Sergeant Mark Green served in the U.S. Army National Guard for 12 years. On his last deployment and upon his return home he was transitioned to the Army Warrior Transition Battalion where he underwent two surgeries and began his recovery.

Encouraged to get up and out of his room by his cadre, Green began going to adaptive sports activities and was introduced to not only adaptive cycling, but now, Run For The Warriors Race Director, Robyn Womac, who at the time was the adaptive sports coordinator for the Battalion.

Handcycling quickly became his outlet where he didn’t feel limited by his disability and gave him the opportunity to socialize. When he was faced with the news of having another surgery, Green was worried that he would have to give up his newfound passion. This was a fear Womac wouldn’t allow him to have.

Not even a month after surgery, Womac moved Green from a recumbent bike to a handcycle that allowed him to still remain active despite his cast.

Hope For The Warriors Details                                                                                           ___

• Hope For The Warriors, a national nonprofit dedicated to restoring a sense of self, family and hope for veterans, service members and military families.

 

• For more than 12 years, Hope For The Warriors has continued to provide a full cycle of care through many programs to restore self, family, and hope to post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen across the country.

 

• Since its inception, Hope For The Warriors has served more than 23,200 service members, veterans and military families through a comprehensive approach to well-being focusing on,
• • clinical health and wellness
  • sports and recreation
  • transition

 

• In 2018, Hope For The Warriors processed more than 4,200 applicants for assistance.
• • 58 percent of the veterans separated from the service within the last 6 or more years.
  • 70 percent of those applicants were servicemembers or veterans, 30 percent were military spouses, caregivers or family members.

 

• If Hope For The Warriors does not have a program that meets a specific need, we connect with one of our partners.

 

• Clinical Health and Wellness:Provides a holistic, person-centered approach in addressing the physical, psychological, social, moral, and environmental needs of the service member, their family, and families of the fallen.

Programs:

• Critical Care Coordination
• Comprehensive Case Management
• Military and Veteran Caregiver Support Services
• Family Resiliency Services

 

• Sports and Recreation:Reintroduces a loved sport or hobby with an emphasis on organic healing or gives the opportunity to gain new skills with the use of adaptive equipment to assist in physical and psychological recovery.

Programs:

• Outdoor Adventures
• Run For The Warriors®
• Team Hope For The Warriors®

 

• Transition Services:Supports the career, educational, and personal goals of service members, veterans, and their family members as they experience the many military transitions.

Programs:

• A Warrior’s Wish®
• Warrior’s Compass
• Military Spouse and Caregiver Scholarships

 

• Accolades:
• • Hope For The Warriors is a part of the Combined Federal Campaign,
  • designated as a “Best in America” by the Independent Charities of America,
  • and accredited by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance.
  • Hope For The Warriors has earned a four-star rating from Charity Navigator for superior overall performance as an organization eight years in a row, has a 2019 Guidestar Gold Seal of Transparency and has been designated a top-rated charity by Great Nonprofits.

 

For more information on Hope For The Warriors visit hopeforthewarriors.org