The CARES Foundation carries forward a proud patriotic mission of directly assisting America’s Veterans and their families by helping provide the healthcare and well-being services they deserve. Those who have sacrificed to protect and defend our freedoms deserve nothing less than the best a nation of grateful individuals can provide.

In its role of outreach arm of the Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science (CARES), The CARES Foundation honors the past and remembers the future. By raising funds for medical research and education, the foundation empowers hope while addressing the immediate health and well-being of Veterans and their families. The potential of science joins the power of caring.

At the 147-acre campus of the Edward J. Hines, Jr. Veteran Affairs Medical Center located outside Chicago in Hines, Illinois, research programs directly address both immediate and long-range needs of aging Veterans (WW II, Korea, Vietnam) and younger Veterans (Iraq and Afghanistan). Among the many acute and chronic diseases and disorders treated and under study are Alzheimer’s, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Medical research is not only about test tubes and microscopes. It is also about improving the quality of patient care for a human being composed of body, mind, and spirit. Each individual patient—every Veteran—is first a person who matters as a human being. A human being who may be someone’s father, brother, uncle, or grandfather. A human being who may be a mother, a sister, an aunt, or a grandmother. This view is supported by the activities of The CARES Foundation. We realize the Veteran we serve may be someone’s parent or child. Maybe even your own.