Honor and Remember of Texas LLC

“George lutz patricia lutz chairman director husband and wife”

“The form 990 is reviewed and signed by the organization's chairman. The organization's directors are provided a copy of the form 990 for review prior to filing.”

“Annually the conflict of interest policy is reviewed with board.”

“In setting compensation for the executive director, comparability data used and input from independent persons. The bylaws state how the salaries are set by the board.”

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“In keeping with our mission and primary goals, we continue to significantly impact this nation with the message of perpetually recognizing our military fallen heroes and their families. Our objectives can be summarized in four words: establish, educate, present and comfort. In this report you will read about the accomplishments in each of these areas. The year began with a continued strategic partnership with the nascar organization, enabling us to reach individual gold star family members in a variety of states. This year was also our third inclusion into the combined federal campaign (cfc), where we are able to take our message to military and federal employees through payroll deductions. Continuing our goal of presenting personalized flags to every gold star family who has lost a loved one in military service, hundreds of families were honored this year in many states. With the continued establishment of state chapters, we are making significantly more impact in those areas. These chapters are extensions of our organization, acting as boots on the ground and staffed 100% by volunteers. We now have seventeen state flag adoptions with many more in process. Additionally, every u.s. State has a point of contact who continues to contribute to the organization with increased awareness and outreach efforts. I believe that we are slowly, deliberately and successfully changing the mindset of this nation. Only a portion of the extensive activity over the last year is mentioned here.”

“Our mission is unwavering and does not depend on what the latest relevant hot button may be. Our organizational goals are very clear and concise and can be articulated in four simple words: establish, educate, present, comfort. These concepts form the basis for the entire vision and are cornerstones of equal importance. Currently there are twelve all volunteer honor and remember state chapters that actively participate in the furtherance of the mission, as well as many volunteer ambassadors who participate in the awareness and presentation process. Every day is spent diligently working to further develop a broader national scope in each of the following critical areas. Establish - no new states have officially adopted the flag in 2016 although several states were in position including kentucky, michigan, vermont, florida, rhode island and massachusetts. Additionally, many more organizations and businesses are displaying the flag and supporting the mission. More states are considering legislation for 2017 sessions and we will continue until all 50 are in place. In addition, we are continually pursuing and receiving endorsements from individual municipalities, public institutions, associations and corporations, establishing the flag's identity everywhere. We are working to establish the tradition that every time there is a reported military casualty, hr flags are flown everywhere in tribute. Educate - we continue our mission to educate americans on what it means to be a gold star family member. Much attention was given. Education is key to bringing about an understanding that will ultimately change mindsets and bring needed recognition and appreciation for the price of our liberty. Much of the education comes from flag presentations as well as pointed relationships with organization and companies dedicated to flying the flag. Relationships continue to grow and build with nascar, spartannash, frontier communications, tactical 511 and new partner thrivent financial. Opportunities to educate occur at both the national and local level. Activities and events such as setting up literature and product tables, speaking at major venues, doing interviews for radio, television, etc. All help to get the word out. Also, creating specific events, such as organized runs, banquets, concerts and other opportunities help to raise both awareness and much-needed funds to continue the work. This is a continuous and never-ending part of what we do. Significant initiatives for education include the nascar charlotte memorial weekend, the establishment of the month of may as honor and remember month and signage on over 2000 nationwide transport trucks. Since the start of 2016 we have also successfully completed the fourth annual virginia, second indiana, fourth arizona run and first new york run. Present - with education comes awareness and with awareness we are able to reach generations of families of the fallen. One significant mission objective is the presentation of one personalized honor and remember flag to every family of a military fallen hero. The ultimate goal is intended to pay tribute to each individual man or women who lost his or her life for america. Since the war on terror began we have suffered nearly seven thousand military casualties, not counting health-related deaths or accidents. The honor and remember organization has presented 2409 personalized flags since its inception. Currently, we are responding to our growing request list by accomplishing an average of one presentation per day. Still it is not enough. Some families who have requested personalized flags have been waiting for more than four years and we continue to reach out to others who do not yet know we exist. Our mandate includes every generation of heroes and their families. Since the start of 2016, 300 personalized flags have been made, however 301 new flag requests have been received, bringing the current waiting total to 1404. Nearly every day at least one new request”