June 28, 2010
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News: WWP Launches Affinity Credit Card
The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has teamed up with the USAA Savings Bank to launch its new co-branded affinity credit card. The group hopes to raise awareness of all the men and women who have fought for their country and returned home with severe and traumatic war injuries. The new credit card will bear the name USAA Wounded Warrior Project World MasterCard. In addition to the WWP/USAA co-branded credit card, USAA will be providing all recipients of the Traumatic Servicemember's Group Life Insurance (TSGLI) a free consultation with a USAA Certified Financial Planner. TSGLI is the government program that issues awards of between $25,000 and $100,000, depending on the extent of the injury, to any service personnel that was injured while enlisted.
Steve Nardizzi, Executive Director for WWP said they are pleased to work with an organization like USAA who believes in the group's mission. The new co-branded credit card program will provided the added funds that the WWP will use to honor and empower the U.S. wounded and their families. The USAA will provide an extension of that mission by assisting the military and their families discover financial security. The financial services provided by the USAA are a valuable benefit of the credit card program and will reach out to thousands of families. The WWP estimates that over 37,000 U.S. men and women have been physically injured in recent years. The un-noticed emotional and traumatic wounds which include post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression and traumatic brain injury extend far greater inter the hundreds of thousands.
Army Maj. Gen. Joe Robles, USAA President and CEO said the bank has been a long supporter of and shares the mission of the WWP. The new co-branded credit card will give both organizations an opportunity to help the injured military personnel and their families in the transitional period moving from the hospital into the family home and a more fulfilling life. The goal is to not only help the injured recover from the physical wounds but help them learn the skills necessary to return to a functionally life. For more information, you can visit USAA at usaa.com or WWP at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.