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Newman's Own Award accepted by Project Sanctuary

Well...here we are in Washington DC accepting an award from the Newman's Own Foundation. We were honored at a reception at the Marine Commandant's house on Tuesday evening followed Wednesday afternoon by an awards ceremony at the Pentagon's Hall of Hero's. I feel honored to be here with Heather, Marci and Blake, to recieve a grant to help more military families. Project Sanctuary's goal is to help these families have time to reconnect and many times mend their relationships as a whole. I was impressed and appreciative of the other 8 non-profits that recieved awards as well. Out of 138 applicants, there was only 8 selected for this award. As a military wife myself,it tugs at my heart to know that there really are a lot of people out there who care about the needs of the military family of today. I just want those families to know that for us,the awards are not what keeps us passionate about what we do but instead it is the families themselves!
This award is YOUR award. We recognize the sacrifices you have made to keep our country great. Thank you for showing the rest of us that "doing the right thing" is not lost but actually thriving in America today.
~ Michelle Bruce

Project Sanctuary is proud to TEAM up with and Support Operation Rebound-Denver. Operation Rebound provides funding for adaptive sports equipment, training and competition expenses, programs and events that help challenged athletes get off the sidelines and into the game. Participation in Operation Rebound is open to any U.S. service member, veteran or first responder who has served honorably and has suffered a permanent physical disability - such as loss of a limb(s), sight, or spinal cord injury.

Benefit Concert THIS Saturday night, Aug 28th Commerce City. Click on "More" for all the details. See ya there!!

Upcoming Events

You are invited to attend the:

THIRD ANNUAL FAASST MILITARY CHARITY EVENT at Pueblo Motorsports Park on Saturday, September 4th.
Proceeds and donations received at this year’s event will directly benefit 2 soldier's families as they receive
therapeutic assistance through Project Sanctuary ...here in the Rocky Mountains.
www.faasst.com/911.html

Project Sanctuary’s Reunion Gala
Celebrating our Military throughout the Ages

Join us of ran evening of Dinner, Dancing, Silent Auction, Tour the museum

Friday, October 8th 5:30-10:00

Click below for all the exciting information : )

www.projectsanctuary.us/gala.html

Soldier Home from War - Talks about Project Sanctuary

Letter to a friend ...by Daniel Burge

I am back from my retreat with Project Sanctuary. It has been incredible for me and my wife to enjoy the time we had with many other Military families just like us. It is really hard to integrate back into the world after being at war.

Project Sanctuary has been incredible! I cannot believe that they have actually given back to the families.

When I signed up for the military I knew that the benefits would be good but when it comes to the families they are really only taken care of medically and for insurance reasons. The military really does not provide the counseling resources that we need and the help that we require emotionally when we come back.

After this third tour of mine it has been a little different for us. Most of my enlistment has been during this Global War on Terrorism. When I come back from deployment, you have spent a lot of time with me and my wife. What you don't see is the time that I just don't want to be around people… much less family and friends. You have only seen us at my welcome home party and other parties. Other than that I haven't been around. It is just tough to be integrated back into the world and into our lives again.

Project Sanctuary has helped us out tremendously. They provided us with such an amazing environment to reconnect. My wife and I have not had the time we need to readjust to each other until this retreat. It was needed desperately!!!

Heather and PS nominated in People's All Stars Amoung Us!

VOTE NOW!

People Magazine has narrowed the field and found individuals who go above and beyond for their community.

Our own Heather Ehle has been nominated!!!!!

There are three finalists representing each Major League Baseball^® team. The top vote-getter for each team will attend and be honored at the 2010 MLB^® All-Star Game^® in Anaheim and one will be featured in PEOPLE magazine.

Voting began Sunday, May 30th on www.peopleallstars.com. Be sure to encourage your friends, family and colleagues to vote online for Heather before voting ends on June 20. Don't forget you can vote more than once. You can promote Heather on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, personal blogs - direct people to vote on www.peopleallstars.com - Colorado Rockies - Heather Ehle.

MYTH BUSTER: Military Pay

MYTH: Military pay is very good.

TRUTH: The average enlisted US Army Sergeant makes about $23,000 per year* plus benefits including health insurance, 401k and some housing costs. While this may seem like lots for someone right out of high school, it isn’t very much for a mom, dad, and a couple of kids to feed. *Source: salary.com.

This is why helping military families is our social responsibility. These families are making tremendous sacrifices for our freedom - for a small paycheck and a few benefits.

At Project Sanctuary, we often get feedback like:

"We desperately needed this time together, but we could never have afforded to do this on our own."

"My husband and I haven't been on a date in years."

Honor our nation's military families by getting involved with Project Sanctuary.

First Lady Michelle Obama announces plans to support Military Families

May 12, 2010: Announced by First Lady Michelle Obama, the President has ordered a new initiative to find priorities and partnerships to help military families.

“As America asks more of these families, they have a right to expect more of us. This is our moral obligation,” Mrs. Obama said of the nation’s military families. “It is also a matter of national security. The readiness of our armed forces depends on the readiness of our military families.”

The first lady recognized that many groups are making tremendous efforts to help military families, but it isn’t enough. “Even with all this generosity and goodwill, many families are still not receiving all the support that they need….too many families still struggle to access the benefits and the assistance...”

In the next 90 days, this presidential initiative will involve multiple government agencies along with the offices of the First Lady, Vice President, and Dr. Jill Biden. The goal is to find successful ways to help military families and to partner with programs that work.

NO! I'm not going to do it!!

Alright I have had it. Seems there is new advertising campaign sweeping the country and affecting just about every area of our lives. It is the new “vote for your charity” game. People, it is nothing more than advertising!! And I refuse to participate anymore.

It works like this: Pepsi, Chase, Applewood, Intuit (just to name a few off the top of my head) holds a contest to VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY. Now I am supposed to market on behalf of said company, bug all my Facebook fans, donors, volunteers and say something like: “Stop what you are doing, log onto (insert greedy corporation here) and vote for Project Sanctuary. We could win $10,000. And Please bug and harass all of your friends too!!”

We won’t win and your vote doesn’t help one single military family. Project Sanctuary did enter into a local contest was beat by an After School Prom Party committee. WTH?!

So, I am done. If Pepsi, Chase, Intuit or Applewood wants advertising space and wants me to solicit on their behalf, they need to Show Me the Money. And I promise not to bombard your inboxes and Facebook pages with worthless advertising.

If you want to really help a charity, then donate. Seriously, that is how we survive.

Project Sanctuary will helping ten more military families through therapeutic retreat services May 27^th through June 1^st at YMCA of the Rockies – Snow Mountain Ranch, Granby, Colorado.

Recent statistics indicate that 1.7 million American children and youth under age 18 have a parent serving in the military. Most of these parents will be deployed two or more times. With statistics from the Department of Defense that child abuse doubles and neglect triples during deployments, Project Sanctuary is stepping up to the challenge to help military families reconnect.

Myth Busters - the truth about military life

Myth Busters – the truth about military life and Project Sanctuary

MYTH: Sam’s Club and that other warehouse store that starts with “C” are pretty much the same place.
TRUTH: We spend thousands of dollars at these stores for food for our retreats. We are happy to report that Sam’s Club definitely comes out ahead. 1. Sam’s Club, Southlands Mall, generously gave significant cash donations (that other store had very limited resources for community donations). 2. We can fax our order to Sam’s club and it is ready and waiting for us when we get there. 3. Sam’s club employees helped us load our trailer. 4. Sam’s Club sent us volunteers to help manage the kitchen at the last retreat (and they were awesome cooks too!) 5. Prices were about the same, but the service far outpaced that other store. Thank you Sam’s Club!