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Fishing and Healing: Finding the Fight, Grit, and Support

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…

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RVP Providers Trained to More Effectively Welcome Home Veterans

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…

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Oath and Ethic: One Therapist Illuminates the Path to Volunteering

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…

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What Brought Us Together

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 Founder

The reason the Returning Veterans Project started over 15+ years ago is still what keeps us going.

We believe veterans, service members, and military…

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Meet Catherine – An RVP VIP

Catherine Gaffigan, MD, Army Veteran and RVP Board Member

It’s deeply personal to me to help veterans and families, especially if they’re struggling. I consider it a privilege and an honor to be able to do that.

We all have different reasons to support the causes and organizations close to our hearts.

Catherine Gaffigan, MD is an RVP Board Member and one of our biggest fans. She’s an Army Veteran and physician who…

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Support For Our Afghanistan Veterans

For over 15 years, the Returning Veterans Project (RVP) has worked tirelessly in Oregon and Southwest Washington to connect post-9/11 veterans, service members, and their families with access to free health services — including mental health services — from hundreds of volunteer providers.

Recent events in Afghanistan serve as a poignant reminder that for untold numbers of these veterans and family members, the lifelong battle for physical and mental health is…

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