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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.

Ron Morgan,

President, Chapter 271

Selection of Trees in Oregon Nurseries to be Shipped to the TBI/PTSD Therapy Garden

TBI/PTSD Therapy Garden -First Phase of Construction with Oregon Trees Being Planted

The Therapy Garden is in the background of the first photo, at the Middle Entrance to the Health Care Center

These are some views of the completed Therapy Garden showing the Oregon grown trees we provided:

 

 NEVER AGAIN SHALL ONE GENERATION OF VETERANS FORGET ANOTHER

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