Being There For Those Who "Put It All On The Line"
The Puget Sound Detachment of the Marine Corps League is a Congressionally-Chartered 501(c)4 Registered Charity and operates as a Tax-Exempt Organization for Tax Deductable Contributions under the War Veterans Exemption of IRC 170(c)3.
Our primary mission is supporting active and 'inactive' Marines and the Community in which we live.
Many things we can do
by just being Marines, but Marine culture is team-based, and by
partnering with the communities we serve, what we do comes back
around.
And vice versa.
In tactical terms, this is called "force
multiplication".
Feel free to call it synergy, karma, payback, or even
paying forward.
With your contributions, we accomplish our mission on four fronts:
Marine Support Fund
This fund is
locally administered by the detachment and goes 100%
to provide for local emergency housing, medical, food,
utility, and transportation assistance to current and former
Marine and FMF (Fleet-Marine-Force)
Navy Corpsmen Veterans and
their families.
You can
support our local Marines with contributions directed to
the
MCL Det 336 Marine Support
Fund
Contributions
for amounts less than $100 are welcome (and form the bulk of our
support fund contributions).
Your cancelled check serves as your
tax-deductable receipt.
Contributions in excess of $100 will receive a formal letter
of appreciation as further evidence of your generous support.
We
also maintain a record of Marine Support Fund contributions
solely to validate an IRS-deduction query.
Toys For Tots Fund
This fund is
also locally administered and goes 100% to purchase toys (and if
necessary, storage and transportation of collected toys) in support of the
Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots program coordinated by the
Fourth
Landing Support Reserve Battalion for holiday toy distribution to
needy children in King County.
You can
support the Toys For Tots program in King County throughout the
year with contributions
directed to MCL Det 336 Toys
for Tots
Contributions
for amounts less than $100 are welcome. Your cancelled check serves
as your tax-deductable receipt.
Contributions in excess of $100 will
receive a formal letter of appreciation as further evidence of
your generous support.
We also maintain a record of TFT Fund
contributions solely to validate an IRS-deduction query.
Honor Guard Fund
The Marine Corps League Puget Sound Detachment has maintained an active Honor Guard for over two decades, providing Memorial Services, Parades, Hospital Visits to Veterans at the VA Hospital and other civic operations. Our Honor Guard has provided Funeral and Memorial Interments at Tahoma National Cemetary since it was chartered as the first National Veterans Cemetary in Washington State in Sept. of 1997. Our Honor Guard is largely funded by the volunteers themselves (it's just their way), but they do welcome contributions in support of their efforts.
Contributions to this
fund are administered by the Honor Guard Captain and can be used to
support the Honor Guard in its uniforms, ceremonial weapons, and
activity logistics. Any funds in excess of the Honor Guard
needs are donated to various Veteran Charities (Marine Wounded
Warrior Regiment, VA Hospital, etc.) at the discretion of the
Honor
Guard Captain.
You can
support our Honor Guard with honorariums
and tax-deductable contributions
directed to MCL
Det 336 Honor Guard Fund
Contributions
for amounts less than $100 are welcome. Your cancelled check serves
as your tax-deductable receipt.
Contributions in excess of $100 will
receive a formal letter of appreciation as further evidence of
your generous support.
We also maintain a record ofHonor
Guard Fund contributions solely to validate an IRS-deduction
query.
This fund is also locally administered and is used for a wide variety of Marine Corps League Detachment operations, such as our hosting the Marine Corps Birthday Dinner on Nov 11th of each year, our All Marines Pot Luck Picnic in July, support of our Meeting Facilities, Detachment appearances at Seahawks and Mariners games, Flag Ceremonies, Logistics for required Officer duties (convention and conference lodging in various locations around the state), website costs, etc., as well as "Care Packages" to deployed Marine units, external charities such as the Marine "Semper Fi Fund", and augmenting our Marine Support, Toys For Tots, and Honor Guard funds as needed, in addition to direct Marine, Veteran, and various other worthy charities serving our community.
Contributions to this fund are a great way to support all the Detachment's charitable tax-exempt operations.
You can
support our Marine Corps League mission with tax-deductable
contributions directed to MCL Det 336,
and wherever you
encounter our Marine Corps League members at our
Marine Rose fund-raising activities
held throughout the year at
various locations in the community.
Contributions
for amounts less than $100 are welcome. Your cancelled check serves
as your tax-deductable receipt.
Contributions in excess of $100 will
receive a formal letter of appreciation as further evidence of your
generous support..
We also maintain a record of TFT Fund
contributions solely to validate an IRS-deduction
query.
Your tax-deductable contributions can be sent
to:
Marine Corps League - Puget Sound Detachment
#336
P/O BOX 26
Redmond, WA 98073-0026
Please make your check payable to the specific fund you wish your contribution to benefit:
MCL
Det 336 Marine Support Fund
MCL Det 336 Toys For Tots Fund
MCL Det 336 Honor Guard Fund
MCL Det 336 (General Fund)
Corporate and
Benefactor contributors can obtain a copy of our IRS Letter of Exemption
Determination
by calling the Detachment at (425)
440-9506
-DISCLOSURE-
While none of our funds are administered by salaried personnel (we are all unpaid volunteers), contributions to the Honor Guard and General Funds could conceivably be used in part for expenses considered "administrative" by the IRS. These expenditures are authorized exempt charitable expenses, but it could be misleading to claim 100% purely-charitable use in those funds, as a small portion of those funds might be used to cover operational expenses of the Honor Guard, or in the case of the General Fund, "administrative expenses" of the Detachment as described above if such expenses exceed that covered solely by member dues. It's not often this is necessary, but this disclosure serves notice that such expenses are authorized in those specific funds to further the Marine Corps League's Veteran and Community Service operations.
Our MCL members donate their time, service, and most, if not all, of their own expenses as a sense of honor, duty, and privilege, in order to maximize the funds available to benefit our brother and sister Marines, FMF Corpsmen, their families, and the community in which we live.
Likewise, we carefully investigate the recipients of our funds to accomplish the greatest end-recipient value from these resources.
You can be confdent your tax-deductable contributions are cherished and dilligently distributed in support of accomplishing each fund's mission.
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