National Paradigm Foundation

Would give it a minus 1 if I could. Man was setup out front of Southeast regional Library at corner of Greenfield and Guadalupe. Stopped to talk with the man as I had never encountered this organization in my over 40 years of working with Vets and I am a veteran myself. He started out by telling me a ridiculous story. Said he had done 6 tours in Viet Nam from 1966 to 1970. Unfortunately VN tours were 13 months. Then he said he had also served in Cambodia and Laos with the 101^st. Unfortunately the 101^st were not in Laos and Cambodia. Then he told his platoon had been sent in there. The guy really had one line of BS. I also checked website and it did not exist. So I called Gilbert police department. They said they would send officer by. Later got message on phone from officer who said he stopped by and the gentleman told him the organization was legitimate and had filed all appropriate paperwork with city. Officer said his hands were tied as he could not check the guys story. So I got on the web and discover IRS keeps data base and the organization is not listed. Officer also told me to contact library which I had done before calling police as library told me to call police. Officer said a anyone could stand out front of library and solicit money for any cause, legitimate or not, and there was nothing city could do. Curious state of affairs.

RIP OFFS!!! DO NOT DONATE TO THEM.
Please be aware of this group’s suspension, and alert store owners if these reps are seen soliciting in front of their establishments.
Actual Suspended Status document from the CA DoJ is here:
Just enter the name…
These people dishonor our veterans.

Hi
I met Rory Thoule last week at a local Walmart. He was behind a little table with a locked ammo box and lots of small US Flags. He explained how they work their program to me.
He visits Vet shelters in a local area. He usually hires 4 or 5 at a time.
He sets each one up in a storefront like Walmart or a grocery store.
They are given for the day a locked ammo can. They man the table around 6 hours. then he picks them up and returns them to the shelter. There he takes each ammo can with the one vet and they count the ammo can donations. He splits the donations in half. 50% for the Vet and 50% for the foundation.
That income to the vet is designed to begin a process to get off the streets and out of the shelters.
He advised that a lot of the vets meet potential business owners or managers and land good jobs from being exposed the public. He stated that manning the little table is very therapeutic for the vet.
I think this will work since there is a local manager who places the homeless vet every day and then picks them up and returns them to their shelter.
IN Mesa, AZ we are looking to create a new Veterans shelter. We are exploring all aspects to managing a shelter. We want not only to have a reuse shelter but a plan in place to get our veterans back into society with a home and a real job.
We will be a private shelter.
ps– I also called the 707 number and got a strange response by a volunteer.
I also visited the web site outreach

Nice but only directs you to a shelter in Valejo Ca.
Jim

I agree with you, Pat. There is something not quite right with this organization. The guy collecting outside of Walmart on Almaden Expwy this morning admitted that he is being paid to sit there and collect donations. So, essentially, the money being donated to his little box is paying his wages. When you call the number listed on their web site you get a «Sprint Voice Mailbox», not a live person or any greeting identifying the organization. It rings a long time so I’m sure most people hang up before the VM kicks in. Stay away.

I want to give them 0 stars but cannot. This organization is a scam. The phone listed on Unilocal is not answered and the email listed is invalid. The only review i could find was from someone who was so happy that they could volunteer to collect money from 6am-​7pm. Of course you could do that because the more you volunteer to collect money the richer these scam artist get. You will generally find volunteers standing outside grocery stores with a small table and a sign «NATIONAL PARADIGM FOUNDATION». When you give them money you are only making them richer and you deprive the great men and women who fight for our country the services they truly need. DO NOT DONATE TO THIS ORGANIZATION. If you want to donate money to the great men and women who fight for our country there are many legitimate organizations. do your research before handing over your money.