Red Sox program helps vets get care

Red Sox program helps vets get care
By Ashley Studley/Daily News staff
Milford Daily News
Posted May 19, 2010 @ 01:17 AM
FRANKLIN — Asking for help is never easy, and for the new generation of proud veterans, it can seem almost impossible.

That's why outreach coordinators for the Home Base Program told Franklin Veterans Agent Bob Fahey yesterday that they want to spread the word about new services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering from combat-related stress and traumatic brain injury.

"It's our mission to help veterans," veteran outreach coordinator Kenneth Isaksen said.

The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital teamed up last fall to form the Home Base Program, a group of clinicians and specialists that provide individual counseling and rehabilitation to veterans, Isaksen said.

Sean Kennedy, the program's leader for veterans outreach, said it offers a variety services not found elsewhere.
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Red Sox program helps vets get care