GRANT RECIPIENTS

Total Distributed to Date: $156,500

Prevent & Prevail would like to say a special thank you to Sharie Chickering, Sue Reilly, Jim & Pamela Bassey, and the Blair Family Foundation.

Without their generosity, and yours, we would be unable to help so many.

2023 - Project Sanctuary

We continued our partnership with Project Sanctuary. Project Sanctuary believes that when one person serves, the whole family serves. Project Sanctuary hosted 27 in-person retreats in 2022 serving 272 families across the country. To date Project Sanctuary has hosted over 270 retreats. During their six-day therapeutic retreats, Project Sanctuary brings military and veteran families together where they take part in carefully crafted workshops and recreational activities designed to address the challenges they are facing. Amount: $18,000

2023 - The Home Front Military Network

We continued to support The Home Front Military Network as they help service members, veterans and their families navigate support systems through web-based and call-in information and assistance to find the services and continue to support them every step of the way. Amount: $18,000.

2023 - The Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Lighthouse Writers Workshop will use the funds provided to allow veterans to participate in courses and conferences free of charge in partnership with the Office of Veteran’s Affairs. A great deal of recent research has shown that creative writing can provide lasting emotional and intellectual benefits. Lighthouse is honored to have Writership funds available specifically for veterans, made possible through the generous support of Prevent & Prevail. Veteran tuition assistance to this program here. Amount: $2,500

2023 - Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Colorado Photographic Arts Center - CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Series, an annual arts education program that provides up to 12 Colorado-based U.S. military Veterans with the education and skills necessary to become professional photographers at no cost. After completing the program, students can enter the professional fine art photography world, develop a photographic business, or further their artistic practice at an advanced level. Graduates have gone on to sell work, attend professional portfolio reviews, and exhibit at local galleries. Amount: $3,000

2022 - Project Save a Warrior

Project Save a Warrior serves veterans, active-duty military members, and first responders from across the United States. No warrior pays anything to attend. In 2021, SAW will serve at least 500 Warriors. SAW steps in when other methods fail serving over 1,500 of our nation's heroes in the last decade. Each warrior receives a 75-hour intensive residential program with effective and applicable techniques to overcome the symptoms associated with C-PTS. In addition, they are plugged into a lifelong community of support through an Alumni network. Amount: $15,000

2022 - Project Sanctuary

We continued our partnership with Project Sanctuary. Project Sanctuary believes that when one person serves, the whole family serves. Project Sanctuary hosted 20 in-person retreats in 2021 serving 148 families across the country. During their six-day therapeutic retreats, Project Sanctuary brings military and veteran families together where they take part in carefully crafted workshops and recreational activities designed to address the challenges they are facing. Amount: $10,000

2022 - The Home Front Military Network

We continued to support The Home Front Military Network as they facilitate a network of coordinated support focusing on the holistic needs of service members, veterans, and their families in Colorado’s Pikes Peak Region. HFMN connects individuals and families, often people with service-related disabilities, to essential resources. HFMN provides emergency financial assistance that is instrumental in preventing further crises when their clients are facing financial hardship. Amount: $10,000.

2022 - The Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Lighthouse Writers Workshop will use the funds provided to allow veterans to participate in courses and conferences free of charge in partnership with the Office of Veteran’s Affairs. A great deal of recent research has shown that creative writing can provide lasting emotional and intellectual benefits. Often the writing process alleviates feelings of depression and anxiety. Participants feel a greater sense of self-awareness. By writing down difficult life experiences—which can break apart one's sense of self—the author gains a certain amount of control over this life experience, and thus it ceases to have power over them. Apply for Veteran tuition assistance to this program here. Amount: $3,500

2022 - Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Colorado Photographic Arts Center - CPAC’s Veterans Workshop Series, an annual arts education program that provides up to 12 Colorado-based U.S. military Veterans with the education and skills necessary to become professional photographers at no cost. This unique program is open to Veterans only and was created in partnership with local veteran-led organizations including VFW Post 1’s Veterans Arts Council and Task Force ISO. The 2022 Veterans Workshop Series will take place August 2022 – January 2023 at CPAC in Denver. Chosen Veteran artists will attend workshops and mentorship sessions, develop a portfolio, exhibit their work at CPAC, and publish their images in a printed catalog. This rigorous educational experience will provide students with the knowledge and skills to exhibit, publish, or sell their work at a professional level. Amount: $1,500

2021 - Project Sanctuary

We continued our partnership with Project Sanctuary. PS hosts therapeutic retreats in eight states across the country that are staffed and designed by the Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists (CTRS) and licensed counselors and social workers. The most recent pandemic put a pause on retreats made available to military families in need and the Project Sanctuary team pivoted quickly to ensure families were able to access and receive needed services and support, even as communities were shutting down. PS Wellness Matters FB Group, managed by the retreat team, was created on March 27th and quickly grew to 750 followers. This platform provides military families with virtual programs around physical and mental health, nutrition, and partner resources. PS is one of only a few veteran service organizations that quickly restarted in-person services by developing a “Safer at Retreats” model implemented at their first post-COVID Retreat in May of 2020. Amount: $10,000

2021 - Project Save a Warrior

Project Save a Warrior serves veterans, active-duty military members, and first responders from across the United States. There are more than 18 million veterans, more than 1.3 million Americans in active military duty, and more than 2.8 million first-responders living in the United States. SAW provides a free, introspective, and integrative four-and-a-half-day healing journey for veterans, active-duty military, and first responders living with C-PTS. SAW will be using the funds to open a third operating facility to serve more members of this community. Amount: $5,000

2020 -  Project Sanctuary

We continued to support Project Sanctuary best known for their all-encompassing, 6-day retreats tailored to reconnect military families once a soldier returns. Their philosophy is tailored around A.R.T - Assess, Reconnect, and Thrive. 90% of their families remain intact and none of their participants are experiencing homeless. We love supporting their passion and proven results. Amount: $10,000

2020 - The Home Front Military Network (formerly The Home Front Cares)

The Home Front Military Network acts quickly and provides grants – not loans – to help save veterans from homelessness and pay other essential living expenses. THFC provides true bridge assistance to help families get through a financial crisis and back on track to independent financial stability. Of veterans served in 2019, 70% said that without THFC’s assistance they would have lost their homes, 55% would have experienced the loss of utilities, 31% would have gone hungry, 24% would have lost their transportation, and 15% would have lost their jobs or had difficulty finding work. We love that the dollars go directly to the community and make an immediate impact. Amount: $7,000

2020 -  Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Lighthouse Writers Workshop used funds provided to allow five veterans to participate in advanced workshops at their annual Lit Fest. In particular, two 2020 veterans vocalized how important it was to them to be able to share their stories during the social isolation of the pandemic. Said one recipient, “During this period of withdrawal, we all need something to keep us going. Those of us that have writing in our toolbox continue to do just that, write.” Amount: $3,000

2019 -  Project Sanctuary

We continued to support Project Sanctuary because of its proven results. 89% of their funding goes directly to their programs. Over 90% of the 1,100 families they have served are still intact. They have lost only two soldiers to suicide of the 4,200 individuals served. We are proud to continue our relationship with this outstanding organization. Amount: $15,000

2019 -  Lighthouse Writers Workshop

Lighthouse Writers Workshop is a non-profit organization that provides arts education, support, and community for writers and readers in the Rocky Mountain region and beyond. They strive to ensure that literature maintains its proper prominence in the culture and that individuals achieve their fullest potential as artists and human beings. Lighthouse will be using the funds to provide tuition for veterans who know the healing power of writing, who want a serious forum for pushing themselves as writers, who need business and development opportunities, and who wish to participate in programs that carry tuition that is prohibitive to them. Amount: $5,000

2018 -  Project Sanctuary

Project Sanctuary supports families in their journey to reconnect and heal. They are a recognized leader in bringing health and wellness to military families. More than 1,000 families have participated in Project Sanctuary's six-day retreats. Of the 3,800 individuals served to date, Project Sanctuary has lost only one to suicide. We chose Project Sanctuary because of its proven results. The therapy they provide shows measurable successes. In 2017, Project Sanctuary launched a mentoring program in honor of the veteran they lost to suicide that offers specific post-traumatic stress disorder tools and mentor opportunities. Amount: $10,000

2017 - The Home Front Cares

The first grant ever awarded by Prevent and Prevail was given to The Home Front Cares. This organization is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Michael's home after discharge from the army. The Home Front Cares provides grants, not loans, to vetted military service members needing emergency assistance to stay in their homes, pay utility bills, fix a car, etc. We chose The Home Front Cares due to the organization's ability to immediately impact the lives of veterans, they approve many of their grants in less than 24 hours. Amount: $10,000