Wounded Warrior Project: Our Mission

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The Wounded Warrior Project exists to provide tangible comfort and support to severely injured service members as they recover and transition into civilian life. WWP's mission is focused on the ideal of one service member helping another, and programs are designed to provide direct personal attention and support to a new generation of service members. Wounded Warrior Project programs include:

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Wounded Warrior Backpacks and Transitional Care Packs: Backpacks filled with essential personal-care items, including comfortable clothes, toiletries, and calling cards, are delivered to severely wounded service members as they arrive at military trauma centers around the country. A smaller version of the Wounded Warrior Backpack, Transitional Care Packs are sent directly to Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate comfort during a warrior's relocation to a state-side military medical facility.

Benefits Counseling: Trained counselors work with warriors at their hospital bedside to provide guidance about government benefits available to individuals injured in the line of duty.

Family Assistance: Severe injuries can create a financial burden on a warrior's family. Basic necessities are subsidized for wounded service members' families during rehabilitative care, including housing, food, child care and transportation.

Advocacy: Advocacy efforts give wounded warriors a voice in local and national issues. Through WWP's efforts, the Wounded Warrior Bill was passed, giving severely injured service members a one-time insurance benefit of up to $100,000 to help their families during the days immediately following their injury.

Adaptive Sports: The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project and WWP Outdoors involve healing warriors in adaptive sports and outdoor activities, helping them develop new opportunities for recreation and rehabilitation. Soldier Ride, a special adaptive cycling program, gets participants back on the road, teaming them up with adaptive bicycles in cities across America.

Career Enrichment: WWP's Warriors to Work (W2W) program offers support to injured service members looking for civilian employment. We work with participants individually during a job search, helping them connect with employers seeking qualified veterans.

Coping Support: Life is about more than physical survival, and WWP's Project Odyssey takes warriors into the wilderness for a week to learn coping and stress management strategies to recover from combat stress and post-traumatic stress disorder.

For more information about Wounded Warrior Project or the programs listed above, visit woundedwarriorproject.org or call 877-TEAMWWP (832-6997).