Veterans Want To Engage With You
Tips from them to help you connect
A few months ago I was invited to an event that focused on non-profits that engaged with Veterans. It was interesting because they were not Veteran specific, but had Veterans as customers. One specifically, Hope for Hospice gave a great presentation on the importance of training volunteers to appropriately engage with Veterans and shared some of their training with us. They utilized a list developed by PsychArmor and it is fantastic.
PsychArmor is a nonprofit with a mission to educate surrounding communities about military culture awareness, mental health, transition, caregiving, suicide prevention, and anything in between. They went out and asked hundreds of Veterans what they wanted the civilian community to know about them, broke it down to a list of 15 things, and developed a free course curriculum. (I promise, I get no kickbacks for the link.)
With Veterans Day approaching, I thought it would be great to share the list titled, 15 Things A Veteran Want You To Know (click title for original list). The list is theirs, description is a paraphrase of theirs infused with a few of my thoughts.
1. We are not all soldiers. Soldiers are Army, folks. The military has Airmen, Seamen, Soldiers, Marines, and Guardians…each with their own flavor. The only…
