ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION
CHRISTINE L WALTZ
FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / CEO
[email protected]
HISTORY
In 2009 Christine’s Son was deployed to Afghanistan, it was the worst year of her life. Brandon would communicate with his mother when he could and she would send him care packages from home. She learned that a lot of the soldiers deployed with her son got nothing from home and quickly started including his battle buddies in her shipments. She joined a local Blue Star Mother’s organization as she wanted to help in any way she could, and get support other mothers going through the same thing. However, she wanted to do more for our troops and Homeless Veterans.
Christine founded For the Love of a Veteran, Inc. in October 2013 to help with the battle at home known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Christine believed that help started by sending care packages from home to deployed troops anywhere in the world that her organization could reach. Believing that receiving a care package would let a deployed service member know that someone back home cared and that they were not forgotten and perhaps the one thing that may prevent a suicide by an active duty service member. The Veteran suicide rate helped to form what is now our Backpack program where she works directly with Military chaplains to distribute backpacks with clothing and hygiene items. In June of 2021 we began a new program known as “Helping Heroes Heal” a treatment for Veterans suffering from severe PTSD at no cost to them.
MISSION
Our mission is to help those who selflessly protect us every day. We are here to give aid and raise funds for military families in need and homeless veterans. We also aim to raise awareness and help in the fight against PTSD also known as PTS
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERSIGHT
Christine Waltz (Founder) holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior. She comes from a very large military family and knows firsthand what it means to serve. She oversees all facets of the all-volunteer organization as it grows.
In 2009 Christine’s Son was deployed to Afghanistan, it was the worst year of her life. Brandon would communicate with his mother when he could and she would send him care packages from home. She learned that a lot of the soldiers deployed with her son got nothing from home and quickly started including his battle buddies in her shipments. She joined a local Blue Star Mother’s organization as she wanted to help in any way she could, and get support other mothers going through the same thing. However, she wanted to do more for our troops and Homeless Veterans.
Christine founded For the Love of a Veteran, Inc. in October 2013 to help with the battle at home known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Christine believed that help started by sending care packages from home to deployed troops anywhere in the world that her organization could reach. Believing that receiving a care package would let a deployed service member know that someone back home cared and that they were not forgotten and perhaps the one thing that may prevent a suicide by an active duty service member. The Veteran suicide rate helped to form what is now our Backpack program where she works directly with Military chaplains to distribute backpacks with clothing and hygiene items. In June of 2021 we began a new program known as “Helping Heroes Heal” a treatment for Veterans suffering from severe PTSD at no cost to them.
MISSION
Our mission is to help those who selflessly protect us every day. We are here to give aid and raise funds for military families in need and homeless veterans. We also aim to raise awareness and help in the fight against PTSD also known as PTS
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERSIGHT
Christine Waltz (Founder) holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior. She comes from a very large military family and knows firsthand what it means to serve. She oversees all facets of the all-volunteer organization as it grows.
MICHAEL JAY WALTZ
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
[email protected]
Mike holds a BS from MIT in Engineering and finance and graduated from the University of Hard Knocks in 1987, where he took over the family business upon the death of his father and grew sales to 2.8 million dollars annually.
Today Mike volunteers his time reporting the finances to his wife Christine and the Board of Directors at For the Love of a Veteran, Inc.
Today Mike volunteers his time reporting the finances to his wife Christine and the Board of Directors at For the Love of a Veteran, Inc.
KIM WOLTMAN
CORPORATE SECRETARY
[email protected]
She is a patriotic person. Her birthday is June 14, Flag Day, and she has always been drawn to the flag.
2015, on Veterans’ Day, she and her husband Rod went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse in their hometown, Hanover. That evening, For the Love of a Veteran, Inc. was holding a fundraiser at the restaurant Kim got hold of one of the organization’s pamphlets. “I had no idea something like this was in Hanover,” she said.
She found a calling. She met the organization’s founder, Christine Waltz, and told her, “If there’s anything you need, I’m there.”
Kim works as a freelance photographer – her business is Kaptured Moments by Kim – and she volunteered her services to For the Love of a Veteran and takes photos for the organization and designs its fliers. But she does more than that. She helps bake cookies to send to the troops during the holidays. The third floor of her home is taken over with donated items the organization raffles off to raise money.
“To me it’s just about giving back, whether it’s my time or money,” she said.
2018, she traveled to Maine with Christine and other volunteers to help out with Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that provides veterans with wreaths. She recalled seeing dog tags hanging on trees, each tree dedicated to a veteran. Our veterans, she said, “deserve our support.”
“A lot of troops are still out there,” she said. “People forget about them. We can’t forget them.”
Her father passed away on Dec. 30, 2015, at age 81. Kim believes that serving veterans honors her father’s life.
“We have to honor them every chance we get,” she said. “I feel like it’s my calling. It’s been my calling for a long time.”
Today Kim serves as the companies Secretary, where her duties include communication of Non-Profits fundraising efforts as well as corporate minutes at all meetings.
2015, on Veterans’ Day, she and her husband Rod went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse in their hometown, Hanover. That evening, For the Love of a Veteran, Inc. was holding a fundraiser at the restaurant Kim got hold of one of the organization’s pamphlets. “I had no idea something like this was in Hanover,” she said.
She found a calling. She met the organization’s founder, Christine Waltz, and told her, “If there’s anything you need, I’m there.”
Kim works as a freelance photographer – her business is Kaptured Moments by Kim – and she volunteered her services to For the Love of a Veteran and takes photos for the organization and designs its fliers. But she does more than that. She helps bake cookies to send to the troops during the holidays. The third floor of her home is taken over with donated items the organization raffles off to raise money.
“To me it’s just about giving back, whether it’s my time or money,” she said.
2018, she traveled to Maine with Christine and other volunteers to help out with Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that provides veterans with wreaths. She recalled seeing dog tags hanging on trees, each tree dedicated to a veteran. Our veterans, she said, “deserve our support.”
“A lot of troops are still out there,” she said. “People forget about them. We can’t forget them.”
Her father passed away on Dec. 30, 2015, at age 81. Kim believes that serving veterans honors her father’s life.
“We have to honor them every chance we get,” she said. “I feel like it’s my calling. It’s been my calling for a long time.”
Today Kim serves as the companies Secretary, where her duties include communication of Non-Profits fundraising efforts as well as corporate minutes at all meetings.
