Wounded Warrior Project

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Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began in 2003 as a small, grassroots effort providing simple care and comfort items to the hospital bedsides of wounded service members returning home. As their post-service needs evolved, so have our programs and services. Today, through our direct programs in mental health, career counseling, and long-term rehabilitative care, along with our advocacy efforts, we improve the lives of millions of warriors and their families.

Hello everyone,

We are a small group of students from the University of North Texas wanting to raise awareness about the Wounded Warrior Project and to raise donations for a remarkable program.

Our goal

Our goal is to provide help where it’s needed, whether through your donations or by inspiring others to share knowledge and learn how they can also help.

Why We’re Doing This

For so many veterans, the journey doesn't end when they come home. Reality is reintegration into civilian life is unfortunately another difficult battle. Veterans often carry burdens that many of us can’t imagine. They face difficulties such as injuries, lack of stability and work as well as coping with the mental toll of their service.

About Wounded Warrior Project

Wounded Warrior Project was established in 2003 by veterans who were moved by stories of many soldiers. The Wounded Warrior Projects main focus became providing comfort and simple care to the first wounded military returning home from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The WWP servers post 9/11 and beyond military veterans. Currently, the program serves veterans of post 9/11 wars and engagements with career counseling, mental health, long long-term rehabilitative care and are fierce advocates in their efforts to improve the lives of veterans and their families. Their mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Their vision is to foster the most successful and well-adjusted generation of wounded servicemen in our nation’s history.

The money donated will go towards impactful movements:

Through this program, Wounded Warrior Project serves approximately 780 warrior families and 600 caregivers, providing access to individualized services:

Physical Health & Wellness

Mental Health & Wellness

Mental health workshops, WWP offers professional services to help warriors overcome mental health conditions such as PTSD, Military sexual trauma (MST), Traumatic brain injury (TBI), and more.

Financial Wellness

WWP helps provide services to warriors who are transitioning to civilian life and help accomplish goals they have to launch careers.

Independence program

WWP creates a comprehensive assessment to help your family's needs and works with specialists to create a plan of action. With their dedicated team, they are able to help injured veterans and their families/caregivers achieve their goals. Caregivers also benefit from the independence program to help guide them in their new roles are caretakers.

Meet Aaron Cornelius, a Veteran who prospered with the helped of the Wounded Warrior Project.

Aaron's Story

"Aaron Cornelius saw a lot of combat while leading U.S. Army soldiers through three deployments in Iraq. But it wasn’t until the last deployment that, as Aaron says, “all hell broke loose.” It was March of 2008 when his unit suffered multiple casualties at the scene of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack. When Aaron arrived, he tried to open the hatch to save the soldiers inside the burning Humvee — but it became immediately apparent they were gone. Little did he know that moment’s heartbreaking death and destruction was one of the last things he would ever see. Just days later, the vehicle he was riding in was blown up, and the shrapnel tore a tennis ball-sized hole in his skull, leaving him completely blind.

Not only did Aaron’s medical retirement mean he had to make the difficult transition to civilian life with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but he also had to transition to a life without sight.

The first tears came when he realized he would never be able to see his daughter’s face again. “I started to notice the darkness a lot,” says Aaron. “I couldn’t do anything at that point. I couldn’t walk. I felt helpless. I felt like the military just kicked me to the curb and that I was not good anymore — worthless.”

Aaron’s first contact with Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) occurred while he was still in the hospital. “At the hospital, you get all these visitors,” says Aaron. “Then this one guy came in, and he kept coming back, checking on me almost every day. He brought me a backpack and all kinds of information and walked me through the madness of transition and all the paperwork.”

“That WWP guy stuck with me,” recalls Aaron. “Even after I left the hospital, he would call and see how I was doing. WWP was constant and made me feel like I was being taken care of. All of the things we had to do or figure out, we’d say, ‘Who’s going to help us with that?’ WWP stepped right in and took the reins. That was a beautiful thing.”

Aaron says a significant turning point in his recovery came when he met other injured soldiers at a WWP event. “I was able to be myself outside of the house,” says Aaron. “I realized I could be a normal guy, a normal person, and there were people like me I could talk to.”

Since then, Aaron has participated in many WWP events to connect with his fellow warriors. He cherishes any opportunity to speak with and motivate other veterans — especially those who have struggled to cope with life after the military.