Our Second Annual Long Beach Boardwalk March will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Currently we have 40 confirmed members of the Armed Forces participating in the event.
Peaceful Minds is a Wellness Center for Combat Veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The veterans who are eligible are "silently wounded" and may be suffering from Post-Combat Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, Anxiety, Depression, Headaches, Insomnia, and Pain. They are treated in this wellness center FREE of charge, with acupuncture, reiki,massage therapy, meditation, and yoga.
Proceeds from this event will go to directly to the treatment of our precious combat veterans. We are a direct referral from Command of the 69th INFANTRY, who has local troops deploying to Afghanistan in a couple weeks.
While we are waiting for our grant funding to come through, the need for our services, our waiting list, and the suicide rate all increase daily. (Proceeds from this event will go towards the following needed items--needles, heat lamps, sheets, pillows, essential oils, rent, printing costs, etc.) Our goal is to raise $10,000. We have already raised $1000 from some generous donors.
Please check out our new website for further information & updates on the trials and tribulations our veterans face. Our new blog will be launched soon.
www.PeacefulMindsNYC.org
Please help to Support the Healing of Our Troops...
For the June 2, 2012 event...
You can participate in many ways:
1. If you are a Member of the Armed Forces, it is free to participate.
2. Sponsor a Member of the Armed Forces (sponsorship starts at $10)
We have members coming from the NYC area, Nassau and Suffolk Counties
3. Participate in the Event (non-military welcome)
Pre-Registration is $20 (includes a T-shirt)
Day of event is $25
4. Make a donation, even the smallest is welcome and needed
5. Volunteers needed prior and day of
6. Find out if you have a Armed Forces member from your town & get involved, many middle and high school students are participating.
7. Corporate Sponsorship is needed, please contact us if you have any information.
We hope to see everyone on June 2nd, 2012.
Registration starts at 9am
Opening ceremonies 10am
Peaceful Minds is a fiscally sponsor project with FJC, a 501c3 foundation based in New York City.
To pre-register or make a credit card donation, please visit our website.
If you would like to mail a donation, please make checks payable to
"FJC"
Please write Peaceful Minds NYC in the memo line.
Mail to:
Peaceful Minds NYC
PO Box 232
Atlantic Beach, NY 11509
