The Pillar Foundation

While there are numerous foundations that support the transitioning service member, those resources are often not available to the spouses. Divorce rate among the SOF community is above 90%, and the suicide rate is climbing as well, not only for the service members but the spouses and children. This demographic is sadly left to "hold the bag" and keep the family together, while struggling with mental health issues on the home front. After researching ways to help, we realized that there is very little assistance for the spouses. The Pillar Foundation fills that void.

At The Pillar Foundation we understand the challenges the backbone of the family faces, silently and supportively holding the family together one transition at a time. Our retreat participants are Special Operation spouses of veterans. Leaving the military can often mean moving the family away from a support network that has meant both family and a true understanding for the life that can only be embraced by the women who have lived it. Our mission is to provide a support network, to share resources, to mentor and guide newly transitioned military wives into the civilian world by holding retreats and garnering a database of sisterhood to reconnect state to state. We also guide the spouses along their professional and personal development.