Starting first
in Texas with our introduction to the American Legion, there are now, to date,
veterans at a number of American Legion Posts in the Amarillo, Dallas, and
Houston who have received the gift of technology to help them lead more independent
and productive lives. Other groups, cooperating with the American Legion, such
as US Vets, a residence for the homeless in Houston, are benefiting from a
computer lab at their residence and case workers at the Michael DeBakey VA
hospital are recommending outpatients who are ready to use computers for
training.
The National
Cristina Foundation’s wounded warrior program is gradually expanding to other
states. It has now reached in the south to the state of Georgia, Alabama and
Florida. In Georgia we recognize the strong interest that the American
Legion has demonstrated to partner with us to go forward on paths to enable
technology to be distributed to their posts around the state. The dream
of the Georgia commander is, over time, to bring mini career centers to each of
the two hundred and forty four American Legion Posts in Georgia. Several
hundred printers have already been donated to support their
program.
In Augusta,
Georgia in coordination with the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project, The Training
Associates (TTA), the largest trainer consultant and solutions’ company, has
partnered with the National Cristina Foundation to provide professional skills
training to wounded US veterans around the Augusta, GA region in the fall of
2010, with other projects to follow. The CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project is
focused on utilizing Augusta’s unique warrior care assets, increasing
information flow and coordination among agencies, communities, and individuals,
with attention on a) coordination of care b) family reintegration and c)
training and education that leads to employment.
In Huntsville,
Alabama the Semper Fi Community Task Force is helping marines and other
veterans who have served our nation as they collaborate with other groups in
the Huntsville community such as Still Serving Veterans. Technology for
technical training provided with the help of CompTIA’s (Computing Technology
Industry Association) educational foundation has been directed to
veterans in several states including those served through the Wounded Warrior
Project based in Jacksonville, Florida. More training support is clearly
needed.
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The National
Cristina Foundation is committed to an ongoing effort to assist Wounded
Warriors through various veteran support organizations across our nation. The
goal: to help our heroes gain important technology skills to assist them with
improved quality of life, new academic skills, and the critical training
required to build access to the 21st century workforce.
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