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REIMAGINING RECOVERY FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
fifty
Fifty. It’s just a number. Neat, round(ish), and more stable than, let’s say thirty-seven, for example. But it seems like it should be bigger, because it’s as full as it can be aesthetically, and it’s also precision placed dead center, between zero and one...
and then there were nine
Seeking out and developing relationships Not long into our journey as a transitional residence for homeless veterans, we began to get a clearer picture of the facets which make up the over-arching needs for them and the homeless population in general. A housing model...
Guitars for veterans
Helping veterans find hope behind the wood and strings of an acoustic guitar. Most of us have a minor life story about our early exposure to music. I can remember summer Saturday nights at a friend’s house, where his dad and three or four of his friends would sit in...
Warriors once again welcomes Andrew Cooke
Welcome, Andrew, the new intern joining the Warriors Once Again staff. He is the videographer who shot the first video with Chris when we were getting started as Warriors Once Again, which has been featured on our website for a while. Andrew and Chris are now working...
spotlight on dr. craig w. burnette
South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs Honorary Pathfinder: Dr. Craig BurnetteMany years ago, before veteran service organizations really existed at the grass roots level, Dr. Craig Burnette, a former Vietnam veteran and retired Psychologist for the U.S....
Permission
Once you arrive at Boot Camp in the darkness of night and are greeted by a crisply uniformed and rabidly unfriendly Drill Instructor, you quickly realize that the implied permissions you took for granted in your basic human living, have been stripped from your control. You must now ask permission for them
At Warriors Once Again we give ourselves permission to rest even when we haven’t expended all of our energy, and it has become one of the foundations of our program to which we can assign credit for our successes.
A Meaningful Milestone
Transitional beds for homeless veterans are merely the first step in a process. While recovering them to complete wellness and independent living is the goal, the path to get them there and the support needed to keep them there is challenging.
Celebrate with us in recovering and serving our 25th veteran resident, and please consider a donation as we reaffirm our commitment to the solemn mission we have started on behalf of our community, to end veteran homelessness in Spartanburg.
Going Backward To Go Forward
We counsel our veterans to “give yourself permission” to let go. Let go of the wasted efforts, let go of what you hoped would happen and give yourself permission to relax in the difficult circumstances and receive the good things this program offers. It is the generosity and support of our donors that allows us to carry men in times when they can’t carry themselves and provide for them, at no expense to them.
we can do more
Occasionally we find out about homeless veterans who are not suited to our residence program, or at a time when we have no beds available. In such instances we make every effort possible to ensure that veteran’s safety and access to resources
sacrifice
True giving involves sacrifice, and the very nature of sacrifice is to accomplish something better.