Music for Our Veterans

November 11, 2013 

In honor of Veterans Day we wanted to highlight some of the amazing organizations using music to serve the men and women that have served our country.

Heroes’ Voices creates opportunities for Veterans to raise their voices together in song. http://heroesvoices.org

Music for Veterans offers a life-long method of attaining peace through learning to play an instrument. www.music4veterans.org

Musician Corps trains and places musicians as teachers, mentors and care workers in public schools, children's and veterans hospitals and other settings where music can reach, teach and heal. www.musiciancorps.org

Operation Music Aid is securing musical instruments of all types in order to help aid in the rehabilitation of our valiant men and women who have been wounded while serving their country. www.operationmusicaid.org

Songwriting with Soldiers pairs returning active duty soldiers and veterans with professional songwriters in a retreat setting to craft songs about personal experiences in combat. http://www.songwritingwithsoldiers.org

Strumming for Vets is an organization that has come up with a way to help restore the feeling of joy and self-worth that can be lost after extreme trauma. With music therapy and donated guitars and teachers donating their time, these vets are given a new type of therapy that works! www.strummingforvets.org

Warrior Songs brings hope and healing to veterans through the creative arts. http://warriorsongs.org