subject: Support For Veterans Growing [print this page] Since our nations founding, the military culture has helped to instill positive, constructive values in all whose lives are touched by it. Stability, group loyalty, community effort, and attitudes of selfless service permeate the military mentality, and are strengthened in the community because of it.
In addition to society at large, the culture of the military uniquely affects the sons and daughters of service members. Children who grow up with a mom or dad in service to the nation are fortunate to have role models that demonstrate adaptive and resilient characteristics. Many military children grow up with skills and attitudes which are the very essence of community-mindedness.
California entrepreneur and philanthropist Elliott Broidy is a case in point. His father having served in World War II, later on Broidys father went into teaching while his mother became a nurse. Armed with a service and community mindset that was instilled in him by his parents, Broidy worked his way through college and faced other challenges on his long road to becoming a philanthropist and self-made businessperson dedicated to his nation and his community.
Hard work and perseverance were two of the key values that acted as a compass for Broidy along the way. The pre-dawn paper route at age ten was early evidence of what lay ahead in the young mans career. Six short years later, at age 16, Broidy was snagging salmon in the Great Northwest as a way of paying tuition at the University of Southern Californias Marshall School of Business. Proving his mettle in the rough and tumble world of independent commerce, Broidy rose to the top of his field, raising funds for worthy causes along the way, like the Young Presidents Organization, the L.A. Police Foundation, Everychild Foundation, and many others.
The Medal of Honor Foundation, which recognizes the most courageous members of the armed services, is but one of Broidys projects. Others, like the Wounded Warriors Foundation, are also on the receiving end of his support and encouragement.
No stranger to the world of the arts, or bipartisan efforts to help military causes, Elliott Broidy has served administrations of Democrats and Republicans, and in 2006 was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. All the early attitudes Broidy absorbed from his parents and the military culture have now come full circle, as this son of a World War II veteran works tirelessly to help members of the U.S. military adapt to civilian life and become happy, contributing citizens of the larger American community.
