FOR 

IMMEDIATE

 RELEASE

 


D.C. 
REAL 
ESTATE 
FIRM
 MAKES 
SECOND 
DONATION
 IN
 SIX
 MONTHS

 TO
 TEAM
 RUBICON
­­
 — A 
VETERAN-­BASED
 DISASTER
 RELIEF 
NGO



WASHINGTON 
‐
 On
 December 
1, 
Public
 Properties,
 LLC,
 a 
Washington,
 DC
 commercial
 real
 estate 
firm, 
presented
 its
 second
 check 
for
 $12,500
 to 
Jake
 Wood,
 president 
of
 Team
 Rubicon
 Disaster 
Relief 
[www.teamrubiconusa.org],
 a
 veteran
 based
 non‐profit
 organization 
formed
 the 
day
 after
 the
 Haiti
 earthquake in 
January,
 2010.




Since
 that 
first
 deployment, 
Team 
Rubicon 
has 
sent 
medical
 missions 
to
 earthquake
 victims
 in
 Chile,
 provided
 medical
 training 
to 
refugees 
on
 the
 Thai/Burma
border,
 and
 reached
 out 
to 
thousands 
of
 flood
 victims 
in
 Pakistan 
in
 desperate
 need
 of
 oral
 rehydration 
therapy,
 when
 other 
groups 
could 
not
 or 
would 
not
 enter 
the 
country.


First 
Lady 
Michele
 Obama
 acknowledged
 Team 
Rubicon’s 
work 
in
 her
 speech 
to
 the
 plenary 
session
 of 
the
 Clinton
 Global 
Initiative 
this 
past 
summer:


Accepting 
the 
check, 
Wood, 
a
 decorated
 Marine 
veteran 
who 
served 
tours 
in 
Iraq
 and 
Afghanistan, 
expressed
 his 
group’s
 appreciation
 for 
Public 
Properties’
 support,
 “Team 
Rubicon 
is
 excited 
to
 partner
 with
 Public 
Properties,
 as
 they
 were 
the 
first
 corporation 
to 
take 
a
 chance
 on
 a 
fledgling 
organization 
in
 which 
they 
saw
 tremendous 
potential.
 We 
hope 
that 
this 
is
 only
 the 
beginning 
of 
a 
long 
and 
mutually
 beneficial 
relationship.”


The
 $12,500
 donation 
was 
the 
second
 half 
of 
a 
$25,000 
commitment 
from 
Public
 Properties, 
made 
six 
months 
ago, 
which 
not 
only 
included 
financial 
support, 
but

mentoring 
and 
future 
office
 space 
to 
help
 coordinate 
Team 
Rubicon’s 
humanitarian
 missions 
around 
the world.



According 
to 
Ben 
Butler, 
managing 
principal 
of 
Public
 Properties, 
“Team
 Rubicon
 fits 
the 
model 
of
 the 
veteran
 oriented
 non‐profit 
we
 want 
to
 support. 
We
 saw 
an
 opportunity 
to 
help 
returning 
veterans 
transition 
to 
the 
private 
sector
 while 
using
 their 
military
 skills
 to
 help 
people
 in
 need.
 We
 are 
happy 
to 
offer 
our 
business
 experience 
as
 well 
as 
our 
financial
 assistance 
for
 the 
excellent 
work 
that 
Team
 Rubicon’s
 veterans 
are 
doing 
throughout
 the
 world.”


###


Team 
Rubicon 
provides 
rapid
 deployment 
disaster 
relief.
 We 
bridge
 the
 critical 
time
 gap
 between 
large
 natural
 disasters
 and
 conventional
 aid
 response.
 We 
provide
 vanguard
 medical
 care 
by 
fielding
 small,
 self­ sustaining,
 mobile
 teams 
of
 specially
 skilled
 first­ responders, 
including 
combat
 veterans, 
firefighter/paramedics 
and
 medical
 personnel. 
To 
deploy 
rapidly,
 we 
rely 
heavily 
on 
a 
horizontal
 command
 structure, 
social
 networking 
technology ,
and 
the 
employment 
of 
local 
nationals.




For 

more

 about 

Team

 Rubicon

 visit:

 www.teamrubiconusa.org




MEDIA CONTACT:
Kristin Robinson
Team Rubicon Media Advisor
(913) 568-­‐8043
robinson@teamrubiconusa.org





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