Happy Thanksgiving!
Today we are grateful for all of our supporters, contributors, donors, family, friends, and loved ones who continue to support this cause all year long. Without you, we would not be able to provide life saving information and raise awareness about the veteran suicide epidemic to members of our community. Because of you, we are opening the lines of communication about mental health and encouraging veterans of all ages to reach out and receive the help they need! THANK YOU! Di
"Leaving the War in the Woods" news article
Source: Click here by Jason Nark Army veteran Steve Clendenning takes an early morning walk through the New Ringgold Boy Scout Camp during the River House gathering for veterans on Sunday October 8, 2017. On a Saturday in April 1948, a loner poet from Pennsylvania shouldered a rucksack and a weight no scale could measure and embarked on a journey no man had taken before. Earl Shaffer, 29, walked down a Georgia mountain and kept going, alone with the sound of his breath and th
"Marines' cross-state hike brings awareness to PTSD" news article
Source: Click here Sponsored by the Warrior Bonfire Program, Jason Bailess of Vicksburg and Gabriel Vasquez of Austin, Texas set off on a trek from the Alabama state line all the way to Vicksburg in five days to bring awareness to PTSD. Therese Apel/ The Clarion-Ledger Two Marine Corps veterans, one from Vicksburg and one from Texas, are a little more than halfway through a 155-mile journey across the state on U.S. 80. Jason Bailess and Gabriel Vasquez hope, by the time they
"Penn Medicine Helping Military Members, Vets Cope With Mental Health Problems" news artic
Source: Click here PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Helping veterans and active-duty members of the military cope with a mental health problem is often difficult because many service members are reluctant to talk about it. Being in the military can trigger a variety of mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Help is available at the Veterans Administration, and now there’s a private center at Penn Medicine. The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic provides free behavioral hea
"Commentary: The Veteran Suicide Crisis is Preventable. Here's What You Can Do" news a
Source: Click here Earlier this year, a young veteran presented for therapy at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania following an inpatient hospitalization for suicidal thoughts. Things had spiraled out of control, one stressor built on another, until it all felt like too much. Fortunately, someone spotted the signs. Not a medical doctor or a therapist, he wasn’t talking to them. It was a buddy at work who asked the tough question.
"Veteran and Military Suicide Prevention" Fox News article
Source: Click here Once every 72 minutes. That's how often U.S. military veterans kill themselves. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, around 20 veterans committed suicide per day in 2014 - the most recently available statistics. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has labeled the figure “an unacceptable statistic,” according to The Hill. “We’re reaching out to community groups, to academic groups,” Shulkin was quoted as saying. “We’re doing research in this
Tee Off for PA Wounded Warriors
Come visit us TODAY until 2pm at the Carlisle Barracks golf course located at 901 Jim Thorpe Road, Carlisle. We are grateful to have been invited to attend the 3rd Annual Tee Off for PA Wounded Warriors and have a table display set up near registration to share information about Dane's Dogs for Vets, interact with the community, and provide important resources. All proceeds for this event benefit PA Wounded Warriors, an impactful volunteer organization dedicated to help Penns
"Medical Marijuana Could Help Vets: VA Secretary" NY Daily News article
WASHINGTON — Source: click here Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said medical marijuana could help veterans, a major split in tone from others in the Trump administration. "There may be some evidence that this is beginning to be helpful and we're interested in looking at that and learning from that," Shulkin said about medical use of the drug for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in states with medical marijuana laws. "If there is compelling evidence that t
"How Virtual Reality is Helping Heal Soldiers Suffering From PTSD" NBC News article
Source: Click here It was supposed to be a routine resupply mission: a short drive across the Al Asad Air Base, 90 kilometers north of sweltering Baghdad, to fetch, among other things, a newly-arrived TV to entertain the troops. Jimmy Castellanos, a 20-year-old Marine just five months into his first tour in Iraq, was supposed to be riding on the convoy. But on the afternoon of March 18, 2004 Castellanos, who worked maintaining the weapon systems of the U.S. Army's Cobra attac
"Once suicidal, Marine veteran finds peace thanks to service dog: 'She saved me'"
Source: click here Veteran John Welch spent decades of his life assuming that suicidal thoughts, depression and anger issues were simply something he had to live with — but today he knows better. Welch, who lives in Commack, New York, and served in the Marines in the 1980s, thinks of his life in two parts: the man he was before he met his service dog, Onyx, in April, and the man he is now. Marine veteran John Welch and his service dog, Onyx "I was an angry guy," Welch, 53, to
