Group helps disabled veterans heal through fly fishing

2015-03-08T11:31:58-04:00

Project Healing Waters is an organization that works to help physical and psychological rehabilitation of military veterans with disabilities from wars.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/group-helps-disabled-veterans-heal-through-fly-fishing/31655514

http://www.projecthealingwaters.org/

Project Healing Waters, an organization that helps in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of military veterans with disabilities from wars, offers fly tying and fly fishing instruction to veterans.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2015 1:13 PM

2015-03-08T13:13:29-04:00

Great story, SGT Jim Z.. Thanks for sharing it. I think it's wonderful that Vietnam veterans (and others) are giving back to younger vets. I don't exactly know why, but that makes me feel good. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we all signed up to serve our country. There are many ways to do that, and this one of them. And, we're a very large family of brothers and sisters who have all manner of experiences. The wounded (Purple Heart recipients) are one sub-set of that group. I think it is positively super that Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing was started and is helping hurting veterans.

Thanks for sharing yet another story of good news about veterans!

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Mar 8 at 2015 3:02 PM

2015-03-08T15:02:42-04:00

Looks like a great program. I'd like to retire outside of Fort Campbell (on KY Lake) and would really like to give back to our Soldiers in the WTU by taking them fishing (for absolutely no charge)....I truly believe getting our injured Soldiers on the water (in the fresh air) combining hand/eye coordination of fishing as well as the serenity of the water will do wonders to help our Soldiers heal.