Welcome Dear Friends of the National Center for Healthy Veterans (NCHV) at Valor Farm, Summer is on it’s last lap. With the onset of September and the passage of Labor Day, we are reminded that our remaining months of warm sunshine and long days are limited. This pending change in season is clearly demonstrated by …
Welcome Dear Friends of the National Center for Healthy Veterans (NCHV) at Valor Farm, May you be having a great Summer! Our theme this month is “Community,” one of NCHV’s core operating tenets and our primary means to defeat the isolation that leads to suicide and other challenges. As you will read below, Community is …
Welcome Dear Friends of the National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm, We sincerely wish you a blessed and relaxing Independence Day holiday with family and friends. As well, we invite you to join us in honoring great American Patriots who have secured our “Independence” as a Nation. Our Founding Fathers and godly leaders …
Welcome Dear Friends of the National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm, We will soon commemorate Memorial Day 2023. Consider Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address:“… It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be …
Working to create meaningful bonds between our Patriots and horses, our equine assisted therapy offers an array of benefits such as reduction of stress, improved strength, and improved stamina.
Meet Chaplain Brenda K. Swartz, NCHV Chief of Staff We welcome Brenda Swartz as the NCHV Chief of Staff. It has clear God has prepared her for this role for decades. With years of U.S. Army Family Readiness experience,(helping military families navigate the toughest of times in war and peace), along with expertise in business …
A huge thank you to Emily Robinson with ABC 13 – WSET for featuring us this week on the Living in the Heart of Virginia-LHOV segment. As well as a thank you to All Phase Roofing & Construction for sponsoring the segment. Your continued support for our program will raise awareness and return healthy veterans …
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These fine young men learned about our program and the needs that drive it directly from Gen Dees and had the opportunity to help out with some fast-paced pig sorting. We look forward to continued interactions with these excellent students and school. #healthyveterans
Another amazing volunteer day on Saturday! Thank you to all of the groups that showed up to help us plant veggies and complete construction and landscaping projects. We couldn’t do what we do without the selfless sacrifice of our many volunteers! #valorfarm #gardening #healthyveterans #volunteer
We welcome Bob and Bev Uber as our Valor Farm Patriot Life Directors, living in a tiny home in Village 1. Prior to coming to Valor Farm, they were Founders and Directors of the Heroes Center, a nonprofit campus for transitioning veterans in High Point, NC. Bob and Bev were married in 2019 and have walked …
In the last stage of the program Patriots learn about post graduation support and how to maintain balance in their new environments. They also conduct an outbound assessment of the outcome of their PDP and receive assistance transitioning to new employment and living arrangements.
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NCHV partners with the best in industry and the best educators to help veterans develop the skills they need to transition successfully to civilian employment at ZERO cost to them.
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A nationally renowned, faith-based trauma healing course designed to help veterans of all eras and their families recover from the spiritual and moral wounds of war.
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“The hospital fixed my body, but REBOOT fixed my soul. REBOOT sought out and resued the man I once was.”
Trauma Healing For Everyone
This one-of-a-kind course teaches you how to build bounce, weather the storm, and bounce back without getting stuck. This course is widely used in church and academic settings to build personal resilience.
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“We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Resilience: Learning to Bounce
The Patriot onboarding period includes familiarization with the farm, its work, living, and recreational areas, an individual assessment, and the creation of the holistic Personal Development Plan.
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Returning Healthy Veterans to America
