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The Challenge
The uncomfortable reality is that post-traumatic stress (PTS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) bring about seemingly impossible-to-overcome circumstances for our warfighters. Far too often, they choose a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
The Calling
The impacts of combat and combat training can create challenges that can be so difficult to bear. On average, our country loses well over 22 warfighters each day to suicide.
Their loss rarely makes our newsfeeds, consequently, we rarely hear about it. However, when a warfighter takes his or her own life, it generates a deafening echo for eternity.
But again, there's hope.
The Hope
There’s hope in the current and developing programs that mitigate if not bring these challenges to a close for our warriors. But more is needed...more funding for these programs and more in every facet of helping our warfighters find these programs.
The Mission
Within our country’s military, since 2001, suicide has claimed over 140,000 warfighter’s lives, 20 times the number of fatalities associated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This alarming statistic compelled Andy Wirth to join forces with friends Joe and Heather Nichols and establish The Impossible Foundation, which is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana.
"Our deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness for all who have served and are serving our great country, coupled with our unfaltering patriotism, brought about the drive to stand up The Impossible Foundation.
Nearly 25 years after it commenced, our newsfeeds don’t contain much on the Global War on Terror. In fact, they’ve largely gone quiet and, not surprisingly, many consider the battles over…they’re most certainly not."
"Not only does the global war on terror remain a kinetic and lethal environment for our country’s warriors, but some warfighters have returned home with their own fight…battles of a different kind.
Too many times, those warfighters see their battles as unwinnable, and the challenges seem to be impossible to overcome. Tragically, some chose a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The loss of a warfighter to suicide is rarely reported by the news…in turn, we rarely hear about that heart rendering event.
Truly, when a warfighter takes their own life, it’s a heartbreaking result from a personal battle and while unknown and unheard to most, it generates a deafening echo for eternity."
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Contact The Impossible Foundation with any questions, and we'll respond via email as quickly as we can.
About Us
The Impossible Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to support organizations that develop and implement programs aimed at reducing the high suicide rates among active-duty and retired members of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Impossible Foundation is committed to making a lasting difference.
Legal Information
The Impossible Foundation is a Colorado nonprofit corporation, which is based out of Bozeman, Montana. The Foundation has applied to the IRS for recognition as a Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, which is anticipated to received shortly. Subject to application is approval, charitable donations to The Impossible Foundation will be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law, regardless of when made.
All donations made to The Impossible Foundation will be tracked and codified. The Impossible Foundation will provide the information required to support the deductibility of donations, upon receipt of certification. The date the donations is provided will determine the year in which such a deduction can be made, subject to other IRS regulations.
Founding Team
The foundation was founded by Joe Nichols, his wife Heather, and their friend, retired businessman Andy Wirth.
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