Scoops For Troops - For the love of veterans and ice cream

Scoops For Troops

For the love of veterans and ice cream.

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Learn how you can attend our events or join our monthly giving campaign.

3rd Annual Heroes Golf Classic

Thursday, August 14th

Tunxis Country Club, 87 Town Farm Road Farmington, CT

Registration 9:00am / Tee-Off 10:30am

- Start Time: 10:30am

- Start Type: Shotgun

- Format: Scramble

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Annual Swim-A-Thon

Saturday, June 28th (Rain Date: June 29th)

Shuttle Meadow Country Club, 51 Randecker Ln. Berlin, CT

Attention Swimmers

- Help us reach 1000 laps!

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About Our Campaign

Scoops For Troops - Our Mission & Our History

Scoops For Troops History

At eight years old Michael's vision started innocently enough. At the 2017 4th of July parade in Belgrade, Michael, his then 11-year-old sister Kara and his parents, noticed a wounded soldier across the street.

Giving A Simple Thank-You

The soldier was from the Travis Mills Foundation retreat, which was under development in Mount Vernon, Maine. Michael and Kara asked if they could go across the street to say "thank you." That started Michael's journey of awareness of military service and of the obstacles faced by soldiers who had been injured in service and their families.

A Dream To Help

Michael said, "I don't want birthday presents this year. I want to raise money so that the children who go to the retreat can get ice cream on the boat like we like to do in the summer. This is my way of saying thank you to the kids for having hero parents." The $400 goal was reached so quickly that Michael began to think bigger - and beyond just ice cream. Michael quickly adopted the $30,000 yearly goal to send eight families to the retreat.

An Organization With A Purpose

Since that day over $75,000 has been raised and Scoopsfortroops.org is a registered 501c3 organization.

Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Youth Services Award

Medal of Honor Recipients selected Michael Ahern of Plainville, Connecticut as the 2022 Citizen Honors Award for Youth Service Honoree for his commitment to supporting wounded veterans.

Youth Services Award

At the age of 9, Michael founded Scoops for Troops, a fundraising endeavor centered around ice cream, that focused on sending wounded veterans and their families to a week-long retreat hosted by the Travis Mills Foundation.

Fundraising Efforts

In less than one year, they raised more than $30,000, enabling eight families to attend this life enhancing camp. His goal is to raise $500,000 before attending college.