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Winchester, CA – It’s inspiring to witness the immense joy that arts and crafts can bring to hospitalized veterans. So for April Scott, a Craft Care Specialist (CCS) who works at the VA medical center in Richmond, Virginia, inspiration occurs …

Winchester, CA – Each year, Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers across the nation prepare veterans for participation in the annual National Veterans Creative Arts Festival. The Festival is a wonderfully therapeutic talent competition that includes dozens of categories in …

Winchester, CA – A major injury—the loss of limb, sight, sound or other significant physical or psychological trauma is almost always totally life-altering, and many newly injured young veterans are unaware of just how much a catastrophic wound will affect …

Winchester, CA – Starting on Monday, September 12, several celebrities will “tee up” with disabled veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) first ever Celebrity Pro-Am at the world class Blue Top Ridge golf course in Riverside, Iowa.

It’s …

Winchester, CA – Richard Dummer woke up one morning a few years ago with the vision in both of his eyes suddenly and severely impaired. After a battery of tests, Dummer, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was ultimately …

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has embarked on a major initiative to reach out to women Veterans in order to solicit their input on ways to enhance the health care services VA provides to women Veterans.

“We …

Winchester, CA – When speaking with Patricia Lewis, a Craft Care Specialist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, there’s a noticeably recurring theme about the veteran patients—and it’s how they, the patients, are so very grateful for the therapeutic arts …

Winchester, CA – Caring, creativity and commitment are what Theresa Johnson, craft care specialist (CCS) at the Des Moines, Iowa VA Medical Center brings to her job.  Johnson, a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a degree in recreation …

Winchester, CA – After a 40 year career in sales, Timothy Barker, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, took on a different kind of work assignment–this time as a Craft Care Specialist (CCS) for the Yountville, California Veterans Home.

Barker …

Winchester, CA – Many young men and women serving in our military today are of an age where they have always had computers, cell phones and a host of other high-tech gadgets at their disposal.  And that variety of choices …