Volunteer Spotlight: Mollie Franke

Volunteer Profile: Mollie Franke, Personnel & Volunteer Coordinator Written by: Laura Diekema Mollie comes from a long line of veterans. Her grandfather, father, and Mollie herself have all served in the military, she has lived all over the United States with her family, moving almost every three years. She even lived in the Philippines! No wonder she has a passion for travel!  Mollie is a retired Lieutenant Colonel and she is married to a veteran, too. She's also a proud mom to…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Kristine Ringler

Volunteer Spotlight: Kristine Ringler Written by Abby Rosmarin Anyone who works in the helping and healing modalities can attest: sometimes the first person you have to help is yourself. Likewise, everyone past a certain age can remember where they were when 9/11 happened. For a lot of us, there is a distinct line in the sand: life before, and life after. Before 9/11, Kristine had wanted to engage in humanitarian work, but couldn’t afford to join…

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For The Lone Survivors: The Integral Role of Yoga in the Lone Survivor Foundation, and for the Military at Large

For The Lone Survivors: The Integral Role of Yoga in the Lone Survivor Foundation, and for the Military at Large THE LONE SURVIVOR: AN INTRODUCTION Thanks to a best-selling memoir and blockbuster movie, a lot of people know of Marcus Luttrell’s harrowing tale of survival in Afghanistan. How, during Operation Red Wing, the Taliban surrounded Luttrell and his team after an encounter with a group of shepherds. Luttrell would be the only soldier to survive the…

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