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ART, MUSIC, WRITING PROGRAMS HELP WITH PTSD More than a dozen therapeutic programs are operating across the country to help veterans control traumatic memories associated with their time in

the military. • ARMED SERVICES ARTS PARTNERSHIP. Workshops in the Washington, D.C., area from this Alexandria, Virginia-based nonprofit include improvisation and stand-up comedy. • COMBAT

PAPER. Workshops and exhibitions across the country from this Burlington, Vermont-based organization showcase papermaking and transforming worn military uniforms into handcrafted paper. •

HELP HEAL VETERANS, aka Help Hospitalized Veterans. The Winchester, California-based nonprofit delivers therapeutic craft kits to hospitalized and homebound veterans to help them improve

motor skills and cope with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. • MILITARY EXPERIENCE & THE ARTS. Artists and writers work with mentors to polish their work for publications of the

Morgantown, West Virginia-based nonprofit that feature art, essays, poems and short stories from vets and their families. • SONGWRITINGWITH:SOLDIERS. Veterans and active-duty military

members are paired with professional songwriters in this Nashville, Tennessee-based organization to craft songs at retreats nationwide. PBS aired an hour-long concert earlier in October

that’s available on streaming video. • THEATER OF WAR PRODUCTIONS. Actors work with the New York-based company to present dramatic readings of plays followed by town hall discussions

designed to explore topics including war and mental health. • WAR WRITERS CAMPAIGN. The nonprofit publisher, based in Parker, Colorado, helps veterans craft their stories and poetry and

gives them royalties from publication sales. • WARRIOR MUSIC FOUNDATION. The Bowie, Maryland-based foundation works to reduce suicides from PTSD among active-duty and veteran service members

in parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania through free music therapy. • WARRIOR SONGS. The Madison, Wisconsin-based nonprofit helps veterans transform buried feelings into songs and other

creative media. • WARRIOR WRITERS. Retreats and workshops nationwide from this Philadelphia-based organization help active-duty and veteran service members express their experiences through

painting, photography and writing. • VETERAN ARTIST PROGRAM. The Brooklyn, New York-based nonprofit helps veterans share their work and explore professional opportunities in the arts. •

VETERANS BOOK PROJECT. Minnesota-based artist Monica Haller and people who served in and were affected by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created more than four dozen books to archive

those experiences. • VETERANS WRITING PROJECT. Free writing and songwriting workshops across the country from the Silver Spring, Maryland, nonprofit give veterans, service members and their

families skills to tell their stories and get them published in the organization’s quarterly literary review. _Source: Veterans Families United_