March 30, 2020

On Mar 30, 2020, at 1:27 PM, Craig Hullinger <chullinger@gmail.com> wrote:

Troy and Christa, can you confirm to Techsoup that You are the President and Treasurer of:

SARASOTA MILITARY OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMOSF) INC

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

And that I am a Board Member of the organization and working with you to get the Google Suites account for not for profits.

And they are asking for a 501(c)(3) determination letter received from the IRS.

Perhaps they won't need this when they see that the President and Treasurer are working on this.

Thank you.

March 30, 2020

Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:11 AM Support <googlenonprofit@techsoup.org> wrote:

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Your ticket (396092) has been updated. Reply to this email with any questions or comments.

TechSoup Validation Support (TechSoup)

Mar 30, 07:11 PDT

Dear Craig Hullinger,

We’re working with Google to confirm that your organization qualifies for Google for Nonprofits. And by joining Google for Nonprofits, you’re authorizing Google to create an account for your organization. To check your account’s status, sign in to Google for Nonprofits.

We were unable to confirm you are an authorized agent of the organization you have registered with Google. Therefore, we require a 501(c)(3) determination letter received from the IRS. We do not accept state-issued documents or files in Word format (.doc, .docx, etc). If you do not have a copy of this letter, you may request one from the IRS by calling (877) 829-5500.

Please note: your name does not need to be listed on this document.

Please attach your document in a reply to this email.

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Starting Over New Application

Starting over with a new application per Techsoup email Mar 28, 2020. Tech soup says they got the new ap and will evaluate it.

Using chullinger@gmail.com 309 966 1616 Foundation sarasotamoaa.us

SARASOTA MILITARY OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMOSF) INC

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

Troy Scott President, Christa Friedlander Treasurer, Craig Hullinger Board Member,
Jon Gordon Board Member and Attorney

Google for nonprofits portal to get your 501(c((3)

Dear Craig,

Please submit a new application through the Google for nonprofits portal to get your 501(c)(3) started with Google for nonprofits.

Validation for nonprofits is administered by TechSoup and its international network of partners, supporting Google in facilitating offers for nonprofits, charities and NGOs.

TechSoup’s validation process may take up to 10 business days from when we receive all required documentation. Please continue to check your email in case further information is required or a determination is made.

SARASOTA MILITARY OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMOSF) INC

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

Troy Scott is our President <entscott41@gmail.com>

Christa Friedlander is our Treasurer <ladyhawk10@verizon.net>

Craig Hullinger is a Board Member <chullinger@gmail.com>

Craig Hullinger is a Board Member and the one trying to get the GSUITE AccountA

President Troy Scott

___________

We are trying to get a free GSuite Account from Google. This gives us an extensive set of tools for the management of our organization. Think Gmail on steroids.

Google wants to make sure we are a true not for profit. We are. But they asked for a 501(c) (3) letter. We have such a letter for our Foundation.

I am using our www.Sarasotamoaa.us blog which forwards to sarasotamoaa.blogspot.com

I use the address admin@sarasotamoaa.us to administer it. We can assign an email address to each one of our Board Members. We can use the first, or first and last name, or name of office

Examples:

Troy@sarasotamoaa.us President@sarasotamoaa.us Troyscott@sarasotamoaa.us

We have had a lot of confusion getting it approved. First I started with Sarasotamoaa.com I did not own that so Google did not approve. I switched to the blog, but Google wants proof that we are a 501(c)(3) organization.

MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - SARASOTA CHAPTER

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

SARASOTA MILITARY OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMOSF) INC

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

Your ticket (370632) Google -TechSoup Validation Support (TechSoup)

Introductions.

Support <googlenonprofit@techsoup.org> is the part of Google that makes sure we are a real not for profit and helps us get a GSuite Account.

Christa Friedlander is our Treasurer of the Military Officers Association of America - Sarasota Chapter and also Treasurer of our Scholarship Fund.

Troy Scott is our President.

Craig Hullinger is a Board Member and the one trying to get the GSUITE Account

__________

Christa, the line below is taken from their email

"We were unable to confirm you are an authorized agent of the organization you have registered with Google"

So Christa, if you would reply to this email telling them you are the Treasurer they should be able to verify and give us the account.

And Troy, if you would reply that you are President they should be able to verify.

Thank you.

MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - SARASOTA CHAPTER

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

SARASOTA MILITARY OFFICERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMOSF) INC

PO BOX # 1016

SARASOTA FL 34230-1016

I am using our www.Sarasotamoaa.us blog which forwards to sarasotamoaa.blogspot.com

I use the address admin@sarasotamoaa.us to administer it. We can assign an email address to each one of our Board Members. We can use the first, or first and last name, or name of office

Examples:

Troy@sarasotamoaa.us President@sarasotamoaa.us Troyscott@sarasotamoaa.us

Activate G Suite for Nonprofits

Thanks for signing up for a G Suite for Nonprofits trial. In just a couple steps, your organization can start using business email, video conferencing, cloud storage, file sharing, and the rest of the tools G Suite offers.

1. Verify that you own sarasotamoaa.us

Before using your G Suite trial, you must verify that you own your domain, sarasotamoaa.us:

If you purchased your domain when you signed up for the G Suite for Nonprofits trial, or you successfully verified your domain during sign-up, you can skip this step.

If you owned your domain before signing up for the G Suite for Nonprofits trial and haven’t yet verified your domain:

Sign in to your Google Admin console.

Follow these steps to verify your domain for G Suite.

2. Activate G Suite for Nonprofits within your trial period

After your domain is verified, you must activate your G Suite for Nonprofits account. You will not do this from the Google Admin console or G Suite itself, but from your Google for Nonprofits account. After domain verification, expect an email with G Suite for Nonprofits activation instructions.

Upon activation, you can use all the features of G Suite at no charge.

Your G Suite account

As the administrator for your G Suite account, you manage all your G Suite services, settings, and users.

Username:

admin

Domain:

sarasotamoaa.us

Must activate by:

Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 PDT 2020

Sign in

https://admin.google.com

Live help with setup

24/7 support is included with G Suite for Nonprofits. Contact the G Suite support team for help setting up your account.

Sincerely,

The G Suite Team

More About Our Founation Activities

More about Our Organization at:

https://www.sarasotamoaa.com/foundation

Benefiting Our Community

...Twenty Years and Growing

Last year marked the twentieth anniversary of the Sarasota Military Officers Foundation, Inc., honored to be serving our community of over 88,000 Veterans and 40,000 Sarasota County school students. Our Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, established by the Military Officers Association of Sarasota to support community outreach programs throughout the greater Sarasota & Manatee region. We are an all-volunteer Veteran’s organization and, as such, are very frugal with our donors’ contributions. Other than regulatory fees, postage and printing costs, your donations are used to support our programs. We focus our efforts in six areas:

Awarding educational and vocational merit-based scholarships to qualified, high-achieving high school seniors;
Providing Veteran educational financial aid to returning Veterans to attend local educational institutions;
Sponsoring the American Flag Initiative, a 10-lesson curriculum to educate our elementary school children on the origin, history and meaning of the American Flag.
Supporting the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs and the maintenance of their training facilities;
Sending care packages to deployed troops under the Support Our Troops Program (SOT)
Sponsoring patriotic, educational and inspirational public events for our community and Veterans.

We do a variety of efforts to help our troops overseas, help Veterans, and provide scholarships. I have posted a few of our efforts:

Scholarships

17 Years of Its “Support Our Troups”

Military Officers Association of Sarasota Has Completed 17 Years of Its “Support Our Troups” Program

January 13, 2020 by Press Release

Southwest FL – At the end of 2019, the Sarasota Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America has distributed approximately 34,000 postal boxes with instructions to the public. The distribution of these boxes is done during events such the Veterans Day parade when 1,200 boxes were handed out.

These boxes are expected to be mailed to Service members serving under harsh conditions and in harms-way and to units in austere environments. This effort was initiated by the Military Officers Association of Sarasota and began in 2003. “MOAS” relies on community support to provide the depth necessary to make the program successful. MOAS has a website that provides all the information an individual, clubs, schools, etc. to send support to this program. The site is www.sarasotamoaa.com/support-us

Complete instructions are included with each box and a list of suggested care package Items to place in the box can be found on the website. Emphasis is on personal items and Servicemember support items. Keep a list and cost of items purchased for the Customs Form.

MOAS will frequently receive thank you notes from the Troops receiving the packages.

The Trooper’s Task Force of Six Shooters recently sent a thank you note. The text of this note follows:

“On behalf of Trooper’s of Task Force Six Shooters, we would like to extend our sincere appreciation for the care packages that you have provided. It was exceptionally thoughtful and very welcomed. Our entire team were very grateful for the opportunity to enjoy the comfort items that you provided. The Commander, LTC Matthew Wolfe, and Command Sergeant Major, CSM William Wisecup, took great pleasure in handing out the packages and enjoying the smiles that it brought to our Soldiers faces. Your gesture in supporting our deployed troops is truly appreciated. Wish you all the best during the holiday season, please know that you are making a difference.

Sincerely,

The Troopers of Task Force Six Shooters

Guns up, Scouts Out!”

Attached is the photograph they sent with their thank you.

Providing boxes for our Citizens to send care packages to our Troops in Afghanistan

Riverview Cadets Assisting MOAS Veterans Day 2019

SGM Mitchell,

Thank you for allowing Riverview JROTC Cadets Brad Deczynski, Maria Ledesma, Noah Johnson and Mia Rodriguez to assist MOAS Members in distributing 875 Support Our Troops (SOT) boxes to the American public lining the Sarasota Veterans Day Parade route.

The boxes are for people to send care packages to our troops in Afghanistan

They handled themselves in an exceptional manner and their help was greatly appreciated by all of us walking the parade route.

We could not have accomplished this without their assistance.

Sincerely,

Ronald S. Wozniak

LtCol USMCR, Retired
President, MOAS

YAHOO Co-coordinator

Thanks for joining us for the Veterans Day parade Nov 11, 2019. We met at the MOAA pick up truck on Main St near Links, 2 blocks west of Rt 301 at 930. We walked the parade route handing out boxes for people to send care packages to the troops in Afghanistan. And we set up and handed out boxes at the end of the parade route.

We distributed over 900 boxes to our neighbors for them to send care packages to the Troops in Afghanistan. A Good Time Had by All. Thanks to everyone for participating.

Support Our Troops

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall provided the Military Officers Association of Sarasota (MOAS) the opportunity on February 16, 2014 to hand Support Our Troops (SOT) kits to patrons. MOAS volunteers handed out 83 of the “Kits”. These Kits provide a shipping box, directions, a Custom Form and an address label for people to send a Care Package to soldiers in Afghanistan.

MOAS is presently supporting the 1st Air Combat Brigade in Kandahar, Afghanistan. These Care Packages have a tremendous positive impact on the Soldiers as articulated by Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Lunsford. He states that the Care Packages forwarded from an earlier SOT drive at the Sarasota Veteran’s Day parade were a great morale boost for the troops.

CSM Lunsford is the senior enlisted man responsible for the care and morale of a Battalion of approximately 350 soldiers. CSM Lunsford states that when Soldiers receive packages from unknown American citizens, the Soldiers realizes they are not forgotten, and that Americans honor their service and their sacrifice to keep our country safe. These efforts in partnership with the Van Wezel definitely remind our deployed forces we support them.

The efforts of MOAS and Support Our Troops is part of the Legacy of Valor Campaign currently underway and led by the Patterson Foundation. The Legacy of Valor campaign community partners honors veterans, inspires patriotism and passes freedom on to others.

supportourtroopsmoas.com

sarasotamoaa.com

vanwezel.org

thepattersonfoundation.org/blog/tag/legacy-of-valor/