article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources veteran tickets foundation news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message veteran tickets foundation vtf give something to those who gave type non profit 501c 3 industry veterans benefits founded phoenix arizona 2008 headquarters phoenix arizona u.s. area served u.s. key people michael a focareto iii founder & ceo edward rausch founder & coo butch hogan founder & cto cindy creed cfo steven weintraub cso al maag cmo brandi shannon cco alan dropkin dir ticket ops jason conviser dir hero s wish products free discounted event tickets services free discounted event tickets website www.vettix.org veteran tickets foundation vtf is a national non profit 501c 3 organization located in phoenix arizona that gives free event tickets to veterans active duty military and their families . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 press releases 5 external links history edit the concept of veteran tickets foundation was developed when disabled veteran michael focareto us navy attended the 2008 super bowl in phoenix az . as the seat next to him went empty for the entire game focareto wondered why it had not been filled with one of the military members who presented down on the field before the game started . focareto quickly formed a team of individuals who would help him carry out his mission . in 2015 veteran tickets foundation has given away over 561 236 free tickets in all 50 states and dc to deserving veterans active duty service members and their families at a value over 20.5 million . since their inception vet tix has given away over 1 792 367 tickets with an estimates face value of 66 494 420 .00 ... serving over 448 000 military and veteran families awards edit in feb 2015 veteran tickets foundation ceo was honored to be included in the hillvets 100 highlights the most influential and impactful veterans service members and supporters from 2014 . references edit 12 news nbc hometown hero fox sports az ch .3 kpho phoenix fox 10 abc 15 knxv phoenix arizona republic article post magazine article press releases edit phoenix business journal avnet inc reuters triwest external links edit veteran tickets foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title veteran tickets foundation & oldid 730576512 categories 2008 establishments in arizonaamerican veterans organizationsmilitary related organizationsunited states military support organizationsorganizations established in 2008hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from july 2009all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 22 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view