Our Mission:

August 17, 2011 4:32 PM

Project Sanctuary provides therapeutic, curative, supportive and recreational activities to veterans, active military personnel, their spouses and children in a leisure environment.  We are dedicated to providing a safe environment where individuals and their families who have been affected by their service in the military may spend both leisure and structured time with their families and fellow service members in an effort to diminish the wearisome impact of returning home after a considerable period away while serving the interests of the country.

OUR Vision:  To build a permanent facility for military families so that they always have a place to reconnect and receive the support and services they deserve.

Project Sanctuary was founded with the belief that the whole family serves and the best way to support the men and women returning from war is to support the entire family,  We offer six day therapeutic retreats in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.  Our families enjoy year round recreation such as hiking, fishing, skiing, campfires and s'mores.  Healthy Marriage and Financial Peaces classes provide necessary tools.  We then follow these families for the next TWO years to continue to provide the support and services they need.  These families serve together, they deserve the chance to heal together! Of our 125 families, 120 are together and we can report one arrest and ZERO suicides.

Every day 18 veterans commit suicide.  Divorce is twice the national average and unemployment is triple the national average.  We simply are not doing enough to “support the troops”.

Project Sanctuary receives NO government or state funding.  We rely on foundations, organizations, donations and events.  Each retreat is held as funding permits. Currently our waitlist is 700 families. 

If you would like to help, Please click here:  I WANT TO HELP
If you would like to apply, Please click here: FAMILY APPLICATION
If you would like to contact us, Please email us:  INFO@PROJECTSANCTUARY.US

Retreat General Information 

·         Retreats provide a therapeutic environment in Colorado, YMCA of the Rockies, Snow Mountain Ranch, for families who are in need.

·         Project Sanctuary is the only organization providing these services for the entire family in the country. 

·         Project Sanctuary accomplishes physical and mental healing through a proven therapeutic model of Diversion Therapy. 

·         Diversion and Recreational therapy, an internationally recognized therapy the aim of which is to improve the quality of life through the support and development of clients psychological, emotional, spiritual, social and physical needs, is very effective and the benefits to these deserving families is immense.

·         Project Sanctuary honors the sacrifices military families make by giving them a safe place to rest, recover and relax from the stress of military life.

·         Project sanctuary has hosted 18 therapeutic retreats and is providing support and services for 125 military families.

o      Of these families:  66 are active duty, 52 are veterans
o      80% are “wounded warriors” with PTSD and/or TBI, physical wounds, amputations.

·         Project Sanctuary currently hosts four retreats per year, and additional retreats as funding permits.

·         Retreats are conducted at YMCA of the Rockies in Granby, Colorado.

·         Retreats last 6 days and are all expense paid for our Military families.

·         It is our mission to build a permanent retreat center, in Colorado, to be able to provide therapeutic retreats and services for 250 families each year.  This center will be the model for others across the nation to follow.

Retreat Activities

·         Project Sanctuary offers a variety of workshops and recreational opportunities for service personnel to reacquaint themselves with their loved ones, building new and lasting connections, additional supports and skills.

·         Healthy Marriage Project – An interactive workshop designed to help you find new ways to have fun together as a couple!

·         Licensed Counselors – Licensed Therapist and a Recreational therapist help facilitate the retreat experience

·         Youth Programs – Assisting kids with structured activities while the parents attend workshops and Hero’s Night Out.

·         Financial Peace – Providing real financial tips and tools. We don’t just hand out money, we teach skills.
·         Recreational activities include skiing, fishing, hiking, swimming and horse-back riding.

·         All activities are appropriate for even the youngest of family members.

U.S. Service Members, Veterans and Families 

·         2.1 million brave men and women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. 

·         1 in 50 returns home with physical disabilities

·         1 in 5 returns home with invisible injuries of war such as, TBI, PTSD, alcoholism, anxiety and depression.

·         Child abuse and neglect triples when a parent is deployed.

·         There are 18 Veteran Suicides EVERY DAY. 

 Project Sanctuary

 ·         Project Sanctuary is a Colorado 501(c)3 and believes that the whole family serves, and the best way to “support the troops” is by supporting the family!

·         Legal name:  A Sanctuary for Military Families, Inc. and founded in September of 2007.

·         501(3) C status granted March 2008

·         Project Sanctuary has hosted 18 therapeutic retreats and is providing support and services for 125 military families.

o      Of these families:  66 are active duty, 59 are veterans

o      80% are “wounded warriors” with PTSD and/or TBI, physical wounds and/or amputations.

·         Retreats are conducted at YMCA of the Rockies in Granby, Colorado.

·         Retreats last 6 days and are all expense paid for our Military families. 

·         Families are followed for 2 years through surveys conducted every 3 months. 

·         We collect outcome-based statistical data.

·         Statistics for our 118 families:

o      120/125 families remain intact.
o      One arrest. o      NO SUICIDES.

·         Project Sanctuary has 3 employees and more than 166 volunteers.

·         Our waitlist is more than 700 families.

Project Sanctuary Awards

·         2010 Newman’s Own Grant in conjunction with Fisher House

·         2011 United Veterans Committee “Outstanding Program”

·         Heather Ehle (program founder/CEO) awarded 2011 Aurora Chamber of Commerce “Women Making a Difference”

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