Team Jennifer Cahill Charities - Supporting Our Female Veterans

05/25/2026

Today is about the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice, we will never forget.

05/07/2026

Military Appreciation Month — Honoring 250 Years

May is Military Appreciation Month — a time to recognize all the men and women who serve.

At Team Jennifer Cahill Charities, we focus on the women whose contributions shaped our nation long before they were formally recognized.

For 250 years, women have:
• Stood the watch
• Filled critical roles
• Carried the weight of service with resilience and resolve

Many served without rank.
Many served without benefits.
Too many served without being seen.

As America approaches its 250th birthday, TJCC remains committed to elevating these stories and supporting the women veterans who continue to face challenges long after their service ends.

Some service is historic.
Some service is hidden.
250 for 250 ensures it is never forgotten.

Donate here; https://givebutter.com/250250-for-250-tu55tp or by mailing a check to

Team Jennifer Cahill Charities
108F Suite 266
North Reading Road
Ephrata, PA 17522

Celebrating 250 years of women in service to the USA

04/06/2026

The newest VA data is heartbreaking. As the report states, “among female Recent Veteran VHA Users in 2023, the su***de rate was 45.3% higher for those with positive screens for Military Sexual Trauma.” It also shows that “the su***de rate in 2023 for female Veterans was 103.1% higher than for female non‑Veteran U.S. adults.”

Source;https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2025/2025_Annual_Report_Part_2_508.pdf

These aren’t numbers. They’re women who served our country and carried trauma no one should ever face alone.

Since Jennifer passed, I’ve held tightly to the mission we built together. She believed fiercely in standing with women Veterans who felt unseen or unsupported — and I’m committed to carrying that work forward in her honor.

As America turns 250, our 250 for 250 campaign is our promise to them: 250 years of women’s service honored by 250 supporters giving $250 to provide crisis support, dignity, and hope.

If this moves you, please stand with us.
Honor their service. Carry the mission forward. https://givebutter.com/250250-for-250-tu55tp

Celebrating 250 years of women in service to the USA

04/04/2026

For those who celebrate it, hope you have a Happy Easter

03/23/2026

When researching and studying the history of women in America’s military, one pattern becomes impossible to ignore: progress has always depended on people who stepped forward long before the system was ready for them.

Women served this nation for generations without rank, recognition, or even the basic rights afforded to others. They didn’t wait for permission. They didn’t wait for validation. They simply chose to serve because the mission mattered.

As someone who works in advocacy and communication, I’m struck by what that says about leadership - real leadership isn’t about titles or visibility - it’s about stepping into the gap when the moment demands it, even when the world hasn’t caught up.

That’s why the 250 for 250 campaign resonates so deeply with me.
It’s not just about honoring history. It’s about acknowledging the people who carried this country forward when no one was watching - and ensuring today’s women veterans don’t face the same invisibility.

If we want a stronger future, we have to recognize the people who built the foundation.
That’s the work we’re committed to.

Celebrating 250 years of women in service to the USA

03/18/2026

250 for 250 + Save the Date

🇺🇸 Save the Date! 🇺🇸

Team Jennifer Cahill Charities is proud to announce the 4th Annual Women Veterans Day Expo coming June 12, 2026 — a day dedicated to honoring the courage, service, and sacrifice of the women who helped defend our nation.

This year’s Expo is especially meaningful as we continue our 250 for 250 campaign, celebrating 250 years of women’s military service and inviting 250 supporters to give $250 in their honor. Every contribution helps ensure that no woman veteran walks alone.

At this year’s Expo, we will:
✨ Celebrate the legacy of women who served
✨ Share stories too often left out of history
✨ Connect women veterans with vital resources
✨ Support those facing cancer, MST, homelessness, DV/IPV, su***de risk, and end‑of‑life challenges

✨ Strengthen our community’s commitment to women who served

Your support makes a real difference.
Your voice helps amplify their stories.
Your presence shows our women veterans that they are seen, valued, and never forgotten.
https://givebutter.com/250250-for-250-tu55tp

03/10/2026

Honoring Women Who Served — Past, Present, Always

March is Women’s History Month — a reminder that the story of America has never been complete without the women who wore the uniform.

Some served without rank.
Some served without recognition.
Many served without ever being called “veteran.”

Yet for 250 years, women have stood watch, carried the mission, and shaped the nation in ways history is only beginning to acknowledge.

At Team Jennifer Cahill Charities, we believe their service deserves more than a footnote. It deserves a future — one where women veterans are seen, supported, and honored in every chapter of our national story.

That’s why we launched 250 for 250:
A tribute to 250 years of women’s service, and a challenge inviting 250 supporters to give $250 to uplift the women who continue that legacy today.

Because when we invest in women veterans, we’re not just honoring history.
We’re shaping what comes next.

250 years behind us. A stronger future ahead.
And every one of us has a role in writing it.

Celebrating 250 years of women in service to the USA

03/03/2026

This is a brief story of the first woman who was officially recognized as a veteran and given a military pension. This happened long before women were officially considered to be part of the military. It would be 176 years later on June 12, 1948, that the Women's Armed Services integration act would be signed.

Show your support and recognition of 250 years of women in service to this country.

Donate here https://givebutter.com/250250-for-250-tu55tpShow :

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/margaret-cochran-corbin

02/26/2026

Sarah Emma Edmonds
Sarah Edmonds
Sarah Emma Edmonds
Union soldiers during the Civil War knew a comrade known as Franklin Flint Thompson, but in reality, Thompson was really a woman -- Sarah Emma Edmonds -- and one of the few females known to have served during the Civil War. Edmonds was born in Canada in 1841, but desperate to escape an abusive father and forced marriage, she moved to Flint, Michigan, in 1856, where she discovered that life was easier when she dressed as a man. Compelled to join the military out of a sense of duty, she enlisted in the 2nd Michigan Infantry as a male field nurse.

As "Franklin Flint Thompson," Edmonds participated in several battles that took place during the Maryland Campaign of 1862, which included the Second Battles of Manassas and Antietam. As a field nurse, she would be dealing with mass casualties, especially at Antietam, which is known as one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. She is also said to have served as a Union spy and infiltrated the Confederate army several times, although there is no official record of it.

One of her alleged aliases was as a Southern sympathizer named Charles Mayberry. Another was as a Black man named Cuff, for which she disguised herself using wigs and silver nitrate to dye her skin. And yet another was as Bridget O'Shea, an Irish peddler selling soap and apples.

Malaria eventually forced Edmonds to give up her military career, since she knew she would be discovered if she went to a military hospital, and her being listed as a deserter upon leaving made it impossible for her to return after she recovered. Nevertheless, she still continued serving her new country, again as a nurse, though now as a female one at a hospital for soldiers in Washington, D.C.

In 1865, Edmonds published her experiences in the bestselling "Nurse and Spy in the Union Army," and went on to marry and have children. But her heroic contributions to the Civil War were not forgotten and she was awarded an honorable discharge from the military, a government pension and admittance to the Grand Army of the Republic as its only female member.

(military.com)

02/25/2026

We have spoken with many Women veterans. One thing that sticks out with almost all of them, is that rarely do they talk about the burdens they carry — the long nights, the fear, the moments they held the line when no one else could.

They talk about the mission. They talk about the people they served beside. They talk about moving forward.

But behind every woman who served, there’s a chapter she never wrote down.

As America turns 250, we’re choosing to honor those unwritten chapters — the courage, the sacrifice, the strength that helped shape our nation in ways most people never see, or begin to understand.

250 for 250 is more than a campaign. It’s a promise: That their stories matter. That their service won’t be forgotten. That this community stands with them.

If you feel that too… you’re already part of what we’re building.

Celebrating 250 years of women in service to the USA