Pin-ups for Vets

Pin-ups For Vets is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to helping injured and ill American Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, National Guard members, Coast Guard members and Sailors—and current active-duty personnel. The project, founded in 2006, is the work of UCLA graduate, Gina Elise who created a nonprofit organization which sells and distributes the Pin-Ups For Vets calendar, which hearkens back to 1940s and 1950-style vintage pin-girl images. The calendars are considered very tasteful by today's standards. The calendar feature female Veterans posing as WWII-style pin-ups. To date, the organization has donated over $127,000 to help expand physical rehabilitation programs at veterans hospitals. Pin-Ups For Vets Ambassadors have also personally visited with over 20,000 Veterans at VA Hospitals, Military Hospitals and State Veterans homes in 49 states across the Country to deliver gifts of appreciation over the past 19 years.