Good thing for captions to properly communicate what my on-camera reporting botches up... greatly, and for nearly 7 minutes! This video is for both ALS awareness as well as veteran PTSD and suicide awareness, with a call to action to donate to either or both. I donated $50 to both the ALS Assocation and to Operation Ward 57. What about you, will you give anything? Will you be a proactive part of the solution? Im not tagging anyone, because I challenge YOU the viewer, whoever you are. ALS Icewater challenge- Pour a bucket or bucket of ice water over your head. Simple enough, and the idea went viral a few months ago spanning several nonprofits of choice. But baseball player Pete Frates started this challenge as his call to action to help get more funding and research for the disease that will claim his life. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed, and ability to speak can also be severely and permanently affected. Independence is also lost in no time at all. Full time nurses and the spouses of the patient work overtime to be able to help the patient manage the effects of the disease. I see this firsthand everytime I see my church pastor and his wife. They are both so strong to have been battling his ALS for 8 years. -Learn more about the disease at the ALS Association website and please donate at alsa.org -Learn about the origins of Peter Frates starting the challenge at https://facebook/photo.php?v=784396328249444&set=vb.100000372536737&type=2&theater -Support Pete Frates at Team FrateTrain Veteran PTSD and Suicide Awareness Pie in the Face challenge- The pie is whatever you choose. Veterans suicides are statistically at 22 a day. Whether it is from PTSD or depression or anything else, there is something going on inside them that they cannot cope with or come to terms with from their experiences in combat. Might be a traumatic experience like simply getting injured the way they were, or that they witnessed something horrifying to one of their own in the field, or that their minds and visions are set in combat mode in a combat zone despite being back home. Some veterans nonprofits like Operation Ward 57 and their Honor & Courage program have a 24/7 call team to help counsel wounded/non-wounded veterans over the phone. Some like Operation Enduring Warrior have physically engaging programs that get our wounded veterans out there challenging their injuries, in the process potentially turning away effects of PTSD or other invisible wounds that we may never have known about as we work with them. There is help out there, but their peers may be completely oblivious to the signs and will never know to step in somehow; they often have to make the decision themselves that they need help. -Learn more about OW57 and make a donation at operationward57.org -Learn more about OEW on their facebook page and at enduringwarrior.org, and make a donation at enduringwarrior.kintera.org/10kacrossthebay Hope the schools of fish grow up big and strong with my uncrusted peanut butter pie
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:18:27 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015