Elissa Montanti – A Glimmer of Light Showing in this Era of Darkness

Elissa Montanti – A Glimmer of Light Showing in this Era of Darkness

We are in special times of American History. The Space Program is being dismantled; substance abuse is on the rise; crimes against children is on the rise; programming on television is more in making television characters who are criminals as heroes (i.e. COPS, Prison programs, etc.); America is in a series of wars that have no real purpose; local government are falling apart financially; and countless of other occurrences. 

Today, Judge Belvin Perry was part of a trial that found Casey Anthony not guilty for child abuse and child neglect. This ruling will become a Precedent that a parent is no longer responsible for reporting a child for 30 days. Child Rights have gone back to the pre Civil War period. In essence, Children are no more than property. 

In all of this darkness, there is a woman who is living in New York by the name of Elissa Montanti. Elissa Montanti who is a friend of my Facebook page has created an organization Global Medical Response Fund (GMRF) which its main purpose is to aid young children who have become victims of war. Her website is http://www.gmrfchildren.org.  Children who are injured by land mines, gunfire, or other events of the casualty of war are helped by her organization. She and her organization have been featured twice on 60 Minutes. Elissa has enlisted a number of surgeons to help the children, many of them from Iraq and Afghanistan. There is an extraordinary group of people that are supporting her.  They are Our Troops. They identify the children that need the help and they send them to her for medical treatment. As all of you may know, I have showed my support for our troops in the support of Fisher House which houses families of our troops while their family member is receiving treatment in a VA Hospital (see http://www.forourtroopscollage.com/). I created a collage titled For Our Troops collage to show them the support. There are some people who shown their displeasure in Elissa’s organization saying that GMRF is aiding the enemy. Anyone who does not show support for GMRF is not Patriotic. Obviously, the help from our brave troops identify the children for Elissa’s organization to help. This story shows how ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.  I personally would like to meet Ms. Montanti and plan a future event for your organization. Perhaps the event should encompass both Fisher House and GMRF as it seems to be poetic. In a World that has so much darkness, there are glimmers of light that appear. In this case it is blinding light. Thank you to Elissa for your contribution to humankind.

For Our Troops website to Support Our Troops

Global Medical Response Fund