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Project: Trees for TBI Therapy Garden
On July 27th the first of three semi trucks
filled with Oregon Nursery Stock left to be planted at their new home, the Therapy Garden at the VA Health Care Center (VAPAHCS) in Palo
Alto, California. VAPAHCS
is one of 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). When Ron Morgan, Secretary of the Oregon State Council
and President of Chapter 271 for the Vietnam Veterans of America (V.V.A.) learned
that Oregon Nursery stock would be used in this project he and Chapter 271
volunteered to help in the organizing of the plants needed and in arranging the
shipment. Mr Morgan and Chapter 271 wishes to thank everyone who
contributed, with special thanks to Truck Transporation Services of Wilsonville
and Gulick Trucking of Vancouver, WA for donating the trucks and freight expense and making
this contribution from Oregon possible.
We’re helping the veterans who are
coming home wounded or disabled get the medical care they need. We’re also
assisting Gulf War, Afghan War, and Iraq War veterans with benefits counseling
and other essential services to help them rebuild their lives after wartime
service.
And we’re making sure that VA
healthcare and other benefits aren’t the victims of short-sighted budget cuts
that forget the service of our new veterans, and neglect the sacrifices they
continue to make even after they come home.
Construction on the Therapy Garden
was completed in the fall of 2009. Chapter 271 will continue to
lead in this effort to provide for the needs of veterans in treatment for TBI
and PTSD.
Photos of the completed Garden are at the bottom.
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