• Air Compassion for Veterans – www.aircompassionforveterans.org Wounded warriors and their families are provided FREE medically related flights.
• Hope for the Warriors – http://hopeforthewarriors.org/immneeds.html
  Hope For The Warriors® works daily with wounded service members, their families, and families of the fallen to meet immediate financial needs.  Applicants may apply once a year. Payment is always made to a third party, typical grants cover household utilities, gas cards for vehicles to get to appointments, groceries, rent, mortgage, and rental deposits.

Women of War Project – http://www.communityvisn.org A collaborative community project that provides shelter for women veterans.

The information at this Web site is based on knowledge and data from Veterans’ Families United Foundation (VFU). Care has been taken in preparing this information. The information is believed to be accurate. However, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the authors, as to the use or application of this information, nor shall they be responsible or liable for any damages resulting in connection with or arising from the use of any information found at this site, or at any linked site.

The information contained on this Web site is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. The authors are not engaged in rendering any legal, accounting, therapeutic or other professional service. If expert assistance is required, the services of a professional person should be sought.

Unless expressly made, mention of trade names, commercial products or organizations, including links to Web sites not under the control of Veterans’ Families United, does not imply an endorsement by the VFU.

For questions or information on Veterans’ Families United and this Web site, contact us by email via our “contact us” link available on this site.

PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

This is the web site of Veterans’ Families United Foundation.

Our postal address is:

Veterans’ Families United
P.O. Box 14355
Oklahoma City, OK 73113

We can be reached by email via our Contact Form, or you can reach us by telephone at 405-535-1925.

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the domain name. We collect no other information on consumers who browse our Web page. Any information we gather is used for responding to inquiries and for internal review; it is then discarded after 45 days. It is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from the Veterans’ Families United Foundation (VFU) in the future, please share your wishes by sending e-mail to the above address, calling 405-535-1925, or writing to the above mailing address.

Under our policy, we do not make the e-mail addresses of those who access our site available to other organizations. Even so, we understand that some may want extra measures taken to ensure that their e-mail addresses are not used in this way. If you feel this way, please let the VFU know by sending e-mail to the VFU at the above address, calling the VFU at 405-535-1925, or writing to the VFU at the above mailing address, telling the VFU that you do not want your e-mail address shared with other organizations.

If you supply the VFU with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic postal mailings from us providing information on veterans’ resources, VFU services, or our funding needs. If you do not wish to receive such postal mailings, please let the VFU know by sending an e-mail to us at the above address, calling us at 405-535-1925, or writing to us at the above mailing address. Please provide us with your exact name and address so that we will be sure your name is removed.

Persons who supply the VFU with their personal contact information on-line may be assured that their information will be kept in confidence by Veterans’ Families United; they will not be shared with other organizations.

When communicating with us through our contact forms, the information you provide is NOT ENCRYPTED at this time.  Our server only sends the information you enter directly to our email account for review.  Our servers do not store any personal information you provide to us through our forms.  However, if you choose to communicate with us through these means, you are assuming the risk of doing so.

When you make a donation to VFU using a credit card, the credit card information is transferred under SSL encryption through PayPal, our transaction partner. The credit card information is not stored by VFU. SSL technology is the industry standard used to protect personal information on the Internet.

If you would like to review your personal information we maintain or request a correction, please contact us via e-mail or by calling 405-535-1925.

What Information Do We Collect?
We collect only passive information on our website or information you provide us through our contact forms.  For people wishing to make donations through Pay Pal on our “Donate” page, please visit http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outsidee for information regarding Pay Pal’s privacy agreement.  No information collected passively, is shared with any entity. It is for internal use only.

No Use of Our Site by Persons Under 133
No person under 13 should disclose information on this site. You may learn more about protecting children’s privacy online by visiting www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy.

Your Information In Relation to Others We Link Too
You are able to access other websites through Veterans’ Families United website. When you do so you are doing so subject to their policies regarding privacy and data collection and you should read those sites’ privacy policies to make sure you agree to them before using such sites. When you choose to shop at such sites, you should read their privacy policies to make sure you agree to them before making purchases.

We reserve the right to revise this policy at our discretion. Please check back on this site as this policy may be revised from time to time without notice to you.
 

(Excerpt from The Endless Journey Home by Specialist Joe Collins)

1. Headaches
2. Stomach problems
3. Changes in breathing patterns (i.e. shortness of breath)
4. Lack of energy OR
5. Sometimes being very active and over-energetic
6. Sleep problems
7. Feeling of emotional pain that you have never felt before
8. Anxiety problems
9. Hypersensitivity
10. Hypervigilance (always on alert)

PTSD symptoms usually do not begin to surface until 3-6 months after the deployed soldier returns home.

For additional information, please visit PTSD Symptom and Resources.
 

(Excerpt from The Endless Journey Home by Specialist Joe Collins)

1. Mood swings
2. Memory problems
3. Addiction/Self Medication
4. Loss of personal hygiene/housekeeping
5. Risk taking behavior
6. Isolation
7. Depression (thinking “what’s the point”)
8. Paranoid thoughts

PTSD symptoms usually do not begin to surface until 3-6 months after the deployed soldier returns home.

For additional information, please visit PTSD Symptom and Resources.
 

(Excerpt from The Endless Journey Home by Specialist Joe Collins)

1. Insomnia (not being able to fall asleep or stay asleep)
2. Having nightmares
3. Waking up covered in sweat
4. Kicking during sleep
5. Constantly waking up and falling back asleep, possibly due to bad dreams
6. Waking up and being easily startled and/or being confused about where you are
7. Irregular sleep cycles

Often these symptoms will lead an individual to avoid sleeping as much as possible or turn to alcohol or other drugs to try and self medicate the problem.

For additional information, please visit PTSD Symptom and Resources.