Women veterans memorial in financial trouble needs donations

Women veterans memorial in financial trouble

By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 29, 2009 16:50:04 EDT

The foundation that maintains and operates the nation’s only major memorial to female veterans is hurting for cash and has launched a fundraising campaign it hopes will help maintain operations — and ultimately stave off closure.

But despite a two-year shortfall in funding for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, closure is not imminent, according to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, the foundation’s president.

“We all go through tough times,” Vaught said Wednesday. But “there is no question that we’re going to meet our financial requirements. And we will be open. We will continue to be open. We will work our way through this.”
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Women veterans memorial in financial trouble