Wednesday, April 08, 2026

84-year-old Navy veteran, and Ford retiree, Kenny Jary raised enough donations to fund a foundation to provide free scooters for other veterans in need.


Kenny Jary, who lives near St. Paul Minnesota is coping with terminal lung cancer and donors have once again flocked to a GoFundMe page intended to help him with medical, hospice and funeral expenses. 

As of a week ago, donors had contributed more to the fund called Help Patriotic Kenny Receive the Care He Deserves. 

Any funds not used for his care will be transferred to the Patriotic Kenny Foundation to purchase mobility scooters, according to an online post by Amanda Kline, Jary’s friend and neighbor who launched both donation drives.

Kline, who is vice president and executive director of the foundation, declined to be interviewed for this article, referring Stars and Stripes to information posted on Jary’s social media accounts. The foundation’s most recent federal income tax return indicates it spent $73,926 to provide 49 free scooters to veterans in 2024

Jary, who served aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa as a helicopter refueler in the early 1960s, has about 3 million followers on TikTok and almost a million on Instagram.

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