I often notice what’s on the bulletin boards on the corner of Madison Avenue & Market Street in Perth Amboy.

This particular picture above was very striking. The first time I saw it was at night when it was illuminated. I immediately took out my cell phone and snapped a shot of it.

I noticed that it was a sign for the Wounded Warriors.

In the next few days after I took the shot, I meant to look up to see what this organization is all about but I never got around to it.

I am writing this editorial on Veteran’s Day and decided this was the day to find out.

Their mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. I wondered what made this organization different from other groups who administered to those who have served and come back with severe injuries be it mental or physical.

The organization was founded in 2003 by a group of Veterans and friends in Roanoke, Virginia. They decided to help the wounded service men and women of this generation.

We found the following information from the Wounded Warrior Project’s website: www.woundedwarriorproject. org – The WWP mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors who incurred a physical or mental injury, illnesses, or wound, coincident to your military service on or after September 11, 2001. You may also be eligible for the program if you are the family member or caregiver of a Wounded Warrior.

In the website, it also gives a breakdown of all the activities, resources and fundraisers available not only to the warriors, but to their family members.

What I love about this organization is that it is grassroots and it shows what can be done by ordinary people without immediate government intervention.

People helping people when there is a need whether it is something that may be piggy- backing off of another similar group or organizations that came about when there is a natural disaster like Superstorm Sandy.

I applaud those who started the Wounded Warriors Project and the regular people who came together to help those in need during Superstorm Sandy.

There were a couple of questions we had. The answers were discovered on their website. Apparently, other people had the same concerns.

The bottom line is: They saw a specific need and implemented a program to serve that need.

(From the website) WWP began as a small, grassroots effort to provide immediate assistance when a warrior of this generation was injured. We felt we could do the most good by providing more comprehensive programs and services to the newly injured, rather than spread ourselves too thin by trying to help all veterans. We also knew there were many terrific veterans’ organizations for warriors from previous conflicts, but very few focused on serving our newest generation.

The founders recognized what they needed and turned that need into helping others in the same situation