Your Donation Today Builds the Dunham House.
We need 12,000 Americans like you to answer the call to donate $25 a month for a year. Your commitment will build 1 square foot. That may not seem like much, but with 12,000 Americans who join together in a single, dedicated purpose, Dunham House will no longer be a vision, but a beautiful and sustainable care residence for our most worthy combat-wounded veterans. Will you help build Dunham House?
I invite you to email me directly if you have any questions at John.Folsom@DunhamHouse.org.
John D. Folsom
Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Reserve (Ret.)
John D. Folsom
Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Reserve (Ret.)
Your Donation Today Builds the Dunham House.
We need 12,000 Americans like you to answer the call to donate $25 a month for a year. Your commitment will build 1 square foot. That may not seem like much, but with 12,000 Americans who join together in a single, dedicated purpose, Dunham House will no longer be a vision, but a beautiful and sustainable care residence for our most worthy combat-wounded veterans. Will you help build Dunham House?
I invite you to Email me directly if you have any questions at John.Folsom@DunhamHouse.org.
John D. Folsom
Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Reserve (Ret.)
John D. Folsom
Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Reserve (Ret.)
Corporal Jason L. Dunham, USMC MemorialCombat Wounded Veterans Residence
Our Mission
To provide long term care for combat wounded veterans with spinal cord and/or moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries in order for them to enjoy a high quality of life with exceptional care.
Corporal Jason L. Dunham, USMC MemorialCombat Wounded Veterans Residence
Our Mission
To provide long term care for combat wounded veterans with spinal cord and/or moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries in order for them to enjoy a high quality of life with exceptional care.
The Department of Defense and Veteran's Brain Injury Center has estimated that 22% of all casualties from combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are traumatic brain injuries, compared to only 12% of those combat casualties in Vietnam. 60% to 80% of soldiers who have blast injuries may also have traumatic brain injuries. – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Many of our combat wounded veterans with spinal cord and/or moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries require daily assistance or are completely dependent on caregivers. Most single wounded veterans are cared for by their aging parents. At some point, the parents will not be capable of caring for these sons or daughters because of their own health or financial issues. Unless another family member steps up, that veteran will more than likely be housed in an assisted living center or nursing home.
Dunham House will be a first class 24 bedroom facility that will be homelike in design and visually beautiful. To make this possible, the residence will be built in the country on 40 acres to provide a peaceful, pastoral setting, yet close enough to Omaha for medical facilities and other support. Our plan is to have the facility open by Christmas of 2022.
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About Corporal Jason L. Dunham, USMC
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13
The Story is the Reason
“As you know, one of the most horrific wounds is that of traumatic brain injury (TBI). While we have made improvements in armor to shield a soldier from the kinetic effects of shrapnel, not much has been done to protect a soldier from the shockwave. IEDs have grown more destructive in power as our enemy has sought to overpower our armored vehicles with more explosive power.
“A few years ago, Craig Pirtle and I were at a Christmas event at Bethesda Naval Hospital. We visited several rooms. In one of the rooms was a young soldier who had deployed with the 2nd Infantry Division and attached to II Marine Expeditionary Force in al Anbar Province in 2005. 2nd ID’s main focus was Ramadi, which after the pacification of Fallujah, following “Phantom Fury” in October 2004, became the locus of much of the al Qaeda insurgency.
“In a clearing operation, the young soldier entered a house only to have an IED detonate head high. Although he was fortunate not to lose any limbs, he was severely brain damaged.
“When Craig and I met him, his mother and sister were with him. His mother held his hand. Someone in our group had a guitar and we sang to him. Although he could not speak, his eyes registered a joy upon hearing us. I often wonder what will happen to him. Certainly, his parents are young enough to look after him, then what? What happens when they are gone?”
Colonel John D. Folsom, USMCR (Retired)
News And Events
Dunham House Site Plan Concept Image
HDR has release initial site plans for the Duhnam House. The ideas on access, layout, structures are starting to take form.
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Donations over $250.00 will receive a 18″ x 24″ print by Michael Hagel.
“No Greater Love, Semper Fidelis”
“I love it! I love the Medal of Honor over his left shoulder, the flag behind the clouds, battalion patches and the Marine Corps Memorial under Jason. Mike even got his left ear which never stood up correctly but was such an integral part of him and his personality.
I think Jason would like this one… Thank you.”
Deb and Dan Dunham
Legacy Memorial Bricks
You can also help us build the Dunham House one brick at a time. Each brick will be engraved with your inscription honoring a soldier, veteran, or other loved one.
Dunham House is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide long term care for combat wounded veterans with spinal cord and/or moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries. This organization is run by combat veterans for combat veterans.
Contact Colonel Folsom for support, media, or general inquiries.
If you prefer to mail your donation:
Please make payable to Dunham House
Dunham House
11218 John Galt Boulevard, Suite 106
Omaha, NE 68137
Dunham House is an IRS 501(c)(3) public charity.
Dunham House is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide long term care for combat wounded veterans with spinal cord and/or moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries. This organization is run by combat veterans for combat veterans.
Contact Colonel Folsom for support, media, or general inquiries.
If you prefer to mail your donation:
Please make payable to Dunham House
Dunham House
11218 John Galt Boulevard, Suite 106
Omaha, NE 68137
Dunham House is an IRS 501(c)(3) public charity.