Grassroots Support for Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

Oct 24th, 2009

Spirit of America, a grassroots project founded by Jim Hake, MBA ’83, “has raised more than $12 million in the past five years and sent tons of supplies – from solar-powered radios to saffron bulbs – to Afghanistan and Iraq,” the Los Angeles Times reported. “Sometimes you really have to do what you think is important to do, even though it’s not clear at all how it’s going to turn out,” Hake said. “You just do what’s in front of you.”