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Project Sanctuary
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Helping Families Heal
    • Mission & Research
    • Our Impact
      • 2020 Annual Report
    • Our Team
    • Financials
    • FAQs
  • What We Do
    • What We Do
    • Therapeutic Retreats
    • Retreat Schedule
    • Family Support
    • Destination Resource Weekend
  • Get Involved
    • Get Involved
    • How to Give
    • Month of the Military Child
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Qualified Charitable Distributions
    • Volunteer
  • News
    • News
    • Blog
    • Press Releases
    • Media
  • Contact us
  • Donate

Mission

and research

Our Story

Heather Ehle founded Project Sanctuary in 2007 while working as a registered nurse after she discovered no organization was helping the military family as a unit.

Heather founded the organization on the principle that when one person serves, the whole family serves, and the best way to support the troops was to create an organization supporting the entire family.

What began as one retreat boot-strapped together in the mountains of Colorado has since grown into a national organization serving thousands of at-risk military families across the country.

Today, we are proud to be one of the only organizations serving veterans, spouses, caregivers, and children as a family unit. ​Veterans have a 50% higher risk of dying by suicide than civilians. Active duty suicide rates have reached an all-time high since 2012, and 123 military spouses succumbed to suicide in 2017. ​ Military families relocate every other year, isolating spouses and children and making it even more difficult to cope with the challenges and stress of military life.

Project Sanctuary’s mission is more critical than ever.

Our MISSION

Believing that when one person serves the whole family serves, Project Sanctuary takes a human-centered, solution-based approach to helping military families heal and move forward in life. Through innovative long-term programming focused on connectedness, we restore hope and empower families to recover and thrive.

Our Vision

Project Sanctuary believes that everyone has the right and the ability to heal. We assist military service members by reconnecting the family unit through a holistic approach. Our program heals the traumatic effects of military service, treating all members of the family at their level of need and enabling the service members to reintegrate into their families and communities in a healthy and sustainable manner. Project Sanctuary’s work preserves the family unit, strengthening the community, the military, and the country.

Research

Our Research

In 2018, Clemson University published the first study demonstrating the long-term impacts of Project Sanctuary’s therapeutic recreation program.

Preliminary long-term health outcomes associated with recreation-based health and wellness programs for injured service members

Research Related to
Project Sanctuary

PTSD in U.S. Veterans: The Role of Social Connectedness, Combat Experience and Discharge
The Challenges of Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans’ Transition from Military to Civilian Life and Approaches to Reconnection
Veteran Couples Integrative Intensive Retreat Model: An Intervention for Military Veterans and Their Relational Partners
Reintegration Problems and Treatment Interests Among Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care

Project Sanctuary

PO Box 1563
Granby, CO 80446
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