Email me at david@vetstrong.org
We're building the pilot for a nationwide Veterans Services Community:
Welcome to VetStrong.org
We're building the pilot for a nationwide Veterans Services Community:
Email me at david@vetstrong.org
We're building the pilot for a nationwide Veterans Services Community:
We're building the pilot for a nationwide Veterans Services Community:
Just because we left the military doesn't mean we have to live without a mission.
We trained to be professional service members: don't we deserve to be professional Veterans in a civilian world?
As a start-up based in Montana, our goal is to create a four-part transition program that offers support, coaching/therapy, education, and direct connections to exceptional existing private and government Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) in three phases: locally, state-wide, and then nationally.
We've received many inquiries from people in other parts of the country about establishing similar systems in their AO, like the important local work done by Vet-Strong.org (clink the URL to move over to their site). They provide household goods and support for veterans in SanAntonio, Texas, or their sister program in Hawaii. We welcome the opportunity to brainstorm and offer any support we can. At the same time, we will focus on our Phase 1 objective.
The VetStrong program is not a handout: it's a structured process for Veterans and their families to identify their objectives and then do the research, planning, and legwork to move towards those objectives in a safe and supportive environment. An environment built for and by them, based on the short-term, intermediate, and long-term goals they identify as critical to accomplishing their personal and family definitions of success.
There's no need to re-invent the wheel here: it makes more sense for veterans and our community for us to network with experienced professionals with proven track records rather than becoming yet another "Jack of all trades and master of none." When we identify a gap, we will fill it or offer an alternative. However, it makes more sense to refer clients to the specialists already doing the work rather than trying to do it all ourselves whenever possible. They say no man is an island, so we don't plan to compete with organizations that are already successfully meeting a need: there is more than enough room for all our passion!
A Call to Action
If you're in Montana or know someone here who wants to volunteer to help us plan and build starting on January 1st, drop us a line. If you have a similar passion for serving your local veteran community-or already are and have wisdom to share- we would love to add you to our growing tribe and share information as we move forward. If you're in another part of the country and want to brainstorm and create some synergy in your own AO, let us know that as well.
Help us build a community where veterans and those who support them can all thrive and feel the pride of daily accomplishment: the joy of going to sleep each night knowing we have done all we can do with what we had available to accomplish the Mission that day.
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