It has been said that we are only a generation away from forgetting our history. Disabled American Veterans struggle every day to overcome life-changing sacrifices. Their stories provides a vital part of history that has contributed to our American tradit
Aleethia Foundation: Aleethia provides “Friday Night Dinners” which were originally started in October 2003 when the injured began arriving at the military medical centers. These dinners are an integral part of the healing process and also reintroduce the warrior and the family members to life outside the hospital. Aleethia brings the injured service members to a safe and accepting environment and shows them that life is still good, that they do not need to stay in their hospital rooms agonizing over what they have lost or how their lives have changed. Most of the dinners are paid for by contributions from individuals. Some corporations and organizations will sponsor the entire or partial costs of a “Friday Night Dinner.” A dinner can cost from $4,000 to $8,000 per week based upon number of attendees and venue.
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors offers compassionate care and resources to all those grieving the loss of a military loved one. TAPS has assisted over 85,000 surviving family members, casualty officers and caregivers.
Our goal is to help restore financial stability and self-sufficiency to post-9/11 veterans and military families by giving them “a hand up.” We strive to reach families at the earliest stage of intervention to prevent further financial distress and suffering, especially for the combat injured and their families.
American Heroes Network was founded January, 2013. AHN is run by disabled veterans, active military, veterans and volunteers and because of their hard work, commitment and professionalism along with the power of our broadcasters we now have listeners in all 50 states and more than 98 countries.
PROJECT IM ME serves as a vessel to assist those in need of overcoming Alcoholism, Addiction, PTSD, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Depression, and Anxiety, Men's violence against Women, Mourning and Support for Veterans.
To protect and defend the integrity and promise of the GI Bill and other federal education programs for veterans and servicemembers.
Team Veteran Foundation's (TVF) mission is to open and prototype a Wellness Clinic that focuses on Integrated Medicine therapies for Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). These clinics will be open 7 days a week including holidays. Treatments or therapies such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), psychotherapy, meditation, yoga, acupuncture, chiropractic, equine therapy, service animals, guide dogs, and aromatherapy, to name a few. The VA will not pay for most of these alternative treatments because they are outside their agenda.
Racing4Vets helps service disabled U.S. military veterans get directly involved in motorsports careers and amateur competition by leveraging the power of the motorsports community.
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post – 9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of these Veterans have sustained injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives. Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents out of every dollar has gone directly to our program services for Veterans. HFOT builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives.
Create Awareness Programs for service men and women that have survived war and long deployments from their families. Some that were able-Bodied Warriors now have the challenge of adjusting to being permanently disabled Veterans. IHOOT provides a means for families to reconnect and reestablish healthy relationships, regardless of when they served.
VAMBOA Mission: Ensuring the development, growth and prosperity of Veteran Business Owners, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOB) and Military Business Owners of all sizes worldwide. We do so by connecting our members with private corporations and government agencies. We provide networking, collaboration, mentoring, education, certification and advocacy. VAMBOA's “Vet Owned” seal symbolizes the talent, dedication, leadership and courage of these special Americans who currently serve or have served in our nation's Armed Forces.
America's Mighty Warriors is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit corporation who honors our troops, the fallen and their families with programs that improve quality of life, resiliency and recovery. Funds donated allow us to offer programs that help those who served and families of the fallen through HBOT, Gold Star Respite and more.
Founded in 2007, the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) is the voice of all military women – past, present and future. We are a member-driven community network advocating for the individual and collective needs of service women. SWAN is guided by the priorities of our members, who include thousands of women and men, service members and civilians alike. We are committed to seeing that all service women receive the opportunities, protections, benefits and respect they deserve. Our goal is to ensure all service women have access to the information, tools and support they need to reach their personal and professional goals during and following their years of service.
The mission of New Hope Village 4 Veterans is to assist and provide opportunities for Homeless and or Disable Veteran families toward regaining stability in their lives by offering transitional or permanent apartments and social services. Our skilled professionals come equipped with love and compassion, which they believe is a minimal reward in exchange for the services our men and women gave already to our country
Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. Puppies enter prison at the age of 8 weeks and live with their inmate puppy-raisers for approximately 24 months. As the puppies mature into well-loved, well-behaved dogs, their raisers learn what it means to contribute to society rather than take from it. PBB programs bring the love and healing of dogs to hundreds of individuals every year. The dogs bring hope and pride to their raisers, and independence and security to those they serve.
Military Veteran Project is a volunteer-driven charity on a mission to prevent military suicide through research and treatment.
Tools4Troops provides free hand and power tools to veterans and serving members of the 5 branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. We believe tools enable veterans to improve their world and access wider employment opportunities.
All BVA programs and Services are available to any blinded veteran in need, regardless of how or when they lost their sight, or whether they are a BVA member. BVA has over 50 regional groups that make up our membership including the Puerto Rico regional group. Regional groups host many events in addition to the national office programs listed below
We are patriotic citizens committed to serving our wounded, injured and ill combat veterans. We support Veterans and their Families by building relationships and identifying and supporting immediate needs and interests. We are dedicated to promoting public awareness of the many sacrifices made by our Armed Forces.
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post – 9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of these Veterans have sustained injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives. Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents out of every dollar has gone directly to our program services for Veterans. HFOT builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives.
Veterans Mental Health Advisory Councils have the unique and challenging task of building, maintaining, promoting, and facilitating recovery-oriented practice, serving as Recovery Champions and consultants to other Veterans, their families, and all levels of the mental health care system. The purpose of the Council shall be to provide a forum for members to express their views and opinions, without fear of reprisal, regarding VA mental health services, and to assure that all Veterans have access to the highest quality of these services available to them, both at the Department of Veterans Affairs and within the community, enabling them to achieve their greatest degree of independence.
Started sending packages in 1967 during TET to Co.A,5th Bn.7th Cav.1st air cav.div. In Viet Nam Then The first Gulf war for Marines in Iraq Started ASWL when my son was called up to serve,for second gulf war in 2003 And all groups wanted money or control.so I started my own for everyone to show support
Trilogy Integrated Resources created a concept that uses the Internet as a virtual information depot to coordinate the various components of health and social services at the local level. This concept, which they named the Network of Care, provides critical information to everyone in the community simply, quickly and accurately.
We are a 50l(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that provides displaced and homeless veterans with the social services needed to totally reintegrate them back into society. Such services are food, shelter, clothing, referrals for training in vocational, educational and job placement goals, community service referrals, individual and group counseling and other such services and facilities designed to meet their physical, social and psychological needs and to promote their health, security, happiness and usefulness in society.
Located in Ocala Florida near Dunnellon Michelle does professional trail rides lessons training of most disciplines and Equine Therapy. She has been riding and volunteering with the Marion County Sheriff's Office mounted unit for 10 years earning her the rank of sergeant.
To protect and defend the integrity and promise of the GI Bill and other federal education programs for veterans and servicemembers.
The Veterans Mental Health Advisory Council has the unique and challenging task of building, maintaining, promoting, and facilitating recovery-oriented practices; serving as Recovery Champions and consultants to other Veterans, their families, and all levels of the mental health care system; provide a forum for members to express their views and opinions, without fear of reprisal, regarding VA mental health services, and to assure that all Veterans have access to the highest quality of these services available to them, both at the Department of Veterans Affairs and within the community, enabling them to achieve their greatest degree of independence.
Battle-Buddy Info is an online directory of resources for Active Duty and Veteran Military Personnel and their Caregivers. We list military focused non-profits and resources that provide direct assistance to veterans and active duty personnel, in a user-friendly format We work hard to maintain relevant information and resources, not only from non-profit organizations or government sources, but from peer support networks, Caregiver Blogs, books of interest as well as general topics related to issues the men and women who serve our nation face returning to civilian life. Our website is designed to make that process easier. Eligibility for assistance can be determined from our site (i.e. branch of service, focus of service, regional or national, etc.). Users can link directly to an organization's application form without having to navigate through pages of content often donor-centric in design. We are the Resource for Resources!
Vets2Success is a Non-profit program that creates programs for veterans to rehabilitate to their communities through food an brew programs. This organizations purpose is to inspire, mentor, educate, and change the lives of homeless and displaced veterans and impact the communities in which they live. This program was created after the loss of the founder's younger brother to veteran suicide, as well as the founder's personal battle with readjusting back into his local community. With food and brew as his guiding passion he shows veterans a path they to can share and have a new purpose in life through something they love.
Welcome Home to the USA, is a holistic, comprehensive, case-managed approach to veteran (and family) reintegration. Utilizing civilian and military resources, Welcome Home to the USA provides a masterminded, soup to nuts transition that addresses ALL of the veteran's needs/issues and not just the 2-3 that are currently provided through existing well-meaning organizations
We provide immediate assistance to Veterans in need in order to help situations (based on life matters that have become out of control) that have taken a turn for the worse. Through our hands-on, Pay-it-Forward approach, we help facilitate positive solutions before it's too late. We work hard for our Veterans, but in order to make an even bigger impact, we need your help - because sometimes, it takes a tribe to help the individual. Please, take action below.
As a positive and visible fixture in the adaptive sports industry, Higher Ground programs give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to experience recreation and the outdoors without limitations.
The Institute has assembled a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, applied research and evaluation methodologists, subject matter experts, and world-class institutional partners spanning the Syracuse University campus and beyond.
We believe there is a lot of misinformation about entrepreneurship out there in the veteran community. Many say it's too risky, that you need a lot of money to buy/start a business, that you don't have the business background to succeed, and a host of other falsehoods. Instead, we believe that those who commit to risking their lives for the benefit of others understand how to assess risk like no other group in society. Since the essence of running a business is all about managing risk, we believe that most veterans are well prepared for the challenge.
Focusing on designing and leading strategic partnerships with federal, state, and community-based organizations, funders and staff to effectively plan, develop, and deliver improved supportive services for veteran families located nationwide.
Their goal is to recognize, honor and assist our lady veterans and to insure that their patriotism , sacrifices and bravery are acknowledged as part of this nation's history.
The IHOOT foundation is proud to have provided free accommodations for thousands of military and veteran families to help them reconnect and reestablish healthy family relationships, especially following war and long deployments.
The Milwaukee Homeless Veteran Initiative provides the services that homeless and at-risk veterans need to reach and maintain their highest level of independence
Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Veterans Affairs with the most noble of missions: To care for him who shall borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. Every day, more soldiers leave the battlefield headed for home – men and women who sacrificed their bodies and, in some cases, their minds defending the dignity, honor and safety of those at home.
Veterans Mental Health Advisory Councils have the unique and challenging task of building, maintaining, promoting, and facilitating recovery-oriented practice, serving as Recovery Champions and consultants to other Veterans, their families, and all levels of the mental health care system. The purpose of the Council shall be to provide a forum for members to express their views and opinions, without fear of reprisal, regarding VA mental health services, and to assure that all Veterans have access to the highest quality of these services available to them, both at the Department of Veterans Affairs and within the community, enabling them to achieve their greatest degree of independence.
Veterans Education Success provides: • Free Help for Veterans: Free legal services, advice, and college and career counseling to veterans, servicemembers, and their survivors and families who faced college fraud or abuse in using their GI Bill. • Policy and Advocacy: Assistance to federal policymakers to improve quality in higher education and protect the integrity of the GI Bill and other student aid. • Research: Non-partisan research on issues of concern to student veterans, including veteran student outcomes and student debt levels. • Whistleblowers: Free assistance to college whistleblowers exposing fraud, and free assistance to federal and state law enforcement consumer fraud.
Pets for Vets® provides a second chance for both our returning Veterans and deserving shelter animals. The bonds of friendship formed between man and animal have the power to ease the suffering of our Veterans as they transition back to civilian life.
David Gevry has taken his experience, drive for change, and work ethic to create a global change in both agriculture and vertical integration systems to lead key players in global efforts from basic labor to political policy change. Experience in small business to fortune 50 company operations on a local and global market working within the 6-sigma realm of management with focuses in forensic accounting processes and efficiency implementation. He has compiled a team of global Veteran leaders, from your back yard. Many you don't know, they are the unsung heroes that served their country both in combat boots and work boots before and after service. Some,you have heard of if you have not been under a rock or a third world country. They are also Global industry leaders, just more known for their actions, both in and out of uniform.
Warriors' Ascent was created in 2014 by two Iraq combat veterans who returned home and realized they needed additional resources to cope with the moral injuries they suffered on the battlefield. Unable to find a solution that provided long-term results, they set about to create their own. Seeking cutting edge holistic medical practices based on scientific research, they developed the Academy of Healing and began inviting other Warriors to join them on the journey to recovery.
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