Waves, Wine & Warriors
Join us for an evening celebrating our Veterans at the Denver Downtown Aquarium’s newly redone Nautilus Ballroom! Enjoy a VIP visit and photo opportunity with the Aquarium’s Animal Ambassadors, and tour the beautiful Aquarium exhibits!
Start with delicious appetizers in the fabulous Dive Lounge, then feast on a full-course dinner in the Nautilus ballroom, complete with wine pairings. Bid on our fantastic Silent Auction offerings, and enjoy the fun of our famous dessert auction! All proceeds from this fun evening go towards supporting the Healing Warriors Program clinics in Fort Collins, Denver, Colorado Springs and Longmont.
The Healing Warriors Program Mission is: Suicide Prevention through free or low cost integrative non-narcotic treatments for PTSD, TBI, Interpersonal Trauma, Sleep Disorders and Chronic Pain. We serve Veterans from any era, any branch of service. We also serve disabled and homeless veterans, Active duty troops, reservists, National Guard and the spouses/partners and parents of our service members. The state of Colorado, where we primarily operate, has a population of 403,327 veterans. 83% of those veterans live along the Colorado front range, which is the area in which Healing Warriors Program operates, as well as free monthly Pop Up Clinics in Longmont, Denver, Colorado Springs and Buckley AFB for our active duty personnel, and have provided over 25,000 treatments. Our client demographics show that we have treated service member families from 19 states in addition to Colorado. Our care model includes treating the spouse/partner and parent of the service member in order to support the family, who are often in a caregiver role and who themselves deal with trauma, severe anxiety and sleep deprivation. Best practices show also that including the service member family in the care model is an effective strategy in suicide prevention. Our veteran clients often suffer from symptoms of PTS and/or TBI, chronic pain, severe sleep disturbances, and
- Start:September 18, 2021
- End:September 18, 2021
- Where:Downtown Aquarium, 700 Water Street,, Denver County, Colorado, United States, 80211
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- Event Type: Other
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