Solutions

Medical Assistance

American Pain Foundation

www.painfoundation.org
tamara@painfoundation.org

Sloan Anderson, Director of Program Development Tamara
201 N. Charles Street, Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 783-7292
Fax: (410) 385-1832
Satellite Office:
PO Box 584
Ashfield, MA 01330
Phone: (413) 628-4510
Fax: (413) 628-4416

Founded in 1997, the American Pain Foundation is an independent nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization serving people with pain through information, advocacy, and support. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.

The American Pain Foundation (APF) began the Military/Veterans and Pain Initiative in 2004 to reach out to active military and veterans who are in pain and provide them with educational information, and support to improve their pain care, decrease their sense of isolation, and encourage them in their pursuit of a better quality of life for themselves and their families. APF also works to advance legislation and policy on national and state levels to improve pain care and increase pain research for members of the military and veterans populations.

Paralyzed Veterans of America

www.pva.org
info@pva.org

Paralyzed Veterans of America
801 Eighteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3517
1-800-424-8200

The Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members—veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.

Paralyzed Veterans will use that expertise to be the leading advocate for:

Quality health care for our members
Research and education addressing spinal cord injury and dysfunction
Benefits available as a result of our members' military service
Civil rights and opportunities which maximize the independence of our members

To enable PVA to continue to honor this commitment, we must recruit and retain members who have the experience, energy, dedication, and passion necessary to manage the organization and ensure adequate resources to sustain the programs essential for PVA to achieve its mission.

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.

www.fisherhouse.org
info@fisherhouse.org

David Coker, President
1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 600
Rockville, Maryland, 20852
Phone: (301)294-8560
Cell: (202) 276-5602
Fax: (301) 294-8562

The Fisher House program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. In addition to constructing new houses, Fisher House Foundation continues to support existing Fisher Houses and help individual military families in need. Families and friends of patients at any of the military's hospitals can now receive up-to-the-minute reports on a loved one by going to the patient's own customized web page, thanks to new services provided through CaringBridge. We are also proud to administer and sponsor Scholarships for Military Children, the Hero Miles program, and co-sponsor the Newman's Own Award.

Veterans Home of California – Yountville

www.cdva.ca.gov/homes/yountville.aspx
bart.buechner@cdva.ca.gov

Barton Buechner, Deputy Administrator
100 California Drive
Yountville, CA 94599
Phone: (707) 944-4500
Fax: (707) 944-5005

Located in the heart of scenic Napa Valley, the Veterans Home of California-Yountville (VHC-Yountville) is a community of and for veterans. Some 1,100 veterans (both men and women) live at the home. Founded in 1884, VHC-Yountville is the largest veterans' home in the United States. It provides residential accommodations and a wealth of recreational, social, and therapeutic activities for independent living, including: a 1,200 seat theater, 9-hole golf course, 35,000 volume library, creative arts center, swimming pool and fitness center, resident-operated television station, baseball stadium, RV park, bowling lanes, auto hobby shop, a base exchange store, chapel and coffee shop.

Mercy Medical Airlift

www.mercymedical.org
mercymed@aol.com

Edward Boyer, President & CEO
4620 Haygood Road, Suite 1
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: (757) 271-2286
Fax: (757) 271-2290

MMA's mission is to ensure that no needy patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation; further, to ensure the provision of urgent transportation in situations of compelling human need and homeland security emergencies.

2006 Mercy Medical Airlift established Air Compassion for Veterans whose mission and purpose is to expand assistance to American military personnel, veterans, and/or their families or critical care givers who have unmet transportation needs due to death, injury, or other physical or mental detriment, or financial hardship, as a result of service in Iraq (OIF) or Afghanistan (OEF). Transportation can be via private aircraft, airlines or bed to bed air ambulance.

Air Compassion for Veterans

www.aircompassionforveterans.org
info@aircompassionforveterans.org

Heidi Greer, Event Director
4620 Haygood Road, Suite 1
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Toll: (800) 662-6794
Phone: (757) 271-2289
Fax: (757) 271-2290

The mission and purpose of Air Compassion For Veterans is to ensure that no financially stressed veteran / active duty military person or their family members is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnoses, treatment, or rehabilitation for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation. ACV is committed to the ongoing healing process and will provide transport for activities that aid in the process.

Soldiers' Angels

www.soldiersangels.org
soldiersangels@gmail.com

Founder: Ms. Patti Patton-Bader
1792 East Washington Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91104
or
P.O. Box 20431
Colorado Springs, CO 81019-2431

Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and their families. Founded by the mother of two American soldiers, we are an international organization with members in all fifty U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and several friendly countries who support America's men and women in uniform. We were incorporated in the state of Nevada in June of 2003.

The Independence Fund

www.independencefund.org

lukerval@mac.com

290 Callaway Ave.
Pensacola, FL
32505

Pillar One: To provide the necessary tools and therapies that are otherwise not being provided.
Pillar Two: To fund and promote physical and leisure/athletic activities that enhance the veteran’s physical and emotional well-being.
Pillar Three: Advocacy, Our goal is a nationwide network of volunteers who have “been there done that" who will act as guides for those following behind them. These family advisors help because they want to help and the experience that they bring can, and in many cases will be, more valuable than any
financial assistance that the fund may be in a position to provide.

Road 2 Recovery

www.road2recovery.us.com

R2Rinfo@aol.com

23679 Calabasas Rd. #420
Calabasas, CA 91302

The Road 2 Recovery is produced by the Fitness Challenge Foundation(501C3) in partnership with the VA Volunteer Service Office, to benefit Mental and Physical Rehabilitation Programs that feature cycling as the core activity.

Amputee Coalition of America

www.amputee-coalition.org

Amputee Coalition of America
900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 205
Knoxville, Tennessee 37915-2566

Toll-free: 1-888/AMP-KNOW (1-888/267-5669)
Knoxville: 1-865/524-8772
TTY: 1-865/525-4512
Fax: 1- 865/525-7917

ACA Advocacy Office
PO Box 73725
Washington, DC 20056
Phone: 202/742-1885
Fax: 866/599-8994

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. The ACA includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups for amputees, professionals, family members and friends of amputees, amputation or limb loss related agencies, and organizations.