Hoops For Heroes is a registered New Hampshire not-for-profit organization whose mission is to pay tribute to Veterans by providing financial support to those that have sacrificed for our nation, specifically by raising money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

Here’s how it works: I, Dave Cummings, am attempting to make 1 million foul shots over the next two to three years, beginning on Veterans Day 2009, and in exchange I am asking for donations, which will be forwarded to the Fallen Heroes Fund.

For a more thorough description of the genesis of this idea, click here and see a January 23, 2009 blog entry which includes a video recorded on that date. Those were the early days, since which time we’ve made a more formal connection with the Fallen Heroes Fund and have excitedly received their acknowledgement. View the letter as a pdf.

We’ve also long since given up on the idea of doing this in the driveway hoop and thereby being at the mercy of Mother Nature. We are grateful to have been granted approval by the Epsom School District to use the local gym, which will greatly increase the shooting percentage and help us to attain the 1 million shot goal in a relatively reasonable amount of time.

How much time? Good question. It could happen in two years (Veterans Day 2011) at a rate of 1,370 made shots per day, every day. It could happen in 1,000 days (August 7, 2012) at a rate of 1,000 made shots per day, every day. However long it takes, at the core of all of this is a daily tribute, a daily thank you, a daily affirmation of gratitude that has been earned a million times over by the men and women who have worn the uniform.

Please join me in the journey.