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we are a declared non profit service organization
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NO GOVERNMENT FUNDS ACCEPTED!PRIVATE FUNDING ONLY
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MISSION STATEMENT BY SHADOW
This campus has been designed to help
rehabilitate the seriously traumatized
war
veteran. We will cater to the
most immediate needs of the veteran.
Real life immediate
needs. Teach him
or her how to fix their car so they can
transport themselves to where
they
need to be, to find work, and to aquire
counciling on such things as:
Anger
management, marriage, kids,
work, coping with stress, and most
anything else they may
need, the list
goes on and on.
There will be
work in the camp for those able, making
firewood, working in the
wood shop,
helping build the camp, educating
others on their specialties,
trail-blazing,
working with
the local farmers, working in the
greenhouses, or helping with the small
sawmill we�ll have.
Veterans volunteering time on
the camp will earn points for free
time on the land
for the solitude
or whatever they may need free time
for. This camp must be kept small,
for personal service, or I don�t
think it will work. To begin only
eight to ten veterans at a
time.
Because of the veterans major
mistrust for his government this
project must be
privately funded,
or we won�t have any clients. There
is no place for the veteran to go
for these services. The trust
factor is heavy indeed for these
brave men.
�You see, you must study up
on the PTSD phenomenon to even get
a glimpse of
what we�re up
against. Most of us can�t work
because of our hatred for the
bullshit. We somehow draw that
from employers and we slip a cog.
Those that
can�t control that
knee-jerk reaction are the ones
you read about in the papers.
Many of my brothers need major
help to keep that from happening.
I�m lucky in
that I�ve not
had to pay for mine, but now I�m
going to, through this camp.
Twice
as many brothers
have lost their lives through
suicide than the war took.
That�s
over 100 thousand souls.
How large is a football stadium.............?�
(Shadow)
The main healing factor is our Shaman, Fawn Jouneyhawk. This Native
American Shaman is using techniques perfected through hundreds of year of use. Fawn
is a Mandan and Shawnee Native American, and draws entirely from the Creator
Himself.
�I myself have seen the incredible things that happen in our lodges. Physical
healing that can have no other explanation, other than divine intervention. I am
not a God freak, I am not a fanatic! I have seen the healing with my own eyes, I
have felt it within my own body. I believe when there�s not much to believe in
these days. I trust Fawn�s work.�
(Shadow)
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Wounded Warrior Restoration and Research
Mission Statement
Wounded Warrior, in cooperation with Saybrook Institute in San Francisco,
proposes to establish a veterans rehabilitation retreat for the reclamation and restoration
of Wounded Warriors, utilizing the established techniques of Fawn Journeyhawk Bender,
Native American Shaman.
Wounded Warrior will conduct a study of Fawn�s use of ancient methods of the
Native American Warrior Medicine Society, (used for centuries among warring tribes to
restore the mental as well as the physical state of the warrior). All documentation
acquired from this study will be forwarded to Saybrook Institute for compilation.
The retreat will be staffed by certified councilors from veteran centers of southern
Oregon and Northern California. Other staff members will include: The director,
Assistant Director, a physician, an on-call nurse, Chaplain, Nutritionist, Security, and
various clerical staff.
All the therapies and treatments will fall under the direction of Fawn
Journeyhawk Bender.
Shadow Nick has been appointed by Wounded Warrior as the Veteran Liason
Coordinator for the proposed retreat and it establishment and operation.
It is our intention to petition charitable organizations, churches, and private
individuals for assistance in aquiring the necessary land, materials, equipment, and
furnishings.
This facility will require mountain acreage in a fairly private location. We will
base all land use on sound forest practices with emphasis on multi-use and environmental
diversity. Seclusion and running water, and a southern exposure are needed. Structures
that harmonize with the surrounding environment will be constructed to house staff,
security, therapudic facilities, and administration. They will meet the special
requirements of the disabled and will employ solar and other alternative energy resourse
systems. Greenhousing and other various composting techniques will be tersted with the
intention of producing enough for the camps needs.
The wounded who come to use may even be employed by us in that greenhouse
and other places on the land (making it critical that we own our own land). They will
learn how to do it for themselves, to make their own employment, another goal of this
camp.
This is a place for the veteran to get his life in order, in addition to providing
opportunity in a cooperative, team setting, with both productive forestry and recreational
activities available.
We will serve veterans suffering from PTSD, homelessness, voilence, the
disabled, and the women from all serveces. We need input and contributors to help us
get it together.
To date we have gathered the majority of the staff and have sereral veterans on
stand-by to be admitted as soon as land becomes available. Temporary structures will be
used until materials are provided and construction can begin on the permanent structures
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