are lost. But of equal importance are the lives that are changed forever in the blink of an eye by severe wounds, life changing amputations, and painful surgeries – often followed by mounting bills at home, necessary job retraining, home renovations and more. Just dealing with the emotional scars is difficult – but with your donations OFR ‘has their back’ on the home front.

Operation First Response is a national 501-C3 non profit organization that donates 90% of every dollar raised to wounded soldiers and their families in times of crisis.  The number of soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan is 25,000 and it rises literally every week. The staff of OFR, (all of whom are unpaid volunteers) include representatives who visit the wounded and work with the medical staff at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, often the first stop for wounded soldiers returning from the Middle East. True Stories.

The Mission

The Mission of Operation First Response, Inc (OFR) is to support our nation's wounded Heroes and their families with personal and financial needs.