Privacy  is important to our donors and we know that!   We do not give, trade or sell donors names or addresses.
If you are a business  that donates items or money we give you the option to be listed on our web site under the  Sponsors and recognition page.  If you choose to remain anonymous, we certainly understand.  Only our main office has  access  to donor files. Those files are kept  secure under a pass word key.

We keep names of prior donors and use as contacts. We also send donation requests at random. Our volunteers  go on line and get names and addresses. We do not share this info with anyone either. Obviously it is public if it is open on line for us to get.

No personally identifiable information is collected from USTSF's website.


Our 990 is posted on our web site. We will be more than happy to email, fax, or mail a copy upon request.

Our Mission statement is also on our web site and we will be happy to email, fax, or mail a copy upon request.

US Troop Support  volunteers and board members  meet a minimum of 5 times per year. We try to meet monthly. On months that do not allow us to meet, due to weather or fund raiser  schedules, we have conference calls and emails.  We decide on projects and spending by  majority votes of all members, volunteer and board. We also discuss completed projects and determine if  we accomplished what we set as a goal. If not we discuss how to do it differently to achieve our goal, or possibly not to do it again in the future.  Minutes are taken at each meeting and filed. One of the  main decisions on keeping  things in check is that no single item purchase of more than $200 will be made without a vote  by majority of board members and volunteers.

The board  and volunteers consists of :
All of the following  have voting privileges.  We go by majority vote. Some votes are via email due to location of volunteer.

Jeff Relitz   President
Linda Relitz   Vice President / Treasurer
Jennifer Perry   Director
Lisa Conrad   Secretary
Mary Jane Johnson
Ruth Lewis  fund raising co-ordinator
Karen Thurston
JoAnn Abington
Celeste (Tina) Gorman
Irene Wayman
Dave Burmaster 
 Rob Leahy   
Dennis Bernhart  fund raising co-ordinator
Cheri Quade
Cheryl Mannley  Fundraising Co-ordinator
We also have many volunteers   that come in for only one or two events per year and  are not part of our regular group.



We have a CPA  that does our 990  for USTS   free. He is not a regular volunteer  or board member.

All  donations and expenses are
recorded weekly.

The following budget has been established for 2009. 

Estimated cash donations $80,000
Estimated revenue from selling items $12,000
Estimated adopt a box donations $12,000
Estimated non cash donations $850,000

Projected payroll    $0
Projected office / operating expenses  $5000.
Projected fundraising expenses $2500.
projected cost for items for fundraising $1000
Projected cost of  Home Town Hero Fund gifts $1000
Projected cost of troops care package items $ 5,000
Projected cost of family assistance $5000
Projected cost of postage for care packages $72,500
Projected adopt a box  $12,000
Projected non cash items sent in care packages  and used for family assistance $850,000

Our office / operating  expenses as figured in here include web site,  postage for donation requests and receipts,Secretary of State fees, banners, replacement of banners, business cards. replacement  tables, chairs etc..


If a donation has an attached request on how the donor  wishes for USTSF to use it, we will  comply, unless it is outside of our bylaws and mission. If that is the case the donation will be returned to the donor.

All donation requests state what the donations will be used for.

For a copy of our Mission Statement ,please see our mission statement page  or  call Linda  for a copy at 816-224-4729.

We will be happy to supply anyone  a copy of  our 990's , our Mission statement,  and our bylaws up on request.

At this time, USTSF  has not fallen into the categorey of  auditing. Therefore we have no audit reports.



If  you have any questions about a
donation or a request for a donation, PLEASE   DO NOT HESITATE TO  EMAIL OR CALL  US TROOP SUPPORT  at 816-224-4729 and ask. 
This is for your protection as well as ours! 

 

 


You may donate on line  by going to the bottom of any of our web pages and clicking on the donation link!