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Leadership Transition at the Returning Veterans Project
For the last 4 years, I have had the honor to serve as the executive director of the Returning Veterans Project. Due to some health issues that may take time to resolve, I have made the difficult decision to resign at the end of the month. The veterans and families we support deserve nothing less than our very best work and I believe this…
Did you ever wonder…
March 3, 2022
We love talking about the Returning Veterans Project! And we love answering your questions! Here’s a question we get asked all the time:
If RVP Volunteer Health Providers are giving their services for free, why do you need donors like me? What makes RVP so unique is our extensive network of volunteer providers who donate their health services to veterans and military families in need. Funds raised by RVP are used…
Fishing and Healing: Finding the Fight, Grit, and Support
January 24, 2022
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Do you remember ever tying a string to the end of a stick, dipping the string into a creek (or better yet, an irrigation ditch), and feeling genuinely hopeful that you’d catch a fish?
Now imagine you return from military service with mental health challenges beyond anything you’ve ever known. Would you know what to do? Where to turn? How to heal?
Surely now we know it takes more than a stick…
RVP Providers Trained to More Effectively Welcome Home Veterans
January 24, 2022
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Health care providers receive substantial, high-quality education as they pursue their degrees and licenses. Yet professional training is not designed to specifically address the unique challenges of military life. For health providers serving veterans, service members, and military families, easy access to military-oriented training is invaluable.
In May 2021, donors and sponsors made it possible for the Returning Veterans Project to host a training by Dr. Edward Tick – a renowned…
Oath and Ethic: One Therapist Illuminates the Path to Volunteering
January 9, 2022
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The Returning Veterans Project has always existed because of a broad and committed network of volunteer health providers. Our volunteer providers have always been driven by a common goal: to provide free, accessible support to veterans, service members, and military families on their journey to health and healing.
Over the last two years, the pandemic amplified the need for health care providers – particularly in mental health. Yet the increasing demand…
What Brought Us Together
December 14, 2021
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Shocked by the mental and physical injuries veterans suffered after earlier wars, Carol couldn’t stand to see it happening again to those returning from post-9/11 military service. As a therapist, she knew she had to do something – and that’s when she got creative!
Carol Levine, RVP FounderThe reason the Returning Veterans Project started over 15+ years ago is still what keeps us going.
We believe veterans, service members, and military…
