Family and community drive philanthropy in active military communities.

By Christine Weiser

• The continuous state of churn as a result of the military units either preparing to leave, leaving or just returning from deployments to either Afghanistan or Iraq;

• Access to some commands can be difficult; and

• Difficulty in reaching everyone in a command efficiently and effectively due to other requirements for their time (usually only get one shot at gathering everyone together for a kickoff or similar informational event).