HEARTS FOR HEALING INC

heARTS for Healing is a non-profit organization that promotes art classes at no cost to our veterans, military members, caregivers, families, and others. Our mission is to advance the arts in healthcare, healing, and well-being for veterans, military members, caregivers, families, and others. Working across military, government, private and non-profit sectors, the goals of the National Initiative are to: -Raise visibility, understanding, and support of arts and health in the military. -Advance the policy, practice, and quality use of arts and creativity as tools for health in the military; and -Make the arts available to all active-duty military, staff, family members, veterans, and others as a tool to improve health and well-being. We believe: -Every man and woman that has ever served our country is eligible for the art classes. -Wounded warriors and their families have an added financial burden which is why we offer no cost art classes. -Art therapy classes offer veterans the ability to interact with art instructors, witness their own creative side and exercise the power of rehabilitation. -Classes are intended to reunite veterans with their peers, away from hospitals and the battlefield, in a peaceful environment. -Every veteran is given the opportunity to discover their talents. -After a series of classes, veterans will leave with encouragement, hopefulness, inspiration, and a sense of peace as well as self-satisfaction.