Happy Veterans Day to all the service men & women who have served and are currently serving! We appreciate & thank you and your families for your sacrifices. We hoped y'all enjoyed today's show and will join us on November 25th, 2021 for our Thankful Thursday Episode! Below are some of the ways you can give back to our service men & women if you're interested! We've also high lighted some of the tips we talked about, to help you start the process of over coming fear, failure and anything else holding you back from being the GREATEST YOU!
5 Ways you or someone you know can help our veterans and service men & women:
1. Help Veterans get medical care and other resources. Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a nonprofit that drives veterans to medical appointments, assist them in filing benefit claims (e.g., VA health benefits or Medicare health insurance) with the government and helps vets with medical, employment and other general needs. For more information, visit their site at www.dav.org
2. Build a home for a Veteran. A couple of different organizations build new homes or adapt existing homes for veterans with severe injuries. If you’re a contractor or tradesman, Building Homes for Heroes (www.buildinghomesforheroes.org) and Homes for Our Troops (www.hfotusa.org) can both use your skills to help build homes for injured vets. If you don’t have building expertise, you can still get involved by donating funds, goods and services or land.
3. Provide a service dog for a Vet. Service dogs can help vets who have PTSD, brain injuries, vision impairments and physical injuries. Many communities have organizations that provide service dogs to vets. Some organizations such as the Puppy Jake Foundation (www.puppyjakefoundation.org) in Des Moines, Iowa, use volunteers to raise puppies as service dogs. Other organizations such as Puppies Behind Bars (www.puppiesbehindbars.com) in New York City work with prison inmates to raise dogs for vets.
4. Help Homeless Veterans. Stand Down programs for veterans who are homeless are local one- to three-day events that provide a single spot for vets to receive food, shelter, health screenings and other needs. To volunteer for a Stand Down event near you, check with the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. (www.nchv.org)
5. Help active troops talk to loved ones through USO Operation Phone Home. For more information visit www.uso.org
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Some tips to help you start the process of overcoming anything that's holding you back from being the GREATEST YOU!
*Consistency *Change in Mindset *Preparation comes before Promotion *Take baby steps (and if you take a wrong step, don't be ashamed... just take a step back. *Never, Never Give Up! *Have the mindset that this may not be easy *Remember, in order to get from where you are to where you want to be... you have to go through the middle!!
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