Thomas Tsai

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Your donations will allow veterans to share their stories, struggles and message with their family, friends and civilians through the power of art and music. image

Your donations will allow veterans to share their stories, struggles and message with their family, friends and civilians through the power of art and music.

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$2,400 towards $3,000

Join me in supporting real change. Let’s support good in the world and make a difference. Donate and help CreatiVets reduce the daily veteran suicide rate all the way down to zero.

CreatiVets is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides combat veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury with opportunities to use art, music, and creative writing to heal their unseen wounds of war.
Their goal is to empower veterans with tools they can use for the rest of their lives and enable them to see their own capacity for success in an arena outside the battlefield.
• Every year, according to the Department of Defense, approximately one in five post-9/11 veterans are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
• About 12% of Gulf War veterans and 15% of Vietnam veterans also struggle with post-traumatic stress in a given year, and between 50,000 to 400,000 veterans may suffer from the effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
• The social and economic costs of post-traumatic stress and TBI are immense, and the Department of Veteran Affairs reported in July 2016 that the veteran suicide rate in the United States averages 20 suicides per day.
• Veterans now account for 18% of all suicides in America, despite making up less than 9% of the population.
Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress are often unable to verbalize the impact of a traumatic experience, but for healing to occur, it’s critical that they externalize their stories so that their painful memories can be reconstructed and transformed in a positive way. Research has shown that art and music are particularly effective in addressing post-traumatic stress, in part because they engage the senses in expressing traumatic memories.
Many veterans have been unable to get the help they need, have been unsuccessful in their efforts to get help, or have not sought help due to the stigma associated with mental health issues. While CreatiVets does NOT claim to provide professional “treatment” or art and music “therapy,” CreatiVets DOES offer an alternative approach to individual self-expression through art and music education for combat veterans—the therapeutic benefits are a welcome bonus.

Just a small donation will go a long way to helping me meet my goal for CreatiVets. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Below are couple news articles and videos you can learn about CreatiVets

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/us/nashville-music-...

https://www.today.com/video/these-veterans-found-a...

https://people.com/human-interest/country-star-jim...