Celebrating 20 Years of Service: Returning Veterans Project
- generouscitypdx
- Oct 27
- 2 min read
For two decades, Returning Veterans Project has stood beside the men and women who served our country and their families providing free mental and physical health services, peer support, and vital wrap-around care.
The need for work such as theirs has never been greater: despite heroic service, many veterans struggle once they return to civilian life. According to recent research:
Nearly 7 in 10 veteran-service organisations report they cannot fully meet the mental-health needs of the veterans they serve.
On a recent single night in the U.S., roughly 32,800 veterans were experiencing homelessness! Even as we mark progress, that is still thousands of men and women without safe shelter.
Can you imagine signing up to serve your country, leaving behind your loved ones, your home, and risking your life all to return and be told "Sorry, we do not have the resources to help meet your immediate needs".
At RVP, they believe that serving veterans means more than saying “thank you” — it means offering real, accessible support for invisible wounds, for daily-living obstacles, and for the family members who sacrificed alongside them.
As they step into their 20th year, RVP is committed to:
Ensuring every veteran served has access to mental-health care, physical-wellness programs and peer support.
Reaching service-members and families who may feel they are going it alone.
Strengthening community partnerships so that “free” really means free, and barriers to access become a thing of the past.
We invite you to join Returning Veterans Project as a supporter, volunteer, or simply someone willing to start the conversation. Because when those who served can walk into a clinic, a therapy session, a group meeting and say, “I’m OK to ask for help,” that’s when the real home-coming begins.
Returning Veterans Project, thank you so much for everything you have done for those who have given so much of themselves in service to all of us who get to call this country home.
From Generous-City Corp to you, here’s to 20 years of standing up. And many more years of lifting up.
To support Returning Veterans Project, visit their website here https://returningveterans.org/ and follow them on social media @ returningveteransproject.