SPECIAL NEW PROGRAM:

Camp Howdy for Military Kids is a way of supporting the children who serve at home. We are teaming up with Freedom Horses in Ashland, Oregon, to offer recreational weekends of fun in a safe, wholesome environment where youth day campers meet other military kids for friendship, adventure, and inspiration. Based on Certified Horsemanship Association instruction, and using natural horsemanship skills, each session includes mounted lessons; talks on horsemanship theory and safety; horse related crafts and activities; and an introduction to ranch life. Your contribution will help us provide Camp Howdy, a series of recreational weekend day camp horseback riding events for military kids and reintegration activities for families of OIF/OEF veterans.
 

 
The Sanctuary for Veterans & Families is a non-profit initiative that provides advocacy, support, and Sanctuary Weekends for women veterans, wives of veterans, and their loved ones.
 
Sanctuary Weekends
The Sanctuary Weekend retreats are spearheaded by women veterans or wives of combat veterans, and co-facilitated by female counselors, advocates, and practitioners who are friends and family members of veterans, and have years of personal, professional, and practical experience supporting women with ties to the Armed Services.  These gender-specific programs address the unique challenges and realities of women affected by war, who often struggle with a lack of peer and social support, secondary trauma or military sexual trauma, and the caregiver burden endured by wives of combat veterans.
 
We provide the women who serve at home and in harm's way a refuge to rest, heal, and connect with other women who have walked in their shoes while learning self-care and stress-management skills, and gaining tools to help restore a sense of emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness.
 
Speaking Out for the Women Who Serve
The Sanctuary for Veterans & Families helps the women who serve and sacrifice on behalf of the United States Armed Services claim their rightful place in the conversation  about the human costs of war, and provides them refuge and support, whether their duty was on the home front or on the front lines.