In Honor Of The Wounded Warrior
by Kay Novy
Title
In Honor Of The Wounded Warrior
Artist
Kay Novy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to "honor and empower wounded warriors" of the United States Armed Forces with a vision to "foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation's history". The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) works to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
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Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. What started as a program to provide comfort items to wounded service members has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they recover and transition back to civilian life.
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Wounded Warrior Project was founded in 2002 in Roanoke, Virginia by John Melia with the assistance of family and friends. Melia had been severely wounded himself, in a helicopter crash, while serving in Somalia in 1992.Besides John, the original founders of WWP included Jim Melia (John's brother), John F. Melia (John's father), Al Giordano and Steven Nardizzi.
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Prior to its incorporation on February 23, 2005,[8] the WWP operated as a subsidiary of the United Spinal Association of New York. It was during this period that the organization would develop one of its trademark activities, delivering backpacks full of supplies and other items to the bedsides of injured soldiers. 2
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