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BY KATHY ANDRAS
AVVA’s Project Friendship for the Greenville, South
Carolina, 2008 Biennial Meeting will help the Wounded Warrior
Project and Safe Harbor.
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
The Wounded Warrior Project’s mission is to raise awareness
and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely
injured service men and women, to help severely injured service
members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique,
direct programs and services to meet their needs.
The Wounded Warrior Project began when several individuals
took small, inspired actions to help others in need. While
watching the evening news, veterans were moved by stories
of the first wounded service members returning home from
Afghanistan and Iraq. They realized that something needed
to be done for these veterans beyond the brass bands and
ticker-tape parades.
They wanted to provide tangible support
for the severely wounded to help them heal physically and
mentally. What they viewed as a small contribution compared
to what the warriors had sacrificed, is now WWP’s signature
program: WWP backpacks delivered bedside to wounded warriors.
For
more information go to the AVVA Web page or www.woundedwarriorsproject.org
SAFE
HARBOR: A SAFE HOME WHEN HOME ISN’T SAFE
Safe Harbor provides temporary safe shelter for victims and
their children. It aims to train and educate the general
public, parents and children, and professionals who deal
with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. It also
coordinates a sustained effort to alleviate the explosive
problem of family violence.
Safe Harbor Services provide the
following: crisis counseling, emergency shelter, basic necessities,
emergency room advocacy, referral services, advocacy, children’s
services, community support groups, educational prevention
programs, and community education.
Please see Safe Harbor’s
wish list at the AVVA Web page or go to www.safeharborsc.org
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