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From left to right: student Travis, Instructors Dakota and Bob, and student James Student Travis “Music touches the heart and soul like nothing else in this world, and the ability to play and create music is a healing force unlike any other,” says Guitars for Vets graduate Travis. This month the National Home celebrates the first “graduating class” of the Guitars for Vets program.   “I’ve al…

VFW National Home Program Director Angie Harkins knows firsthand how children who have a parent in the military are impacted. “My husband missed crucial years of our children’s lives due to being deployed,” she recalled. “He missed our son’s baseball games all through his teenage years and our daughter’s first birthday party and so many other events,” she added explaining that he was often deployed in h…

Kyle Tiffany “We speak the same language and civilians just don’t understand it,” says a veteran resident currently living at the VFW National Home. “The gamut of emotions is hard to express unless it’s to a fellow veteran,” says the former Navy BM2. She’s talking about her interaction with Kyle Tiffany, the VFW National Home’s Certified Peer Support Specialist who works with veteran residents to help th…

Guitars for Vets Chapter Opens at VFW National Home Dakota Wilson instructs National Home resident. VFW National Home Executive Director and veteran Mike Wilson cites music as one of the primary agents that brought him calm and peace. “It’s been huge for me,” he says. “We have so many vets working through PTSD and combat trauma that I knew we needed to offer this on campus.” The new Guitars for Vets c…