SILVERLINERS INTERNATIONAL

About Our Chapters

Every member belongs to Silverliners International, then each member chooses which Chapter to join.
Each Chapter chooses its own local charities to assist.

We currently have Chapters across the USA supporting 60+ community charities.
(the nearest city and area is noted beside the chapter)

ATL - Atlanta Area
Our chapter donates to the Calvary Children's Home. 

BOS - Boston Area
Our charity is Silent Spring Institute, a scientific research organization dedicated to uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer.  Our funds are raised by 50/50 raffles at all meetings.

CLT - Charlotte Area
We donate to several charities. At Christmas time we participate in the Samaritans' Purse Shoebox Drive and the Hole in the Wall Camp. We have two new charities: Welcome Home Veterans and the Rose House for Women's Recovery a division of Christian Recovery Center.

DCA - Nation's Capital area                                                                                                      Our charities are Women Giving Back, the Patrick Henry Family Shelter, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
                                                                                                   
EWR - Newark/Philadelphia Area
We discussed an upcoming fundraiser at the charity we had chosen, and I registered our Silverliners team.  There were about $100 in contributions toward our team effort to Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, New Jersey. The Children's Specialized Hospital has 13 locations within New Jersey and specializes in treating numerous childhood ailments and accident victims.

FEC - Destin/Fort Walton/Pensacola Area
We hasve two charities - Ronald McDonald House in Pensacola and Special Olympics. Special Olympics was founded in Fort Walton Beach. The Toys for Tots and the Jag was a special Christmas charity we support through the fire department. 

FGC - Tampa Bay Area
Southeastern Guide Dogs is our main charity. We have raised over $20,000.00 for this year's contribution. These dogs are bred, raised, trained, and placed with Veterans, Gold Star families, the visually impaired, and handicapped children. They rely on donations and receive no funding from government or any other source. Our chapter also donates to Toys for Tots and various Disaster Relief Funds.

FLL - Fort Lauderdale Area
Our group continues to meet monthly for lunch at different restaurants and homes throughout the county. Our December Holiday lunch was at the Lauderdale Yacht Club on the Intracoastal waterway (graciously hosted by Ft. Lauderdale chapter Secretary, Jan Gerner). Many toys and toiletries were collected for our charity, Mental Health America of Southeast Florida. The toys were distributed to the children in the Family Voices Program and the toiletries were given to members of the 9 Muses Drop-in Art Center, a working art studio. The studio is open to all and free to anyone with a mental health diagnosis (which is one in four people these days).

JAX - Jacksonville Area
One Silverliner, Mary Golly, and her husband happened to be aboard a ship sailing out of Amsterdam in July of 2023. At dinner, they met a couple who lived in Jacksonville. It turned out that their table mate, Jason Howard worked as a career technology education specialist and Ft. Worth High School in Jacksonville, focused on special needs children.
Mary asked about the special needs in which he specialized. He shared that every once in a while, they have fundraising, to which Mary said, to let her know when and if there would be a fundraiser. He emailed her two months later about a girl named Amber who needed a specialized wheelchair for her athletic endeavors. It was presented to our members at the local Silverliners luncheon and everyone attending agreed to fund the $1900 plus amount towards this wheelchair. February 24th, she competed and made third place with a 19-minute mile and was gleeful for the ability to do so. She was so happy to be able to be part of this race. This was a huge milestone for her. As Silverliners, we are proud to have given her that opportunity through our fundraising.

KEYS - Florida Keys
Key West Flight to the North Pole took place with over 600 island kids!
We presented a check for $300.00 to our community Coast Guard. We also donated to the Key West High School track team. Key West Silverliners is supporting soccer travel student Bella Edwards with a monetary donation. We also donate gifts for foster children at Christmas and Easter.

LAS - Las Vegas Area
We volunteer for Miracle Flights which provide commercial flights for children needing medical procedures outside of their hometowns. Our members donated 106 hours to the Miracle Flights Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony charity over Christmas.

LAX - Los Angeles Area                                                                                                        We have chosen to support Angel Flights West as our charity. Angel Flights West is a network of volunteer pilots who provide free medical transport to those in need.

MCO - Orlando Area                                                                                                            We donated to Loads of Smiles, a charity for medically complex children. We also donate to Toys for Tots.

NH/ME - New Hampshire/Maine
We are a new chapter and this year donated to the Salvation Army over Christmas.

MOT - Detroit Area                                                                                                              This chapter was the first to start the Flight to the North Pole for seriously ill children. They continue to focus their charitable works on this special charity.

OMA - Omaha                                                                                                                      We just completed our 39th Flight to the North Pole with more than 80 children from local Special Needs schools.

PHX - Phoenix, AZ area                                                                                                            
Our two charities are Saving Amy, an educational and working assistance shelter for those transitioning to a furnished home, and Circle the City, a temporary medical rehab center for veterans. We also contribute to Toys for Tots at Christmas.

PBI - Palm Beach                                                                                                                    In October, we served an “Oktoberfest” dinner for the caretakers of injured military veterans. The service members have a variety of disabilities such as Traumatic Brain Injuries. The caretakers—usually wives or parents of the injured veteran—come to Jupiter, FL for a break in their duties. It is our honor to annually participate in their fun and rehab for a few days. This Charity, Warriors Renewal Coalition, (www.warriorsrenewalcoalition.org) was brought to our chapter by member Diane Testa and her husband Rich. We also conduct an annual Christmas Toy Drive for Toys for Tots.

SCC - Space Coast                                                                                                            This past year we raised funds of approximately $491 and donated 32 pairs of pajamas for underprivileged children in Brevard County for Christmas.

SEA - Seattle/Tacoma Area                                                                                                    In November we had a successful Toy Drive with all donated gifts going to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, WA.

SFO - San Francisco Bay Area                                                                                                We had our raffle at our April luncheon and some of the proceeds will be sent to the Maui Relief Fund to help the elderly and uninsured.

SOCAL - Southern California Area                                                                                          Our charity is Angel Flights West. Angel Flights West is a network of volunteer pilots who provide free medical transport to those in need.

SWF - South West Florida/Fort Myers Area
Our charity is Bikes for Tykes. Their mission is to strengthen communities through the gift of bicycles to children to promote healthy living in childhood and beyond. We raise money through 50/50 draws at our meetings and the sale of homemade items at craft fairs.

TUS - Tucson, AZ Area                         
Our two charities are Soldiers Best Friend and Tucson Medical Hospital to which we gave toys at Christmas.

VIL - The Villages Florida                 
When choosing our charities for the year, we unanimously decided once again to equally give to Ashley’s House through the Villagers for Veterans, to Forward Paths Foundation, and The Haven. In addition, we earmarked a contribution to the Hugs Fund and the Hole in the Wall Gang.