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A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide therapeutic, curative, supportive and recreational activities to veterans, active military personnel, their spouses and children in a leisure environment.

They Fought for Us. Now It's Time to Fight for Them.

Families of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have experienced staggering increases in depression, unemployment, homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse and divorce. Of the 30,000 suicides reported every year in the United States, veterans now comprise roughly 20%. Currently, service people come home from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan with little support. About 30% are also struggling with Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Federal support mechanisms are clearly stretched thin and are difficult to access. And the overwhelming majority of support services that are available focus on individual personnel, all but ignoring their families. The sacrifices made by the families of military personnel are largely overlooked. With your support we can give our nation's unsung heroes the attention they deserve.

Military Families Need Our Support

Statistics published in December 2007 at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicate that 21 military veterans per week commit suicide.

RAND Corporation estimates that approximately 300,000 troops deployed are suffering from depression or post-traumatic stress from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Effects of deployment on children are even more staggering.

• Backed by funding from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, researchers harvested data from the U.S. Army Central Registry of 1,771 families with at least one instance of child neglect or abuse between September 2001 and December 2004.
• During the deployment period, maltreatment tripled, neglect quadrupled, and physical abuse nearly doubled.
• Government statistics indicate that in 2004, 1.1 million children (under the age of 18) were maltreated in enlisted soldiers’ families.