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The mission of Project New Hope is to provide all veterans and their families education, training and skills in a relaxed rural setting that elevates their ability to manage their lives after wartime service. The goal is to offer restful retreat opportunities for military families from all eras needing to restore family life after a tour of duty. www.Projectnewhopema.org – 10:18pm
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Aim High ☜✪☞ I just voted # 4480 Aim High ☜✪☞” We appreciate our veterans and their families and their sacrifice. Please Vote for our Project New Hope until 12:00 midnight @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
Hi everyone at Project New Hope, I am heading out this morning to meet with you at the retreat, had to stay back and vote before getting on the road...not, just kidding :) But, I do look forward to spending some time with everyone this weekend, and once again, thank you for the opportunity for healing, friendship and love. Sincerely,Will
At our Lions meeting tonight (Perham Lakes Lions, Perham, MN), we were blessed with a speaker who gave us information on this great and worthy cause. I was taken aback on just how many vets do not take advantage of this and also learned the reason(s) why. I hope many, many more service men and women will find they aren't alone. God Bless each of you!
THANK YOU FOLKS FOR HANGING IN THERE FOR PROJECT NEW HOPE IN THIS PROMOTION AND THANKS TO THE SPONSORS “GAUDETTE INSURANCE AGENCY” & “MAIN STREET CONNECT”
I voted @ 00:01 # 4199 ~ Who will Aim High ☜✪☞” and Support our Troops and vote today Saturday and Sunday before midnight for Project New Hope in the Winter Wish List Promotion @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
We have 2 days and a wake up, Let’s get together and get 5,000 votes by the deadline this Sunday, January 15th, 2012 for our Veterans, their families and our Gold Families.
Bill Moore, M.A.
www.Projectnewhopema.org visit our link and sign up for a retreat!
a great organization run by great people. Honored to know them and help them!
Project New Hope is an organization of caring individuals who understand that for a combat veteran and their family, wartime doesn’t end the day the soldiers come home. The effects of combat service are often felt throughout a soldier’s entire lifetime, and can have an impact on each family member as well, often in ways that may be quite subtle, or hidden from view. Please Register & Vote for our “Veterans” Project New Hope each day @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
Project New Hope appreciates’s this promotion and a chance to win $5,000 or $500 as runners up. “We need to Aim High ☜✪☞” If you believe in Project New Hope you will not forget to vote for us @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
Thank you Mr. Donahue for doing an excellent job and staying on top of concerns to review the voting in the Winter Wish List Promotion. It's good to know you have procedures in place to stop repeat or spam voting. And that your procedures are updated and re-evaluated to ensure fair voting.
Warm Regards,
Bill Moore U.S.A.F. Disabled Veteran
Thank you Mr. Donahue for doing an excellent job and staying on top of concerns to review the voting in the Winter Wish List Promotion. It's good to know you have procedures in place to stop repeat or spam voting. And that your procedures are updated and re-evaluated to ensure fair voting.
Warm Regards,
Bill Moore U.S.A.F. Disabled Veteran
As a disabled Air Force Veteran I encourage all veterans to vote for Project New Hope and all my Saint John's alumni
Red Rivers
2012 Project New Hope Retreat Schedules: Register at www.Projectnewhopema.org
1) January 13th – 15th @ Grotonwood (Male Retreat Only)
2) March 16th – 18th @ Grotonwood (TBI Retreat)
3) May 18th-20th Elm Hill (Gold Star Retreat)
4) July 13th – 15th Grotonwood (Single & Married Veterans Retreat)
5) September 14th – 16th Grotonwood (Single & Married Veterans Retreat)
6) October 5th – 7th Barton Center (Women Veterans Retreat)
Help Project New Hope get to number 1 in the vote count! VOTE NOW AND VOTE DAILY through January/15/2012 ~ we must invest in our veterans, here’s a free and fast way to get meaningful help to military families. Vote for Project New Hope
To the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard service and veteran members, and to all those who serve our country and our communities a very much felt Thank You for supporting Project New Hope, my family and I went on two separate camp retreats, and it was such a great experience, it brought joy and happines that was missing, and now we have good memories and a reunified sense of love, Thank you to all at Project New Hope.
'Hope for the Warriors' Project New Hope provides that, Please Vote for us in Winter Wish Contest @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
“We need to Aim High ☜✪☞” and take the high road. If you believe in Project New Hope you will not forget to vote for us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
We went to an event sponsored by them and they did an outstanding job, it helped us a lot and the getting away for the weekend after my husband was medevac'd out of Iraq, was time much needed. Thank you all so very much :)
Thank you for these comments, we are hosting several retreats in 2012 for our combat veterans and their families to include the children and our Gold Star Families. Learn more about us at www.Projectnewhopema.org or visit our facebook page Project New Hope
Project New Hope has both the EIN number and the IRS determination letter stating we are a 501 C 3 nonprofit…
Brethren Project New Hope is working hard to support our Military and their families in New England. Through these efforts we hope to use the platform to encourage our hero’s to inquire on Freemasonry.
Bro. Bill Moore
Joel H. Prouty Lodge,
Auburn, MA
My amazing cousin Bill told me about this organization. He has devoted his life to helping people in need. I cant think of a better way to give this Christmas than to keep the votes coming for this very worthy cause! God Bless you all.
What they are saying about Project New Hope:
• “So glad to see young families involved in retreats for military families - gives me hope for the future.”
• “As a Vietnam Veteran this has been better for me than any parade could have been - you can’t fix perfect.”
• “Weekend without the uniform, Project New Hope captured the best part of the military, camaraderie, fellowship and mutual respect.”
Honoring the Path of the Male and Female Warrior a retreat that assists post-deployed veterans in making a positive transition from military to civilian life.
• We create an opportunity for veterans to come together and step out of often lonely and isolating situations.
• Learning mindfulness and other holistic practices and techniques that reduce stress and enhance life skills in everyday situations.
• Building community with other returning veterans
mireille: Please come back and vote each day until January 15, 2012 - no-one more than our combat veterans, their families and our Gold Star families deserve this more. Thank you,
Thank you for voting for our soldiers, veterans and their families who give so much and allows us to do what we do each and every day, invite friends and family to vote for Project New Hope. You can vote once per day for the next 38 days http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
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It has been reported that this site is not calculating the votes correctly and an e-mail has been forwarded to paper by a couple of participants ~ check the vote before you vote and after you vote to ensure votes are being registered correctly
You can vote once per day for Project New Hope, so come back again tomorrow for the next 39 days. http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
The votes are being counted correctly. Please note that the number displayed on the site is not a live count. Each vote takes some time to register through the servers. The rules allow for a participant to only vote once per day for an organization by registering as a user at any one of the Participating Sites, signing in and voting on the promotions page. Only organizations located within and serving the geographic territory covered by the Participating Sites are eligible to be voted on. Voters must be 13 years of age or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia; voters under 18 years of age must have the consent of their parent or legal guardian to register or vote. Only votes from valid and fully completed registrations with real names, email addresses and other information will be considered in determining the winner. Only one registration per person, per email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than one registration by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins or any other methods will void that participant’s votes. Any votes cast by use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like methods of registration or voting will be disqualified. Incomplete, illegible, false or deceptive registrations and votes relating to them are void.
Job well done and much more work to go. We are celebrating our 1st full successful year with Project New Hope of Washington State.
This coming year we will be able to put on 3 family retreats and just learned we received two Grants that will let us put on 3 more retreats for a total of 6 retreats for our military and their families in year 2012. Please support this wonderful National organization as we need your support, dollars and volunteers. Thank you.
Washington State Project New Hope
“Deepest condolences to the Worcester Fire Department. A hero who gave the irrevocable gift: his own life.’’ Worcester Fire Department Rescue 1 Firefighter Jon Davies was killed in the line of duty is the father of three sons, including two sons who are in the military. One son is deployed to Afghanistan
The first and second group of e-mails just went out at the beginning of the week, you should be seeing a good spread by weeks end, their is another set of e-mails being sent out today, as we get closer to the training week end, you will notice a surge of responce, keep the fingers crossed. Project New Hope is a great cause, and more support is on the way. Will & Olga
As a 501 C 3 Public non-profit organization, that has just begun 12 months ago, Project New Hope is financially self-sufficient. Project New Hope raises funds to support all aspects of our weekend retreats for combat veterans and their families. Our primary focus is the wellbeing of our veterans and their families who have given so much to our country that allows others and organizations to do what they do, we are the 1% who has served our country in the Armed Forces.
The mission of Project New Hope is to provide veterans from all wars, and their families, with 3 day accommodations at a wilderness retreat, where we facilitate workshops to learn and practice coping and communication skills, and relationship building to deal with the everyday stress of work, or lack of it, family life, and the complexity of returning to civilian life. We are finishing our first year of operations with remarkable results 2011and winning this promotional prize would allow us to serve more veterans returning home from IRAQ and other theatre of operations around the world. Merry CHRISTmas!
http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass Please register first and vote for Project New Hope each day until January 15th, 2012 (Less than 30 seconds each day)
This is a great organization doing great things for the men and women who've put their lives on hold to go out and protect ours. Please help support them now. Just want to say to Bill and Tracy and all the others involved in Project New Hope, it's a wonderful thing to have people like you in this world. Keep up the good work. Tammy Fields
Thank you for your comments and daily vote for Project New Hope
The mission of Project New Hope is to provide veterans from all wars, and their families, with 3 day accommodations at a wilderness retreat, where we facilitate workshops to learn and practice coping and communication skills, and relationship building to deal with the everyday stress of work, or lack of it, family life, and the complexity of returning to civilian life.
What they are saying about Project New Hope:
“So glad to see young families involved in retreats for military families - gives me hope for the future.”
“As a Vietnam Veteran this has been better for me than any parade could have been - you can’t fix perfect.”
“Weekend without the uniform, Project New Hope captured the best part of the military, camaraderie, fellowship and mutual respect.”
Dec. 7 marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ~ Join Us to Show Respect to Our Military Fallen Heroes and Their Families. Reminder to please VOTE for Project New Hope on the Winter Wish List Promotion @ http://www.thedailyleicester.com/promotion/wwl/centralmass
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Thanks for the well wishes Bill! Appreciate the DeMolay Support. The young men have been working hard to get their new chapter, Benjamin Franklin DeMolay off the ground. I want to thank everyone who has helped make and keep our country free without which these young men wouldn't have had a chance to have a new chapter! Thanks.
Fraternally,
Don Cargill, Jr
Dad Advisor
Benjamin Franklin DeMolay
Benjamin Franklin DeMolay is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, donations are tax deductible.
Thank you;
As we turn from the season of giving thanks to the festivities of the holidays, let us take a moment not only to honor those who serve and their families but also to consider through (Project New Hope) how we might actively participate in the reintegration of these honorable men and women as they return to our communities through our weekend retreats
This is a wonderful new non-profit for our Gold Star, Single and Married Veterans to to connect with other military families and volunteers to obtain resources and help the VA is not providing.
Please do not forget to vote each day for Project New Hope
V/R
Donna
Today, you can vote for your favorite not-for-profit organization to win a grand prize of $5,000 @ TheDailyLeicester.com this is a wonderful opportunity to show support.
Our men and women in uniform have been waging war in Afghanistan and Iraq for more than a decade along with their fellow Veterans from previous wars and conflicts, their families have absorbed the impact of these conflicts--the multiple deployments, the physical and invisible injuries that result. We must remember that for some of them this war and those of past wars will not be over. The trauma of war can linger, and the transition back home for some will not be easy.
As we turn from the season of giving thanks to the festivities of the holidays, let us take a moment not only to honor those who serve and their families but also to consider how we might actively participate in the reintegration of these honorable men and women as they return to our communities.
Here’s how the promotion works:
All 501(c) (3) organizations based in – and serving – our territory covered by a Main Street Connect news site will be able to register and rally their supporters to vote for our organization until January 15, 2012. The organization that has received the most votes by January 15 will receive $5,000. Five runner-up organizations will each earn $500. You can come back and vote once every day for your favorite organization in Winter Wish List. You can even vote for a different organization every day.
When you get to the site, click on "Winter Wish List - Gaudette Insurance”, then go to "Check out the Contest" - register to vote and then select the Project New Hope option and send a vote our way!
Winning this money would allow us to increase the amount of weekend retreats we can offer to our Gold Star, Single, Married Veterans and their families - how great would that be?
So - forward this to your contact list and let's bombard them with votes! It's a win-win for all!
AFFILIATIONS:
100% Service Connected Disabled Air Force Veteran
Retiree of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Director Project New Hope, Inc
Volunteer on the Leicester CERT Team
Joel H. Prouty Lodge, Auburn MA.
MELHA Shriners - Springfield, MA
Auburn/Webster Elks Lodge 2118
Volunteer with Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Member
Volunteer with the Leicester Lions Club, Leicester, MA - Board of Directors
Volunteer with the Town Of Leicester, MA – Cable Advisory Committee
Volunteer with the Town Of Leicester, MA – Chair Council On Aging
Producer of the Route 9 Veterans Forum Cable Access Show
Volunteer with the Armed Forces Committee of Worcester County, Inc – Board of Directors
Life Member Disabled American Veterans, Worcester Chapter # 4
Vernon Hill American Legion Post # 435, Worcester, MA – S.A.L. Senior Vice Commander
Alumni from Assumption College Master’s in 2000
Alumni from Assumption College Bachelors in 1996
Alumni from Quinsigamond Community College Associate in 1992
No matter which era a soldier served in – Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan – it doesn’t matter at Project New Hope. All U.S. wartime veterans and their families are welcome. There is no charge associated with Project New Hope.
• One in 10 veterans is disabled, oftentimes by injuries sustained in combat.
• The number of disabled veterans is increasing; more than 20,000 veterans were wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• 19% of Iraq veterans report a mental health problem, and more than 11% of Afghanistan veterans.
• The incidence of PTSD and suicide rates among veterans is climbing.
• Unemployment among male Iraq and Afghanistan veterans rose from 5% in March 2007 to 15% in March 2010, according to Labor Dept. statistics as reported in USA Today.
• Number of veterans as of Sept. 2009: approximately 23 million1
• Increasing numbers of returning military personnel: according to the Mass. Dept. of Veterans’ Services, approximately 31,000 service members have returned to the Commonwealth since Sept. 11, 2001.
We hosted six weekend retreats in 2011 and will host these six retreats in 2012
1) January 13th – 15th @ Grotonwood - (Male Combat Veterans Retreat)
2) March 16th - 18th @ Grontonwood (Mass Rehab & TBI Retreat)
3) May 18th-20th Elm Hill (Gold Star Retreat)
4) July 13th – 15th Grotonwood (Single & Married Veterans Retreat)
5) September 14th – 16th Grotonwood (Single & Married Veterans Retreat)
6) October 5th – 7th Barton Center (Women Veterans Retreat)
The mission of Project New Hope is to provide veterans from all wars, and their families, with 3 day accommodations at a wilderness retreat, where we facilitate workshops to learn and practice coping and communication skills, and relationship building to deal with the everyday stress of work, or lack of it, family life, and the complexity of returning to civilian life. We are finishing our first year of operations with remarkable results. During 2011 we developed six wilderness retreats at Elm Hill, Grotonwood, and The Barton Center with an attendance of 191 veterans and their families.
Our vision is that each American veteran feels welcome at home and is best equipped with the necessary coping mechanisms and communication skills within the context of his/her own family and community, and ready to return to a productive and enjoyable life again. Only a few programs support the whole family this way.
Newspaper articles on Project New Hope:
• http://www.thedailyleicester.com/news/project-new-hope-brings-veteran-families-together
• http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/05/24/veterans-find-common-ground-at-project-new-hopes-first-weekend-retreat
Warm Regards,
Bill Moore, M.A. | Executive Director Project New Hope Inc.
www.Projectnewhopema.org
The mission of Project New Hope is to provide all veterans and their families education, training and skills in a relaxed rural setting that elevates their ability to manage their lives after wartime service. The goal is to offer restful retreat opportunities for military families from all eras needing to restore family life after a tour of duty. www.Projectnewhopema.org