TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOUNDATION

IN 2023-24 TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOUNDATION IMPACTED OVER 1 000 ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES (AND COUNTING) ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANKS TO GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS TRUE PATRIOT LOVE SUPPORTED LOCAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT TRAINING ARTS-BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS GROUP BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING FOR ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS AND/OR SPOUSES YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS AND CAMP. WE ALSO SUPPORTED CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER ON THEIR MANDATES. OVER THE LAST YEAR TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOSTERED A STRONGER CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY THROUGH HOSTING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH VETERANS WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR EXTERNAL EVALUATORS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON THE ARTS AND EMPLOYMENT SHARED THE IMPACT OF OUR COMMITMENT TO MILITARY AND VETERAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND WELCOMED NEW PROGRAMS AS GRANT RECIPIENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE BOTH NATINALLY AND LOCALLY. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS TRUE PATRIOT LOVE WAS ABLE TO GRANT APPROXIMATELY $2.7 MILLION TO 33 PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE 2023/24 FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THIS CONTRIBUTION AND REFLECTS A YEAR OF CHANGE AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SERVING MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES VETERNAS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

BUILDING ON OUR EARLIER WORK WITH THE VETERANS TRANSITION ADVISORY COUNCIL (2017) TRUE PATRIOT LOVE LAUNCHED BUILDING A VETERAN FRIENDLY ONTARIO. THIS PROGRAM HELPED DEVELOP A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR EMPLOYERS TO HIRE TRAIN AND RETAIN VETERAN EMPLOYEES. IN SUPPORT OF THIS WE LAUNCHED TRU PATRIOT LOVE'S INAUGURAL ECOSYSTEM CONNECT WHICH ENCOURAGES CROSS-SECTORAL COLLABORATION AND FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT TO SHARE IDEAS AND TACKLE CHALLENGES TOGETHER. WITH FUNDING FROM THE VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA VETERAND AND FAMILY AND WELL-BEING FUND TRUE PATRIOT LOVE LAUNCHED THE VETERAN VOLUNTEERISM INITIATIVE WHICH RECOGNIZES THE DESIRE OF VETERANS TO CONTINUE SERVICE TO CANADA TO POST-RELEASE. THIS INITIATIVE ALSO ALLOWS FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOLUNTEERISM AND WELL-BEING IN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WORKING ALONGSIDE RESEARCHERS AND EXTERNAL EVALUATORS WE WILL DEVELOP A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR VETERANS VOLUNTEERISM IN CANADA-ANOTHER FIRST FOR THE COUNTRY AND TRUE PATRIOT LOVE AS A NATIONAL FOUNDATION.