Gary Smith

Gary Smith's Fundraiser

We can make a difference in the lives of our military veterans this holiday season image

We can make a difference in the lives of our military veterans this holiday season

Join me and help bring relief from PTS to veterans for the holidays

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$150 towards $500

Join me in supporting real change with CreatiVets. Help us serve our military veterans suffering from depression, anxiety and isolation due to PTS by bringing them the healing power of art and music for the holidays.

Just a small donation will go a long way to helping me meet my goal for CreatiVets and veterans everywhere.

This is important and personal to me on several levels.

As a Marine, I am held to the code that we leave no one behind. Many of our veterans have the invisible wounds that still have them stuck on the battle field even though they are physically stateside. CreatiVets works through art to bring them home.

As an American, it is important to me that we take care of our veterans and make a difference in their lives as they have sacrificed so much for ours. CreatiVets understands the veteran better than any other organization I've seen in working through art to get them to express their struggle and their story.

As a singer/songwriter with almost 3 decades as a volunteer in the Country Music Hall of Fame Words and Music Program, I have helped make connections for CreatiVets to important resources to support their music program to help veterans tell their stories through song.

As Director of Artist Development at SeekNow/HouseLens, I have worked to capture the Veteran Art exhibits by creating 3D models of the exhibits so the veteran artists families can view their work online and better understand their struggles and allow their art to do the talking for them. I've witnessed the difference CreatiVets is making in the lives of our veterans. It's vitally important work that I fully support. I hope you will do what you can to help too.