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Liebes is recognized for introducing therapeutic craft programs for World War II veterans across America. In 1942, she was appointed as National Director, Division of Arts & Skills, American Red Cross. [5] From 1961 to 1972, acclaimed artist Emma Amos worked as a designer/weaver for Dorothy Liebes.
Roger Chapin is an American businessman turned fundraiser living in San Diego, who calls himself a "nonprofit entrepreneur", according to Forbes magazine. He has launched more than 20 charities, and until 2009 was the president of Help Hospitalized Veterans, an American charity, whose stated purpose is, "Making time live for America's hospitalized veterans."
The Big Bay Beer Fest is a Tampa, Florida festival dedicated to craft beers. Healing Heroes Network will promote its mission of supporting wounded veterans. Festival attendees may participate in a silent auction, the proceeds of which will benefit Healing Heroes Network. [14]
Dave & Buster's: Veterans get a free entree (up to $20) and a free $10 Power Card. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit : Veterans and active-duty military get a free Pulled Pork Sandwich
Israeli researchers found that hyperbaric oxygen therapy could improve PTSD in combat veterans. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses mental health in the military and how this treatment could help.
About 60% of Vietnam veterans and 50% of Gulf War veterans suffer from hearing loss, according to the expert. Tinnitus, or ringing in the ear, is the most prevalent disability in the VA today ...
CRAFT is a motivational model of family therapy. [5] It is reward-based [5] —that is, based on positive reinforcement. CRAFT is aimed at the families and friends of treatment-refusing individuals who have a substance use disorder. [5] "CRAFT works to affect [influence] the substance users' behavior by changing the way the family interacts ...
That gaiety hides a deeper, lasting pain at losing loved ones in combat. A 2004 study of Vietnam combat veterans by Ilona PIvar, now a psychologist the Department of Veterans Affairs, found that grief over losing a combat buddy was comparable, more than 30 years later, to that of bereaved a spouse whose partner had died in the previous six months.