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About The Mission
The mission of Vacations For Veterans is to provide a ‘free’ week of vacation lodgings
to veterans of the United States Armed Forces who recently have been wounded in
action.
We are able to do this only through the generous donations of weeks from vacation
homeowners, and through the generous donations of funds by others.
About Us
Christopher Carr is a native of Washington D.C., and was born in 1964. He was educated
at Blessed Sacrament, Gonzaga College High School, and received his B.A. from Loyola
University in New Orleans.
He attended Marine Boot Camp at Parris Island in the summer of 1982, and Marine
Officer Candidate School in 1988, where he received the Leadership Award. Following
training at The Basic School and the Infantry Officer Course, he led an infantry
platoon in 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines during Operation Desert Storm. Currently,
Chris is the Director of Video Markets for Masergy Communications.
Peggy Carr, formerly Peggy Doyle, was born in NYC in 1966. She was educated at St.
Thomas the Apostle School, West Hempstead High School, received her BA from The
University of Pennsylvania, and her JD from The University of San Diego School of
Law.
After completing college, she attended Marine Officer Candidate School in the summer
of 1989, completed training at The Basic School, and was assigned to the School
of Infantry, Camp Pendleton as the legal officer from 1990-1993.
Married in 1996, Chris and Peggy are blessed with four children: Nora, Christopher,
Dennis and Eva. Peggy stays at home with the children, and runs a luxury
home exchange company called Exclusive Exchanges.
The Idea
The idea for Vacations For Veterans came about when Peggy was considering to which
charity she should give a percentage of the proceeds generated by her business Exclusive Exchanges.
She noticed that many of the vacation homes on her website had several weeks vacant,
and thought that some owners might consider donating a week at their home to a wounded
veteran.
After bouncing the idea off of some vacation homeowners, and receiving an enthusiastic
response, Chris and Peggy decided to start this nonprofit organization to help match
up wounded veterans with vacation homeowners willing to donate time in their homes.
Vacations For Veterans, LLC was created in 2007 from this idea, and has received
overwhelmingly positive support from those contacted.
If you are interested in helping veterans by donating time at your vacation home,
please sign up here. If you can help us accomplish
our mission by donating funds, please Donate
Here. If you wish to Volunteer Your Time, Vacations
For Veterans can use your help for as many hours as you can give.
This website is dedicated in Loving Memory to Eva Milagros
Carr.
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