Donating Tickets To Those Who Served
Donating your tickets to our troops and veterans is easy, just read over this page. The directions and links to donate are below.
What is Vet Tix
The Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix) is a national 501c3 nonprofit founded by veterans dedicated to support and honor the U.S. military community, veterans and their families. The Vet Tix mission is to provide tickets to sporting events, concerts, performing arts and family activities aimed at improving mental welfare and enriching the lives of military service members and veterans.
Who We Serve
We serve ALL branches of the US Military currently-serving, honorably-discharged veterans and their families as well as the immediate family of those Killed in Action. Since 2008, we have given out over 2.3 million tickets and are active in all 50 states!
How Attending Events Helps
We know that strong family bonds and community involvement are essential tools for Veterans during active duty, post-deployment, and post-service years. Providing event tickets to the US military community shows gratitude for their years of service and encourages them to be active with their families and communities. Receiving tickets in honor of their service allows veterans to feel proud of their military time, which helps build a positive identity. Vet Tix offers such a diverse range of events that it is easy and appealing for vets to use our services, regardless of age or physical ability. We make it possible for retired veterans to take their grandchildren to Disney on Ice, for a family to enjoy an afternoon together cheering on their local team and to experience to magic of the Nutcracker ballet. Vet Tix offers multiple tickets allowing veterans to go with family and other veterans. Events that connect veterans and family builds stronger relationships. Repeated experiences at a range of events helps veterans build a better social structure, both within their families and their communities. The overall result is a higher quality of life.
What our Troops Say
The last time I was in the Florida Theater was when I was nine (9) years old. Let's see, that was about 53 years ago. As soon as I walked into the theater I suddenly remembered the area where I sat as a young lad and the show I was watching. I remember it well; I was watching the Rin Tin Tin Show on TV and was very excited when it came on. My Mom told us kids that we could go into town with her to see the original Rin Tin Tin at the movies (Florida Theater). I remember that all of us kids were very excited and it was a major event in our lives!
I want to thank you Vet-Tix and the Community Nutcracker 2014 - Linda George for donating the tickets for another wonderful evening out and the Great memories of my past.
I say this with a tear in my eye, I Love you Guys Jesse E Hall Jr
PS
The ballet was GREAT, too!!! I applaud the cast and all who put together this wonderful performance.
Jesse
Army (Veteran)
Why do our donors love us?
Vet Tix provides a rewarding and simple way for donors to give back!
Vet Tix enriches Veterans' lives, but we are also a benefit to donors. Since Veteran Tickets Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit foundation, individual ticket holders and businesses can receive tax deductions for their donations which they would not receive by donating directly to bases or military families.
The Vet Tix system is transparent. We are independently GAAP audited and have been at 96.5% to program or above each year. Venues, artist, teams get to know that their tickets are used by our Military and our Veterans. Our verification system ensures that only qualified people get access to tickets and discounts. We provide easy methods to donate will call tickets, electronic tickets or paper tickets, with complete tracking along the process.
What other Donors Say
The Vet Tix Foundation has been a great organization to work with over the past few years. They are able to distribute tickets directly to Veterans that we likely would not be able to reach on our own. Vet Tix often sends us "thank you" notes from veterans that receive tickets and wanted to share their experience with us. They have proven to be a great tool in aiding us to reach some of our military fan base and have really streamlined the process for us. We look forward to work with Vet Tix this coming season and the future.
Demetrius Grant
Seattle Mariners
How the Donation Process Works
You can first contact us if you like from the link below. Donating is easy as 1-2-3
- Directly mail (paper) or upload (electronic) your donated tickets to us from the links below.
- Once we receive the donated tickets, we will enter them into our system and issue you an in-kind receipt.
- After the event has taken place, we will send you a link in an email with the feedback messages from the troops that went to the event.
We can ONLY accept your ticket donation if they are electronic tickets that can be sent to us via an Electronic Ticket Transfer Invitation from the major ticketing website you received your tickets from (TicketMaster, etc...) or from your season ticket holder account.
Any donated electronic tickets MUST come to Vet Tix through an invitation link from the issuer of your electronic tickets.
This does not include electronic tickets issued to you and then forwarded to Veteran Tickets Foundation.
This ensures that Veteran Tickets Foundation will be the ONLY holder of the new bar codes for the donated tickets.
If you are still willing and able to donate your electronic tickets please initiate the transfer asap to: tickets@vettix.org
If you require a name for the transfer please use VET as the first name and TIX as the last name.
*We require having electronic tickets transferred to us no later than 24 hours before the event date for WEEKDAY events and no later than 48 hours before the event date for WEEKEND events.
If you are a team/venue that would like to donate tickets to leave at your will call booth, please use the will call image to the left or the button above.
Please include your email address, your postal address, and either your name or the name of the organization that is making the donation so that we can get you a completed in-kind receipt.
I have paper tickets to donate *
To send donations via U.S. Postal Mail, the address is:
Veterans Tickets Foundation
404 S. Mill Ave C-201
Tempe, AZ 85281
Please include your email address, your postal address, and either your name or the name of the organization that is making the donation so that we can get you a completed in-kind receipt.
* Paper Tickets need to be in our office no later than EIGHT days prior to the event date.
If you are a individual ticket holder, organization with tickets or have general questions about donating tickets you can contact us by clicking the recycle image to the left, or the blue button above.
