Organizations Filed Purposes:
Operation Vet-Fits mission is to assist our nations combat veterans, active duty members and affected family members through advocacy, mental health services, research, fitness, camaraderie based motivational activities and events.
Camaradarie Based Events: This category represents the staple of our programs and provides group based mental health and fitness events for combat veteran population, including but not limited to Golf outings, gym memberships, exercise programs and dinners.Our agency has concluded that the solutions to veteran suicide crisis center around a renewed sense of belonging, brotherhood, comaradarie and finally purpose. Our commaradaire based events assist in fostering a renewed sense of purpose while also demonstrating measurable efficacy in reducing anxiety, depression, pain and PTSD symptoms. Each of these are risk factors of suicide.
Mental Health Services. Veteran Service research, publications and presentations on veteran suicide. We have been able to maintain a low cost for this category as the services are being provided by volunteers. The actual cost for services , were it not for our volunteers would exceed $68,000 in 2019 were volunteers not providing the services and facilities for this category.Our research is based around the observational data on how camaraderie and exercise work as key elements to stopping not only veteran suicide, but suicide as a whole. The primary goal being the reduction Anxiety, Depression, Pain and PTSD symptoms.The founder, director and CEO is a licensed mental health counselor, and is paid $1,000/month for his services to the veterans, and this amount is reported via 1099-NEC.
Charitable contributions made on behalf of program veterans. All contributions are made to Qualified 501(c)3 organizations.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Daniel R Gaita | Director | 15 | $12,000 |
| Erin O Gaita | Director | 1 | $0 |
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