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West Michigan S A I L Program Launched to Prevent Veteran Suicides

Share this article Share this article PENTWATER, Mich., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/  The West Michigan S.A.I.L. Program (WMSP) today announced that the not-for-profit-organization has formally launched a fund-raising campaign to support critically needed programming for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), formerly known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which has exponentially worsened with the Covid-19 Pandemic, widespread unemployment and political unrest.  WMSP, which received not-for-profit status on June 27, 2018, and tax-exempt status on September 5, 2019, also announced that the organization has acquired four well-equipped sail boats, including one outfitted for handicapped sailors, and three dinghies for use in programming designed to give veterans the team-and mission-inspired experience of learning to sail, and in doing so, learn to heal their demons.  Veteran suicides averaged 22 per day before the Pandemic, said Lee Price, founder and pre

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