VetREST is committed to providing a caring, safe environment where any Veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) or other challenges can heal. We find that greenhouses, gardens, and farms provide a terrific, healing space and opportunity for us to provide "come-alongside" mentoring.
According to Dr. David J. Shulkin, former under secretary for health for the Department of Veterans Affairs, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed suicide is rising across all demographics and generations of Americans."
Knowing that there is often a direct link between PTS and suicide*, our team at VetREST works hard to establish trust with Veterans suffering from PTS or related struggles so that if asked they can offer mentoring with the hope of achieving recovery.
* from US Center for Disease Control report titled Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014