My Nonprofit Reviews

As one of the Founders and CEO of Op: Cigars for Warriors, I know what I say may seem biased.

This charity started out on day one, to be a small hobby like mission for the original founders. We wanted to do something good, and right for our deployed men and women of the US armed forces.

By the end of the first week, we quickly came to realize that this was going to be a full out effort and for some us, full time volunteer work. 8 years later, and over 1.1 million premium cigars, tons of boutique coffee, cutters, lighters, magazine and other neat swag, is something we all are very proud of. We have had thousands of volunteers and 0 employees, since 2012, and it has been an amazing life changing experience working the volunteers, and getting to meet the recipients.

I could tell you some amazing stories of what our Warrior Package’s have meant to some of our recipients but frankly, they are so fantastic, it would sound like I’m making things up, or exaggerating. Instead, I strongly suggest you go to Cigars For Warriors on Facebook, (the group is best) to see the post(s) from our troops,. some from family members of our recipients and some amazing photos!

One of the biggest thing I’m personally most proud of, is our checks and balances, and the fact we are continuously looking for ways to improve an already amazing checks and balances system. A great example is, that all Service members who requests the Warrior Packages from CFW, get verified that they are US servicemembers and that they fall under one of our 2 priorities. Many do not realize, just because someone has a APO address, doesnt mean they are US Troops, there are many allies and contractors that have APO addresses. We have the means to verify each address.

We have no salaries, and we do not go on exotic trips for “Team Building”, not do we buy our Board fancy meals and of course there are no bonuses given out. Most volunteers have spent money out of their own pocket, and that is on top of their valuable time they donate. We are currently, since day 1, a 100% volunteer 501(c)3 charity.

I could write for hours about Op: CFW, but at the end of the day, for me, what matters are the volunteers and our Deployed Troops!

Salute to all Op: CFW supporters and to all of our veterans.

Storm Boen