News From the Cause
Restoring the Earth helps veterans heal: (CNN)
May 20, 2009
Before helping the vets with training for new careers in green job fields, Fischer spent 15 years counseling veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He says he "burned out" doing that work, but the experience instilled in him the need to make sure that veterans returning from war are given assistance to readjust. Vets who contact the VCC are helped by its small staff to enroll in a local community college and become part of a network of recently returned vets and older veterans who volunteer on the community projects. click here to view
