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Veteran Respite Support And Assistance

September 26, 2008 By admin

Many Servicemembers work hard and are injured in the line of serving their country. They are wounded, disabled or otherwise are separated from the service for various other reasons. They are often limited in the manner in which they are able to access recreation or there are a limited number of options open to Servicemembers who have been disabled. For this reason, there is a series of programs that have been created to aid the disabled and wounded Veterans. The Greenwell Foundation, a group in Maryland that helps provides assistance and activities support for disabled veterans and others.

The program was started for veterans who are in the Washington D.C. area undergoing treatment for service connected disabilities. Servicemembers and their families who have become partly or totally disabled as a result of military service are able to enjoy the Vacations for Vets respite benefit program. Veterans who were in the area undergoing treatment often did not get much of a chance to get out past their hospital rooms, so the Greenwell Foundation created the program to support these veterans. If you are a veteran who lives in the Washington DC area who is disabled, or if you are or know of a veteran who is receiving care at a Veterans facility and wishes to participate in a inclusive outdoors program then the Vacations for Veterans program may be just right for you. The program features weekend visits for veterans who wish to vacation and get out into the outdoors. It is on a 600 acre site which has riverfront access to the lower Patuxent River in St. Mary?s County Maryland. It is aimed at veterans with disabilities and works toward the goal of life inclusion but it is available to any veteran who is even partly disabled. It is a full service type program that seeks to solve and overcome problems that veterans have in participation in typical recreation programs, and it is staffed by trained volunteers to assist the veteran and Servicemembers with full program participation. The program is located at Greenwell State Park in Southern Maryland. It was created by the Greenwell family to give support and assistance to disabled people including disabled veterans

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It is currently ran and administered by a non-profit foundation. The foundation is dedicated to providing facilities and services for Veterans who are disabled and other disabled people and to make the Greenwell State Park accessible for all people.

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