VETERANS OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR THE INTENSIVE CLINICAL PROGRAM, THE RED SOX FOUNDATION AND MGH HOME BASE PROGRAM
The Home Base Program is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial warrior to identify, motivate and guide into care veterans and families struggling with the invisible wounds of war. The Home Base Veterans Outreach Coordinator will be part of a vital team of professionals and will serve as a critical "boots on the ground" liaison between The Home Base Program and the veterans community.
The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Home Base Program is an initiative supported by philanthropy that serves New England by identifying, motivating, and treating veterans and families impacted by the invisible wounds of war. Having served over 1000 veterans and families in clinical care alone through 2015, the Home Base Program is recruiting a qualified candidate to help significantly expand its impact in 2016 and beyond.
Through the Intensive Clinical Program, Home Base serves the nation as a successful private-public partnership and as a source of communication and educational resource to health and community providers seeking to support our veterans. In addition, the Home Base program serves as a leader in research, identifying and implementing new treatments for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other deployment-related mental health challenges.
General Job Description
The Home Base Programs Veterans Outreach Coordinator for the Intensive Clinical Program serves as a point of contact for veterans and their families seeking care and/or education regarding Post Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and other post 911 combat-related stress. When not assigned to the Intensive Clinical Program, the Veterans Outreach Coordinator role changes to educate and provide outreach to New England-based veterans and their families about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and encourages the community to take advantage of services available through the Home Base Program. The Coordinator is an employee of MGH and works alongside a team of world class medical professionals to help educate veterans, their families, social workers, employers, community service providers, veterans groups and others as to how to recognize symptoms of PTSD/TBI and the ways in which they or their loved ones can seek help. The Veterans Outreach Coordinator guides veterans through the treatment evaluation process in the Home Base Clinic and works closely with the Clinical staff in the Home Base Program around patient case management and ongoing monitoring of patient needs. The Coordinator provides active patient outreach, including phone, email, in-person meetings and text messaging.
Responsibilities Of The Home Base Veterans Outreach Coordinator Include
The Veteran Outreach Coordinator for the Intensive Clinical Program is New England based. The Home Base Clinic and the National Intensive Clinical Program is located at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, but the Veterans Outreach Coordinator for the Intensive Clinical Program will work both in the Intensive Clinical Program and travel throughout New England in fulfillment of other Outreach responsibilities when not assigned to the Intensive Clinical Program.
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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Saturday, July 15, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: Veterans Charity Remembers Vietnam Veterans!
Ok, I know the headline is a bit harsh, but that is the reality families like mine live with everyday.
Call one of the newer charities and end up being told they are only interested in the OEF and OIF veterans. I am still waiting to find out who decided that our generation didn't need, or deserve any attention from them. After all, while veterans over the age of 50 are 65% of the veterans committing suicide, you'd think they'd care. But they don't.
At least not until now and all I can say is GOD BLESS THE RED SOX for remembering the majority of veterans in this country are still waiting for help!
Call one of the newer charities and end up being told they are only interested in the OEF and OIF veterans. I am still waiting to find out who decided that our generation didn't need, or deserve any attention from them. After all, while veterans over the age of 50 are 65% of the veterans committing suicide, you'd think they'd care. But they don't.
At least not until now and all I can say is GOD BLESS THE RED SOX for remembering the majority of veterans in this country are still waiting for help!
"Hammond and the Home Base Program he leads are working to change that. After eight years of treating Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for PTSD and other unseen injuries, the private partnership between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital is poised to extend treatment to those who served in Vietnam and their families."
JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF
Jack Hammond, a retired Army brigadier general and Executive Director, Red Sox Foundation and MGH Home Base Program poses for a portrait at the Home Base clinic.
Discover the rest hereHome Base Program will start helping Vietnam veterans
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Godsmack Joins Forces With Red Sox Home Base
"What's Next" for Godsmack? Supporting the Troops and the Home Base Program
WAAF
Submitted by Mistress Carrie
06/01/15
GODSMACK PARTNERS WITH CHARITY HOME BASE WITH SINGLE "WHAT'S NEXT"
CHARITY BENEFITS TREATMENT FOR POST-9/11 WAR VETERANS RETURNING STATESIDE
NEW YORK, NY - Always extending a helping hand to veterans and supporting the U.S. military whenever they can, Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum Boston hard rock heroes GODSMACK have joined forces with a fellow Beantown institution, the Home Base Program.
Home Base was created as a joint venture between Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Red Sox,and its goal is to help and heal post-9/11 veterans and their families by treating the invisible wounds of war that those who bravely serve carry home. The initiative emphasizes clinical care, wellness-based programs, community outreach, and education. To date, it has successfully served over 7500 veterans and their families in addition to training more than 10,000 clinicians nationally for specialized Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment.
As part of their partnership, GODSMACK is giving away a free download of their new single "What's Next?" from last year's 1000HP [Republic Records] to anybody who donates to Home Base via this special link on the band's web site.
About the partnership, the group's members; Sully Erna [vocals, guitar], Tony Rombola [guitar], Robbie Merrill [bass], and Shannon Larkin [drums]; announced in this video, "We felt that this song represented the story. It's about the only things that are certain, life and death, but "What's Next" has always been the big mystery. For these noble brave soldiers who put their lives on the line every day for us to allow us to live freely and fearlessly in the greatest country in the world, they don't know what's next now, and they need our help."
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WAAF
Submitted by Mistress Carrie
06/01/15
GODSMACK PARTNERS WITH CHARITY HOME BASE WITH SINGLE "WHAT'S NEXT"
CHARITY BENEFITS TREATMENT FOR POST-9/11 WAR VETERANS RETURNING STATESIDE
NEW YORK, NY - Always extending a helping hand to veterans and supporting the U.S. military whenever they can, Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum Boston hard rock heroes GODSMACK have joined forces with a fellow Beantown institution, the Home Base Program.
Home Base was created as a joint venture between Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Red Sox,and its goal is to help and heal post-9/11 veterans and their families by treating the invisible wounds of war that those who bravely serve carry home. The initiative emphasizes clinical care, wellness-based programs, community outreach, and education. To date, it has successfully served over 7500 veterans and their families in addition to training more than 10,000 clinicians nationally for specialized Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment.
As part of their partnership, GODSMACK is giving away a free download of their new single "What's Next?" from last year's 1000HP [Republic Records] to anybody who donates to Home Base via this special link on the band's web site.
About the partnership, the group's members; Sully Erna [vocals, guitar], Tony Rombola [guitar], Robbie Merrill [bass], and Shannon Larkin [drums]; announced in this video, "We felt that this song represented the story. It's about the only things that are certain, life and death, but "What's Next" has always been the big mystery. For these noble brave soldiers who put their lives on the line every day for us to allow us to live freely and fearlessly in the greatest country in the world, they don't know what's next now, and they need our help."
read more here
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Chairman Joint Chiefs Marine General Is Boston Strong
Obama chooses Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as Joint Chiefs chairman
89.3 KPCC
Lolita C Baldor
AP
May 5, 2015
President Barack Obama tapped a highly respected combat commander as his next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Tuesday, signaling that the battles against al-Qaida and Islamic State militants threatening the Middle East and the West remain top priorities for the nation's military despite years of trying to change the focus to Asia.
Announcing his selection of Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. during a Rose Garden ceremony, Obama said America's armed forces must be ready to meet a broad range of challenges, and that Dunford has proven to be one of the military's most highly regarded strategic thinkers.
"We have to keep training Afghan forces and remain relentless against Al Qaida. We have to push back against ISIL and strengthen forces in Syria and build moderate opposition in Syria," said Obama, using an alternate name for the Islamic State group. "We have to stand united with our allies in Europe and keep rebalancing our posture as a Pacific power. We have to keep investing in new capabilities to meet growing threats, including cyber attacks."
As the U.S. started to look beyond the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon had begun to increase its focus on the Asia Pacific region, where the North Korea threat was escalating and China was flexing its military muscles. But that has been eclipsed by the march of Islamic State militants across Syria and Iraq, and the group's effort to expand to other regions and import the fight to the West.
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Lolita C Baldor
AP
May 5, 2015
Obama referred to Dunford's native Boston, saying he's the "very definition of Boston strong." But Obama added, "the only downside in my book is as a White Sox fan, there is yet another Red Sox fan who I'm going to have to be dealing with."
Announcing his selection of Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. during a Rose Garden ceremony, Obama said America's armed forces must be ready to meet a broad range of challenges, and that Dunford has proven to be one of the military's most highly regarded strategic thinkers.
"We have to keep training Afghan forces and remain relentless against Al Qaida. We have to push back against ISIL and strengthen forces in Syria and build moderate opposition in Syria," said Obama, using an alternate name for the Islamic State group. "We have to stand united with our allies in Europe and keep rebalancing our posture as a Pacific power. We have to keep investing in new capabilities to meet growing threats, including cyber attacks."
As the U.S. started to look beyond the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon had begun to increase its focus on the Asia Pacific region, where the North Korea threat was escalating and China was flexing its military muscles. But that has been eclipsed by the march of Islamic State militants across Syria and Iraq, and the group's effort to expand to other regions and import the fight to the West.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Marine battling cancer honeymoons with Fenway first pitch
Marine battling cancer honeymoons with Fenway first pitch
Friends raised money for Jody, Trinity Nelson
WCVB News
By Kelley Tuthill
Aug 04, 2014
BOSTON —Jody and Trinity Nelson have been married for 10 years but military deployment and then cancer put their honeymoon plans on hold until this week.
After serving in Afghanistan in the Marine Corps, Jody was diagnosed with stage IV small cell carcinoma last year.
That delayed the honeymoon for the Virginia couple.
"We wanted to come to a Red Sox game," said Jody Nelson. "We wanted to come to Fenway Park."
Friends helped raise the money through the Newton-based website Booster.com which organizes fundraising campaigns through T-shirt sales and direct donations.
Their 2-year-old son, Caleb, is with his grandmother while the Nelsons enjoyed a much-needed break in Boston. They ate at Wahlburgers in Hingham where they were welcomed like members of the famous family.
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Friends raised money for Jody, Trinity Nelson
WCVB News
By Kelley Tuthill
Aug 04, 2014
BOSTON —Jody and Trinity Nelson have been married for 10 years but military deployment and then cancer put their honeymoon plans on hold until this week.
After serving in Afghanistan in the Marine Corps, Jody was diagnosed with stage IV small cell carcinoma last year.
That delayed the honeymoon for the Virginia couple.
"We wanted to come to a Red Sox game," said Jody Nelson. "We wanted to come to Fenway Park."
Friends helped raise the money through the Newton-based website Booster.com which organizes fundraising campaigns through T-shirt sales and direct donations.
Their 2-year-old son, Caleb, is with his grandmother while the Nelsons enjoyed a much-needed break in Boston. They ate at Wahlburgers in Hingham where they were welcomed like members of the famous family.
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Boston Red Sox Run to Home Base in Combat PTSD fight
Thousands run for veterans at Fenway
Annual event raises millions
Boston Globe
By Oliver Ortega
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
JULY 20, 2014
But Afghanistan changed him. On the front lines, the Army medic saw death and desolation, fellow soldiers whose wounds he could not heal. The memories tormented him on sleepless nights and led to fits of rage back in the US.
In the end, it proved to be too much. He committed suicide last summer, a year after coming home.
With his friend Kidman as inspiration, Major Craig Meling of Dorchester laced up his best pair of sneakers Saturday morning and joined about 2,600 people running at Fenway Park to raise money for military members suffering from mental trauma and brain injuries — what some call the “invisible wounds” of war.
Now in its fifth year, Run to Home Base has raised more than $11 million for a clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital that serves hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and their families, helping them grapple with the mental illnesses that took the life of Kidman and other soldiers. This year’s run alone raised just under $2 million, said Lee A. Chelminiak, a spokeswoman.
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In Afghanistan, troops join Boston runners
Boston Globe
By Oliver Ortega
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
JULY 20, 2014
Members of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division held their own run in Afghanistan on Friday in support of Saturday’s Run to Home Base event in Boston. The effort was spearheaded by Captain Lukasz Willenberg, the division’s chaplain and an avid runner. Gear and winners’ medals were provided by the Corvias Foundation charity group.
“We thought it would be a great event to bring military and civilian folks together under the banner of Run To The Home Base and ‘Boston Strong,’ ” said Willenberg, who also ran.
About 1,100 soldiers and civilians at the base trekked back and forth on a road that stretched a mile and a half inside Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan.
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Annual event raises millions
Boston Globe
By Oliver Ortega
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
JULY 20, 2014
THOUSANDS RUN FOR VETS AT FENWAYMore than 2,000 people participated in this year’s Run to Home Base outside Fenway Park on Saturday.
Tommy Lee Kidman always wore a smile. His two daughters, Gracie and Madeline were the “light of his eyes,” friends say, and he had an artistic side — he drew, wrote, played the guitar.
Hosting the event at the home of Boston’s beloved Red Sox helps elevate an issue affecting many in the military, said retired Army Brigadier General Jack Hammond, the executive director of the Home Base foundation.
Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, the Red Sox Foundation funds and oversees the clinic.
But Afghanistan changed him. On the front lines, the Army medic saw death and desolation, fellow soldiers whose wounds he could not heal. The memories tormented him on sleepless nights and led to fits of rage back in the US.
In the end, it proved to be too much. He committed suicide last summer, a year after coming home.
With his friend Kidman as inspiration, Major Craig Meling of Dorchester laced up his best pair of sneakers Saturday morning and joined about 2,600 people running at Fenway Park to raise money for military members suffering from mental trauma and brain injuries — what some call the “invisible wounds” of war.
Now in its fifth year, Run to Home Base has raised more than $11 million for a clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital that serves hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and their families, helping them grapple with the mental illnesses that took the life of Kidman and other soldiers. This year’s run alone raised just under $2 million, said Lee A. Chelminiak, a spokeswoman.
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In Afghanistan, troops join Boston runners
Boston Globe
By Oliver Ortega
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
JULY 20, 2014
Members of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division held their own run in Afghanistan on Friday in support of Saturday’s Run to Home Base event in Boston. The effort was spearheaded by Captain Lukasz Willenberg, the division’s chaplain and an avid runner. Gear and winners’ medals were provided by the Corvias Foundation charity group.
“We thought it would be a great event to bring military and civilian folks together under the banner of Run To The Home Base and ‘Boston Strong,’ ” said Willenberg, who also ran.
About 1,100 soldiers and civilians at the base trekked back and forth on a road that stretched a mile and a half inside Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Boston Red Sox and Celtics pay visit to wounded soldier
Raynham soldier recovering from IED blast gets special visit from Boston Red Sox, Celtics
Taunton Daily Gazette
Marc Laroque
Taunton Gazette Staff Reporter
Posted Apr. 7, 2014
RAYNHAM — A Raynham Army sergeant who survived the blast of a 200-pound improvised explosive device last year has an optimistic outlook on his recovery from a severe leg wound.
Brandon Korona, who is undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Md., said on Sunday that he is in high spirits after going through another surgery in February, as part of a lengthy treatment process. Korona, 22, said that the odds are in his favor that he will not have go through the amputation of his left leg or foot.
“Everything is going well,” Korona said. “I had another surgery to use my heel. They are working right now to just get me mobile again. I’m still working toward avoiding amputation. But that’s slowly becoming less of an option. I’m healing up better.”
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Taunton Daily Gazette
Marc Laroque
Taunton Gazette Staff Reporter
Posted Apr. 7, 2014
Submitted Photo Brandon Korona, 22, of Raynham, center, who is undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Md., after surviving an improvised explosive device blast last June in Afghanistan, poses for a photo with Boston Red Sox infielder Mike Napoli, left, last Tuesday at the Walter Reed Hospital. Korona's mother, Lori Downing, is at right.
RAYNHAM — A Raynham Army sergeant who survived the blast of a 200-pound improvised explosive device last year has an optimistic outlook on his recovery from a severe leg wound.
Brandon Korona, who is undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Md., said on Sunday that he is in high spirits after going through another surgery in February, as part of a lengthy treatment process. Korona, 22, said that the odds are in his favor that he will not have go through the amputation of his left leg or foot.
“Everything is going well,” Korona said. “I had another surgery to use my heel. They are working right now to just get me mobile again. I’m still working toward avoiding amputation. But that’s slowly becoming less of an option. I’m healing up better.”
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Boston Red Sox Win!
Red Sox Win World Series With 6-1 Win Over Cardinals In Game 6
(VIDEO/PHOTOS)
AP
By RONALD BLUM
Posted: 10/30/2013
BOSTON -- BOSTON (AP) — There hasn't been a party like this in New England for nearly a century.
Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first.
Shane Victorino, symbolic of these resilient Sox, returned from a stiff back and got Boston rolling with a three-run double off the Green Monster against rookie sensation Michael Wacha.
John Lackey became the first pitcher to start and win a Series clincher for two different teams, allowing one run over 6 2-3 innings 11 years after his Game 7 victory as an Angels rookie in 2002.
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(VIDEO/PHOTOS)
AP
By RONALD BLUM
Posted: 10/30/2013
BOSTON -- BOSTON (AP) — There hasn't been a party like this in New England for nearly a century.
Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first.
Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Koji Uehara and catcher David Ross celebrate after getting St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter to strike out and end Game 6 of baseball's World Series Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, in Boston. The Red Sox won 6-1 to win the series. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, baseball's bearded wonders, capped their remarkable turnaround by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6 on Wednesday night to win their third World Series championship in 10 seasons.
Shane Victorino, symbolic of these resilient Sox, returned from a stiff back and got Boston rolling with a three-run double off the Green Monster against rookie sensation Michael Wacha.
John Lackey became the first pitcher to start and win a Series clincher for two different teams, allowing one run over 6 2-3 innings 11 years after his Game 7 victory as an Angels rookie in 2002.
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This isn't a sports blog but considering how much the Sox have done with their foundation for veterans and others, I think I will be forgiven for being very proud of my home town boys! Boston Red Sox Home Base
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Boston charities, sponsors to host celebrity concert for vets
Boston charities, sponsors to host celebrity concert for vets
Boston Business Journal
Mary Moore Reporter
Charities affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and Massachusetts General Hospital are teaming to host a Sept. 23 benefit concert at Boston's Symphony Hall for U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The Mission Gratitude concert will be hosted by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital's Home Base program, which helps veterans and their families recover from post-traumatic stress disorder. The concert is intended to raise money for vets suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.
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Boston Business Journal
Mary Moore Reporter
Charities affiliated with the Boston Red Sox and Massachusetts General Hospital are teaming to host a Sept. 23 benefit concert at Boston's Symphony Hall for U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The Mission Gratitude concert will be hosted by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital's Home Base program, which helps veterans and their families recover from post-traumatic stress disorder. The concert is intended to raise money for vets suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Army Ranger vet representing Sox at All-Star Game
Army Ranger vet representing Sox at All-Star Game
MLB.com
By Jacob Thorpe
7/10/2013
SEATTLE -- In a profession of heroes, Joe "Kap" Kapacziewski stands out. The soldier underwent 42 surgeries on his leg after a grenade explosion badly wounded Kapacziewski in Iraq in 2005. Still, the doctors couldn't fix his leg and were forced to amputate. That sacrifice made Kapacziewski a hero. It's what he did next that will make him a legend.
With a prosthetic limb where his right leg used to be, Kapacziewski returned to active combat with the Army Airborne Rangers, the first ever to do so after an amputation.
Kapacziewski went on to serve five additional combat deployments, and in 2010, he saved a fellow soldier's life by dragging the wounded warrior to safety despite heavy enemy gunfire. Now Kapacziewski mentors other veterans with Challenged Athletes Foundation's Operation Rebound.
For that extraordinary bravery and service, Kapacziewski was recognized on Wednesday when Major League Baseball and People Magazine announced him as the Red Sox's representative among the 30 winners of their "Tribute for Heroes" campaign. This nationwide initiative aims to honor service members while supporting Welcome Back Veterans, which addresses the needs of veterans returning from combat.
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MLB.com
By Jacob Thorpe
7/10/2013
SEATTLE -- In a profession of heroes, Joe "Kap" Kapacziewski stands out. The soldier underwent 42 surgeries on his leg after a grenade explosion badly wounded Kapacziewski in Iraq in 2005. Still, the doctors couldn't fix his leg and were forced to amputate. That sacrifice made Kapacziewski a hero. It's what he did next that will make him a legend.
With a prosthetic limb where his right leg used to be, Kapacziewski returned to active combat with the Army Airborne Rangers, the first ever to do so after an amputation.
Kapacziewski went on to serve five additional combat deployments, and in 2010, he saved a fellow soldier's life by dragging the wounded warrior to safety despite heavy enemy gunfire. Now Kapacziewski mentors other veterans with Challenged Athletes Foundation's Operation Rebound.
For that extraordinary bravery and service, Kapacziewski was recognized on Wednesday when Major League Baseball and People Magazine announced him as the Red Sox's representative among the 30 winners of their "Tribute for Heroes" campaign. This nationwide initiative aims to honor service members while supporting Welcome Back Veterans, which addresses the needs of veterans returning from combat.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Soldiers and civilians join Red Sox Foundation for PTSD and TBI
SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS ‘RUN HOME’ TO SUPPORT PTSD, TBI TREATMENT
STORY BY KELLY SOUZA
U.S. ARMY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
BOSTON (May 21, 2012) — It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the kind of day where the sun is saying so long to spring and heating up for summer. Fans eagerly crowded into Fenway Park adorned with team shirts and carrying supportive signs.
But, fans were not there to cheer on the Red Sox that morning.
Instead, they were supporting runners and walkers as they crossed Fenway Park’s famous home plate. About a dozen active duty Soldiers and civilians from Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., joined the nearly 2,000 runners and walkers who participated in the Red Sox Run-Walk to Home Base, May 20, 2012.
The Run-Walk to Home Base is a unique 9k fundraising run and three-mile walk which helps raise money for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. Participants begin at Fenway, wind through a scenic route of Boston and then end back at the Park with a timed finish in front of the Green Monster and a photo opportunity crossing home plate.
Dr. Naomi Simon is a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. She said that the program is a joint collaboration between these two organizations that provides clinical care and support services to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and families affected by combat- or deployment-related stress and traumatic brain injury, regardless of their financial situations. This makes the dollars raised from the Run-Walk to Home Base vital.
“The Run-Walk to Home Base has been a major philanthropic sustaining force for the Home Base Program,” Simon said. “Almost all of our services are paid for through philanthropic efforts like the Run to Home Base. This program is critical in giving families a place to seek care, regardless of their ability to pay for it.”
The Home Base program also provides community education and research to improve the understanding and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury — the so called “invisible wounds of war.”
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STORY BY KELLY SOUZA
U.S. ARMY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
Soldiers and civilians from Natick Soldier Systems Center stand together at Fenway Park before the Run-Walk to Home Base, May 20, 2012. About a dozen active duty Soldiers and civilians from NSSC in Natick Mass., joined the nearly 2,000 runners and walkers who participated in the Red Sox Run-Walk to Home Base. The Run-Walk to Home Base is a unique 9k run and three-mile walk which helps raise awareness and support for PTSD and TBI.
(Photo by David Kamm, NSRDEC)
BOSTON (May 21, 2012) — It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the kind of day where the sun is saying so long to spring and heating up for summer. Fans eagerly crowded into Fenway Park adorned with team shirts and carrying supportive signs.
But, fans were not there to cheer on the Red Sox that morning.
Instead, they were supporting runners and walkers as they crossed Fenway Park’s famous home plate. About a dozen active duty Soldiers and civilians from Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., joined the nearly 2,000 runners and walkers who participated in the Red Sox Run-Walk to Home Base, May 20, 2012.
The Run-Walk to Home Base is a unique 9k fundraising run and three-mile walk which helps raise money for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. Participants begin at Fenway, wind through a scenic route of Boston and then end back at the Park with a timed finish in front of the Green Monster and a photo opportunity crossing home plate.
Dr. Naomi Simon is a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. She said that the program is a joint collaboration between these two organizations that provides clinical care and support services to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and families affected by combat- or deployment-related stress and traumatic brain injury, regardless of their financial situations. This makes the dollars raised from the Run-Walk to Home Base vital.
“The Run-Walk to Home Base has been a major philanthropic sustaining force for the Home Base Program,” Simon said. “Almost all of our services are paid for through philanthropic efforts like the Run to Home Base. This program is critical in giving families a place to seek care, regardless of their ability to pay for it.”
The Home Base program also provides community education and research to improve the understanding and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury — the so called “invisible wounds of war.”
read more here
Monday, May 21, 2012
Veteran jogs to aid injured comrades
Veteran jogs to aid injured comrades
By David Rattigan
Globe Correspondent
May 20, 2012
When Nahant’s Tara Butler crosses home plate at Fenway Park on Sunday, her home town can take credit for doing a good thing for area veterans.
Butler plans to be one of 2,000 participants in today’s Run-Walk to Home Base, a fund-raising run/walk to benefit the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program.
Funds raised will provide clinical care and support services for returning veterans with combat stress or traumatic brain injury and their families. They will also go to research into improving treatments and prevention, and community education. In two years, it has raised approximately $5 million.
Butler is being sponsored by the town, which promoted her cause on its municipal website, mentioned it at public meetings and in the press, and has had residents contribute via fund-raising cans placed around town.
Participants are required to raise a minimum of $1,000, but with town support (and matching funds from her mother’s employer, Verizon), Butler has raised $2,170.
Organizers say that she is the only participant to be town-sponsored.
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By David Rattigan
Globe Correspondent
May 20, 2012
When Nahant’s Tara Butler crosses home plate at Fenway Park on Sunday, her home town can take credit for doing a good thing for area veterans.
Butler plans to be one of 2,000 participants in today’s Run-Walk to Home Base, a fund-raising run/walk to benefit the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program.
Funds raised will provide clinical care and support services for returning veterans with combat stress or traumatic brain injury and their families. They will also go to research into improving treatments and prevention, and community education. In two years, it has raised approximately $5 million.
Butler is being sponsored by the town, which promoted her cause on its municipal website, mentioned it at public meetings and in the press, and has had residents contribute via fund-raising cans placed around town.
Participants are required to raise a minimum of $1,000, but with town support (and matching funds from her mother’s employer, Verizon), Butler has raised $2,170.
Organizers say that she is the only participant to be town-sponsored.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Through Military Charity, Francona’s Family Still Tied To The Sox
Through Military Charity, Francona’s Family Still Tied To The Sox
BY DELORES HANDY
Nov 3, 2011, 7:36 AM
BOSTON — While the Red Sox baseball era may be over for former manager Terry Francona, there is a cause tied to the team that’s still very close to his family.
Jacque Francona, ‘Tito’s’ wife, remains involved with Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation program that helps military families and their loved ones serving overseas.
This fall, Jacque has had a lot more than baseball on her mind.
“I am here as a mother of a son that is in active duty serving as a Marine, and also a mother-in-law of a Marine who is also deployed to Afghanistan,” she said.
Jacque’s only son, Nick, returned just last week from a seven-month stint in Afghanistan, where he commanded a sniper platoon.
Francona’s son-in-law, Michael Rice — who is with a Marine unit dismantling bombs — won’t be returning to the U.S. until early next year.
“I, like all the other parents out there who’ve had someone serve in harm’s way, have experienced a range of emotions,” she said.
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BY DELORES HANDY
Nov 3, 2011, 7:36 AM
BOSTON — While the Red Sox baseball era may be over for former manager Terry Francona, there is a cause tied to the team that’s still very close to his family.
Jacque Francona, ‘Tito’s’ wife, remains involved with Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation program that helps military families and their loved ones serving overseas.
This fall, Jacque has had a lot more than baseball on her mind.
“I am here as a mother of a son that is in active duty serving as a Marine, and also a mother-in-law of a Marine who is also deployed to Afghanistan,” she said.
Jacque’s only son, Nick, returned just last week from a seven-month stint in Afghanistan, where he commanded a sniper platoon.
Francona’s son-in-law, Michael Rice — who is with a Marine unit dismantling bombs — won’t be returning to the U.S. until early next year.
“I, like all the other parents out there who’ve had someone serve in harm’s way, have experienced a range of emotions,” she said.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Home Base run to help veterans with PTSD
UPDATE on this story 5/23/11
Fenway run raises $2.6m to aid veterans
By Stewart Bishop
Globe Correspondent / May 23, 2011
On a cool, overcast morning at Fenway Park yesterday, 33-year-old Meredith Griffin paid tribute to seven members of her family who have fought in the Iraq war — especially to the one who never made it home.
She joined more than 2,000 runners, including almost 300 active duty military service members, to raise money to support veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat stress or brain injuries.
Griffin’s cousin, Army Captain Anthony Palermo Jr. of Brockton, was killed in the line of duty in Baghdad in April 2007. Yesterday she ran the race wearing a shirt bearing Palermo’s photo, along with the dates of his birth and death.
“It’s really kind of a labor of love to run today and to really be involved in this cause,’’ said Griffin, of Raynham, as she stood in front of the Red Sox dugout after the race. “This is in honor of Tony and in honor of my other relatives that are still with us and that are still struggling.’’
Griffin said many of her family members who have served have been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, a debilitating anxiety condition that often affects soldiers exposed to severe trauma.
“A lot of them, the ones that came home, have been diagnosed with PTSD. There’s a lot of emotion they don’t share with you, a lot of mood swings, fear, and mixed emotions. It’s hard to deal with all of that,’’ Griffin said. “We have a pretty amazing family and a great support group, but not everybody’s that lucky. “
Organizers said the 5.6-mile run — which began on Yawkey Way, stretched over the river to Memorial Drive and ended with runners crossing home plate inside the park — raised an estimated $2.6 million for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. It was the second annual Run to Home Base, and participants were required to raise $1,000.
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Fenway run raises $2.6m to aid veterans
Fenway run raises $2.6m to aid veterans
By Stewart Bishop
Globe Correspondent / May 23, 2011
On a cool, overcast morning at Fenway Park yesterday, 33-year-old Meredith Griffin paid tribute to seven members of her family who have fought in the Iraq war — especially to the one who never made it home.
She joined more than 2,000 runners, including almost 300 active duty military service members, to raise money to support veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat stress or brain injuries.
Griffin’s cousin, Army Captain Anthony Palermo Jr. of Brockton, was killed in the line of duty in Baghdad in April 2007. Yesterday she ran the race wearing a shirt bearing Palermo’s photo, along with the dates of his birth and death.
“It’s really kind of a labor of love to run today and to really be involved in this cause,’’ said Griffin, of Raynham, as she stood in front of the Red Sox dugout after the race. “This is in honor of Tony and in honor of my other relatives that are still with us and that are still struggling.’’
Griffin said many of her family members who have served have been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, a debilitating anxiety condition that often affects soldiers exposed to severe trauma.
“A lot of them, the ones that came home, have been diagnosed with PTSD. There’s a lot of emotion they don’t share with you, a lot of mood swings, fear, and mixed emotions. It’s hard to deal with all of that,’’ Griffin said. “We have a pretty amazing family and a great support group, but not everybody’s that lucky. “
Organizers said the 5.6-mile run — which began on Yawkey Way, stretched over the river to Memorial Drive and ended with runners crossing home plate inside the park — raised an estimated $2.6 million for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. It was the second annual Run to Home Base, and participants were required to raise $1,000.
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Fenway run raises $2.6m to aid veterans
Charity Run At Fenway To Raise Money For Local Veterans
Charity Run At Fenway To Raise Money For Local Veterans
9K Run To Home Base Supports Those Affected By Stress Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury
BOSTON -- One in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan struggles with a stress disorder, like PTSD, or traumatic brain injury, according to the Massachusetts General and The Red Sox Foundation's Home Base Program, which provides care to veterans with deployment and combat-related stress disorders and traumatic brain injury.
"Because we've had so many improvised explosive devices and RPGs go off near our nation's heroes, we have a number of people coming back with cognitive problems, memory issues, behavioral issues (and) problems with sleep," said Dr. Ross Zafonte, the traumatic brain injury director at the Home Base Program. "If we don't remember the same way, if we don't evaluate situations the same way, if we can't interact with our family in the same way, the consequences can be devastating."
Air Force veteran Dee Lane saw that firsthand with her brother Billy, who served in Iraq.
"It's all kind of kept within you," said Lane. "It was a very lonely, a very lonely five years, and he kept so much to himself."
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Charity Run At Fenway To Raise Money For Local Veterans
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Community, Soldiers and Red Sox Foundation team up to help veterans
Community, Soldiers and Red Sox Foundation team up to help veterans
May 24, 2010
By John Harlow/USAG-Natick Public Affairs Officer
BOSTON -- On a sunny morning in Boston, more than 2,000 runners gathered on Yawkey Way outside of Fenway Park to run nine kilometers with the finish line being one of the most famous spots in Boston... home plate of Fenway Park.
The Boston Red Sox Foundation hosted the run to raise money supporting The Home Base program which helps veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
The Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. was on hand to welcome the runners, thank them for what they are doing to help our wounded warriors and congratulate them when they crossed home plate. Casey is very familiar with the area, having graduated from Boston College High School in Dorchester, Mass.
"This run is very important to our servicemembers," said Casey. "We are working to reduce the stigma of asking for help which is half our battle. Once we reduce the stigma, we can help Soldiers recover."
The Red Sox Foundation partners with Massachusetts General Hospital for The Home Base Program. The event on Sunday raised $2.4 million to support research for PTSD and TBI.
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Community, Soldiers and Red Sox Foundation team up to help veterans
May 24, 2010
By John Harlow/USAG-Natick Public Affairs Officer
BOSTON -- On a sunny morning in Boston, more than 2,000 runners gathered on Yawkey Way outside of Fenway Park to run nine kilometers with the finish line being one of the most famous spots in Boston... home plate of Fenway Park.
The Boston Red Sox Foundation hosted the run to raise money supporting The Home Base program which helps veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
The Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. was on hand to welcome the runners, thank them for what they are doing to help our wounded warriors and congratulate them when they crossed home plate. Casey is very familiar with the area, having graduated from Boston College High School in Dorchester, Mass.
"This run is very important to our servicemembers," said Casey. "We are working to reduce the stigma of asking for help which is half our battle. Once we reduce the stigma, we can help Soldiers recover."
The Red Sox Foundation partners with Massachusetts General Hospital for The Home Base Program. The event on Sunday raised $2.4 million to support research for PTSD and TBI.
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Community, Soldiers and Red Sox Foundation team up to help veterans
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Sister's love and awareness helping PTSD Veteran heal
One step at a time
They've always been close. So when Jonathan Zagami returned from Iraq suffering from PTSD, his sister Jaime went the extra mile to help.
By Bella English
Globe Staff
Four days after he turned 18, in May 2002, Jonathan Zagami enlisted in the Army Reserves and shipped out with the first ground forces that invaded Iraq. A combat engineer, he cleared minefields, did demolition work, and built camps and guard towers for the soldiers.
“I’d help load guys on the plane who were all shot up,’’ he says, recalling one soldier who had lost a leg. “I said, ‘Dude, I feel so bad for you.’ He said, ‘I feel bad for you. I’m going home.’ That was a real gut check for me.’’
Zagami had left his Needham home after high school graduation an outgoing, affable teenager: “everybody’s friend,’’ as he puts it. He returned home two years later an angry, profane stranger.
“He couldn’t even let us hug him when he first came back,’’ says his sister, Jaime.
When Jonathan and Jaime cross home plate with 3,000 others tomorrow at Fenway Park, it will be just the latest milestone the brother and sister have reached since he returned from Iraq, a wounded warrior, six years ago. They’re participating in the 9K Run To Home Base, a fund-raiser sponsored by the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital. The race benefits Home Base, a new partnership between the two organizations to treat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury — the two signature wounds of the wars.
The program began percolating in Tom Werner’s mind after the Red Sox visited veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center following the 2007 World Series championship. Werner, chairman of the Red Sox, was shocked at the high percentage of soldiers with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. The Pentagon recently announced that mental health disorders caused more hospitalizations among US troops last year than any other reason, accounting for 40 percent of all days spent in hospitals.
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One step at a time
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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
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
Friday, September 18, 2009
Red Sox team up to help war veterans
This very well could be the best thing that could happen. We turn sports figures into heroes all the time. The general public knows more about the batting average of a player than they do how many soldiers have died in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Mention PTSD to anyone without someone in the military and they don't have a clue what it is. It is not that they don't care but more a case they have not been exposed to it.
Humans love competition when it comes to stories of misery and suffering. We do it all the time. Someone will talk about an operation they had, someone else jumps in with a worse story and the games begin. If more people were aware of what PTSD is or the fact anyone an end up with it after traumatic events, including police officers, firefighters, emergency responders and survivors, having discussions about PTSD would be as natural as having conversations about childbirth. The Red Sox can manage to do that just by the exposure they are trying to give PTSD. An American passtime joined with American heroes and what they need! What could be better than that?
Mention PTSD to anyone without someone in the military and they don't have a clue what it is. It is not that they don't care but more a case they have not been exposed to it.
Humans love competition when it comes to stories of misery and suffering. We do it all the time. Someone will talk about an operation they had, someone else jumps in with a worse story and the games begin. If more people were aware of what PTSD is or the fact anyone an end up with it after traumatic events, including police officers, firefighters, emergency responders and survivors, having discussions about PTSD would be as natural as having conversations about childbirth. The Red Sox can manage to do that just by the exposure they are trying to give PTSD. An American passtime joined with American heroes and what they need! What could be better than that?
Red Sox team up to help war veterans
Pledge care for those with stress disorders and brain injuries
By John Barone and Ian Browne / MLB.com
09/17/09 11:20 PM ET
BOSTON -- In a major effort to help veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Red Sox on Thursday unveiled a multifaceted initiative in tandem with Massachusetts General Hospital at a news conference at Boston Marriott Copley Place and through a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program, in cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, is designed to aid service members affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Objectives of the program include providing diagnosis and clinical care for veterans with PTSD and TBI; offering outreach and support services to families of affected veterans; conducting innovative research to deepen the understanding of the disorders and developing better treatments for them; and educating veterans, families and health-care providers about the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders.
Thousands of soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq struggle with PTSD and TBI, also known as "invisible wounds of war." Some choose to wage their fight in silence.
Now they don't have to.
United States Navy Chief Petty Officer Brian Zimmerman, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Boston's series finale against Los Angeles, fought back tears while telling his story in a gripping address during Thursday's news conference.
"I admit it took my wife and I some time to decide if we were ready to share our journey so publicly," said Zimmerman, who suffers from both PTSD and TBI after sustaining multiple concussions in the Iraq battle of Fallujah late in 2004. "But this is a wonderful opportunity to encourage fellow service members to seek the help and the care that they need.
"I lost 22 brothers in the battle of Fallujah, and I remember all 22 of their names, and their faces. I will never forget them. It's very difficult, but at the same time, as I've been taught in counseling, I have to remember the 30 Marines that we were able to save that would have been lost."
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Red Sox team up to help war veterans
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Boston Red Sox want troops safe at home with PTSD
Safe at home
After Red Sox visits to Walter Reed, team foundation and MGH launch effort to help struggling war veterans
By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff
It was supposed to be a brief stop for the Red Sox to share the World Series trophy with wounded soldiers. But the team lingered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for much of the afternoon, deeply moved by their conversations with amputees and veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
Now that visit in February 2008 has turned into much more. The Boston Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital will announce today the launch of a $6 million program to treat the rising number of men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries and to encourage reluctant veterans to seek services.
The players hope to take a crucial role in trying to diminish the stigma many veterans feel about asking for help for a mental disorder. Pitcher Tim Wakefield has filmed the first of a series of planned public service announcements in which he implores veterans to get treatment. “Being on a team means never having to face a challenge alone,’’ he says.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/09/17/safe_at_home/
After Red Sox visits to Walter Reed, team foundation and MGH launch effort to help struggling war veterans
By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff
It was supposed to be a brief stop for the Red Sox to share the World Series trophy with wounded soldiers. But the team lingered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for much of the afternoon, deeply moved by their conversations with amputees and veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
Now that visit in February 2008 has turned into much more. The Boston Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital will announce today the launch of a $6 million program to treat the rising number of men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries and to encourage reluctant veterans to seek services.
The players hope to take a crucial role in trying to diminish the stigma many veterans feel about asking for help for a mental disorder. Pitcher Tim Wakefield has filmed the first of a series of planned public service announcements in which he implores veterans to get treatment. “Being on a team means never having to face a challenge alone,’’ he says.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/09/17/safe_at_home/
Friday, February 29, 2008
Boston Red Sox at Walter Reed
New perspective: Sox shortstop Julio Lugo chats with retired Sgt. 1st Class Roland Paquette during Wednesday’s visit to Washington’s Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Hospital visit good for Sox’ health
FORT MYERS - Though flying to Washington to meet with President Bush on Wednesday and then heading back to Florida the same day was a grind, the trip gave the Red Sox [team stats] valuable perspective on their place in the grand scheme of things.
All it took was a visit to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and speaking with wounded veterans of the United States’ war in Iraq.
“I think the most important part of the trip - you can ask anyone who went on it - was visiting the hospital,” said Josh Beckett [stats] yesterday. “I got to hear several stories, and as terrible as those stories are, it’s something like that that you get to hear that puts everything in perspective for you and makes you realize how fortunate we are to have people like that who are willing to do stuff like that. Those are heroes.”
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