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The strategically selected operational partnerships we have with qualified charities play a key role in making a direct impact on the lives of Veterans and their families.

 

Operational Partners

 

 Project OVAT

Project OVAT is a charitable organization that focuses on the legal and medical support of Veterans who are attempting to navigate the Veterans Administration disability programs. Veterans who are assisted by Project OVAT will not have the burden of bills, costs or fees commonly associated with their fight for what they have earned and deserve. Our organization proactively covers these costs entirely through charitable funds. Once these matters are complete, each beneficiary Veteran will join an Advisory Board and assist Project OVAT select the next Veteran to support.

   Veterans Multi-Service Center

The Veterans Multi-Service Center (VMC) was founded in 1980 by local Vietnam Veterans, who built a memorial along the Philadelphia waterfront and discovered a sense of community unparalleled. Since then, their innovative programs have grown to serve over 6,500 Veterans and families annually throughout the tri-state area providing assistance with employment/training, housing, benefits/entitlements, clothing, meals, and fellowship.

   Quantum Leap Farm

Our mission is to improve quality of life and inspire personal growth through equine-assisted therapies. Many service members suffer the effects of post-traumatic stress (PTS) and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI) resulting from war. Equine-assisted therapy can significantly benefit these men and women as they heal and reintegrate into civilian life. Quantum Leap Farm’s peaceful environment provides the perfect setting for a truly healing and transforming experience for our service members.

   SOF Missions

SOF Missions goal is to empower Veterans to find purpose and be resilient. SOF Missions aims to provide premier whole health programs to “at risk” Veterans; changing lives and building strong families. They offer a unique approach to combat Veteran suicide through a whole health intradisciplinary method. The Resiliency Project is a four-pillar program that addresses the areas of psychological, physical, spiritual, and social wellness.

   Warrior Canine Connection

Warrior Canine Connection utilizes a Mission Based Trauma Recovery model to help recovering Warriors reconnect with life, their families, their communities, and each other. Warrior Canine Connection is an accredited member of Assistance Dogs International (ADI), a global organization that establishes and promotes standards of excellence in all areas of assistance dog acquisition, training and partnership.

    Leashes of Valor

Leashes of Valor is a national nonprofit that provides highly-trained service dogs to post-9/11 Veterans to help with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) or military sexual trauma (MST), an underlying trauma to PTSD. Whenever possible, we source dogs from animal shelters and rescue organizations. Our goal is to enrich and improve the lives of both Veterans and dogs: One leash saves two lives.

   Home Base Florida

Home Base Florida is dedicated to healing the invisible wounds of war – such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), anxiety, depression, and co-occurring substance use – for Veterans, Service Members and their Families through world-class clinical care, wellness, education, and research. All services are provided at no cost to the participant or family.

   Project Refit

Project Refit believes combating isolation by building the community of the future will reduce suicide rates among the military and first responder communities. Project Refit is looking to change the negative connotation around mental health. Project Refit is doing this by helping implement and support simple, make sense programs for a military member (past/present) and first responder. We incorporate family into these programs, as well as, creating programs for only military and first responders.

  The Bar X Project

Our mission is to reunite Post 9/11 combat Veterans with their former units in order to reestablish the special bond forged in combat and equip them for personal and professional success. It is our belief at The Bar X Project that re-establishing the special bond forged in combat overseas is an untapped avenue to combatting PTSD and helping Marines return to normal life. Reestablishing this bond serves to remind veterans of their worth to their brothers-in-arms and help them realize their unlimited value and potential as they transition into civilian life.

   Consequence of Habit (CoH)

Consequence of Habit Inc. (CoH) is a certified 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities by bringing awareness to the impact habits have on our mental health, success and the environment. Our strategies to accomplish this mission starts with the Consequence of Habit Podcast, hosted by CoH Founder, JT Frank. CoH Podcast explores how habits relate to happiness & success, or lack thereof. JT pulls the curtains back on his own habits, good and bad, and talks to others who have made changes in their lives by changing their habits.

   Defender Mobility

Our mission as a veteran charity is to give back to our military heroes. They’ve given everything to defend us and protect our freedom. It’s time to return the favor – one chair at a time! Defender Mobility, a 501(c)3 non-profit Organization is on a mission to change that. We are determined to change the future of our disabled Veterans – the ones that served with bravery and honor, and silently returned home to live peacefully with their families. Our sights are set on giving our nation’s heroes back their freedom, as they have selflessly protected ours, one chair at a time.

   DOVE Transplant

Donor Outreach to Veterans (DOVE) Transplant’s goal is to find, educate, screen and support prospective living donors and then match those donors to a Veteran awaiting transplant. We promote living kidney donation through nationwide campaigns and outreach events with the aim to create a living donor registry of prospective donors. We also provide individualized support to any eligible Veteran who is actively listed for a kidney transplant at any US Transplant Center in creating an outreach campaign within their networks and community.

Operation Encore

Operation Encore is a non-profit Veterans organization that provides opportunities for Veteran and active duty singer-songwriters and musicians to take their music to the next level through artist development, professional recording, and industry-focused educational services. We seek out talent from across the military and Veteran communities to produce and highlight their original music and provide opportunities to showcase their talents and advance their careers.

   Spectracare Foundation

The Spectracare Foundation is dedicated to its mission to develop and provide quality charitable, educational, and support service within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We support and pursue research, education and training that enhances community, family and individual growth and protection from harm. We engage in public fundraising and in the design and implementation of our own program initiatives, as well as support those of like-minded organizations to accomplish shared quality impact.

Michael Strange Foundation

The foundation will provide unconditional support and services to the families of recently fallen service members by professionals in several fields and also by those who have suffered similar losses so that the healing process can begin.

    Dogs Inc

Southeastern Guide Dogs is now Dogs Inc. Your highly-skilled service dog will change your life, boost your confidence, and restore your freedom. You’ll get the healthiest, best-behaved dog with a top-notch pedigree and thousands of hours of training. And you don’t pay anything! We provide your dog, online and in-person training, lifetime alumni support, dog food, and preventative veterinary care at no cost.

Rest for Heroes

Restoration, Inc’s mission is to give veterans a new vision on life after service through mentorship and recreational therapy in the great outdoors. We provide once in lifetime retreats and a lifelong mentorship allowing the veteran couple to become more successful inside their communities. We use the SMEAC formula. A “SMEAC” is how a preplanned military operation is planned to achieve a successful outcome.

   Warrior Rising

Warrior Rising empowers U.S. military veterans and their immediate family members by providing them opportunities to create sustainable businesses, perpetuate the hiring of fellow American veterans, and earn their future. The Warrior Rising team has a singular goal: transform Veterans into Vetrepreneurs. We have achieved this through carefully selecting strategic partners in business, and leveraging a vast network of young professionals and successful entrepreneurs from a wide variety of backgrounds.

   Patriot Point

Patriot Point is the Military Bowl Foundation’s 294-acre retreat that provides a safe, secure and tranquil outdoor recreational retreat facility for wounded, ill, and injured active duty service members, veterans, their families and caregivers who face daily struggles related to their time spent defending our great nation.

   Fort Freedom

Fort Freedom’s mission is to minimize the Veteran suicide rate, free Veterans from the imprisonment of PTSD, and guide them to a newfound sense of purpose through an intensive 12-week life-restoring program developed by Veterans for Veterans. Fort Freedom offers an intensive 12-week life-restoring program developed by Veterans, for Veterans. We take a holistic approach supported by fitness, nutrition, trauma therapy and other wellness-based services. This program provides Veterans with the tools and support needed to take control of their lives.

GAP Adaptive

Adaptive golf is a way to make the game of golf more accessible and enjoyable for people with disabilities through the usage of modified rules and equipment. Various adaptive golf programs and equipment enable individuals with disabilities to easily participate in the sport.

 

Welcome Home Veterans

Welcome Home provides outreach to connect military and Veterans to benefits, resources and community.  They honor, remember and thank the men and women who have served; support the families of service members who have died; teach the next generations to show gratitude and respect to our military and leave NO Veteran behind.

 

Operation Healing Forces

Operation Healing Forces’ mission is to serve the needs of America’s wounded, ill, injured, and fallen Special Operations Forces Service Members, Veterans, their Families, Caregivers, and Survivors through a suite of programs that promote long-term mental, physical, emotional, and fiscal well-being.

 

Fresh Start

Merakey provides services to support men and women achieve their goals to be independent, safe, and contributing members of their communities. Merakey has been proudly serving and employing Veterans in their programs for over 50 years. For 23 of those years, they have been providing Veteran-specific services to meet the unique needs and culture of the Veteran population they serve, such as in their Fresh Start Veterans housing programs in Philadelphia and Coatesville, PA. Merakey serves thousands of Veterans every year. Their experienced staff, many of which are Veterans themselves, receive Veteran-specific training that includes information about VA healthcare and benefits and other important topics to help individuals meet their treatment goals.

Operation Healing Heroes Foundation

Operation Healing Heroes Foundation provides financial, educational, and emotional support to U.S. Veterans, focusing on treating PTSD through outdoor experiences like fishing, camping and boating. Since 2015, the foundation has documented veteran stories, funded treatments for over 100 veterans with PTSD since 2019, and helped over 900 through therapeutic outdoor activities.

Hearts & Homes for Veterans

Hearts and Homes for Veterans, Inc. is a Florida nonprofit corporation that was created on March 25, 2013. Its purpose is to support homeless veterans, and their families, who find themselves without the necessities of everyday life. Hearts and Homes for Veterans is committed to empowering these veterans to lift themselves out of poverty and then, in turn, reach back and help other veterans do the same.

 

  HVAF of Indiana, Inc.

At HVAF, their mission is to improve the lives of a homeless veteran by providing supportive housing, employment, food & clothing, and more.

 

    The Honor Foundation

The Honor Foundation (THF) is a career transition program for U.S. Special Operations Forces that effectively translates their elite military service to the private sector and helps create the next generation of corporate and community leaders. They provide a clear process for professional development and a diverse ecosystem of world class support and technology. Every step is dedicated to preparing these outstanding men and women to continue to realize their maximum potential during and after their service career.

 

Woman Veteran Warriors

Women Veteran Warriors mission is to partner with supportive community organizations to honor, preserve, and promote the legacy of the remarkable women who have selflessly served our nation. They recognize the unique challenges and experiences women veterans face, and their goal is to provide mental health support, career development, mentorship initiatives, health and wellness retreats, educational and resource workshops, and community-building social events to enrich personal development and improve the mental health of women veterans.

 

A Write to Heal

A Write to Heal provides trauma survivors creative pathways to heal through writing, film and new career opportunities.

 

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