Contacts Made

Today I made contact with the Blue Star Mothers completely by chance. They loved the premise behind what I was doing and especially the local Vets4Vets group. I am still securing a location and a time for the meeting though. I do have the beginnings of a flyer going and will complete that tonight, minus the date and location of the meetings.

I have made arrangements to talk to someone about grants and the whatnot. Maybe by knowing what they want and are looking for in the way of requirements I can focus my research a little bit more. I have to try to remember I am not creating treatment plans but the environment. So instead of reading whatever I can about PTSD and soldiers and history, etc I need to focus on community development.

You can not heal other people, you can only heal yourself until your presence is healing.

www.whatadifference.org

This site is here for people living with mental illness—and their friends. You'll find tools to help in the recovery process, and you can also learn about the different kinds of mental illnesses, read real-life stories about support and recovery, and interact with the video to see how friends can make all the difference.

Sick but productive

Even though I was sick as a dog today I got a few things done. I set up an email address and facebook address for the Vets4Vets Dayton area group.

vets4vetsdayton@gmail.com
Facebook: VetsforVets Dayton
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1226207468&ref=name

I've also been compiling contact information for various veteran organizations and resources throughout the Dayton/Columbus/Cincinnati area. So far I have probably nine pages of information that I need to go through.

I had the idea of the first meeting be more of a meet and greet where people get to shake hands and get a feel for each other than an actual official meeting. Maybe a bbq at a park? We'll see. Don't want to think too much about food right now though. Ugh. I hate being sick.