2020 Program Highlights
Veterans Day week, 2020 Facilitator Training.
Along with the rest of the country, and most of the world, COVID-19 forced TWC to suspend our planned retreat programs throughout 2020.
We were, however, able to conduct an important Facilitator Training session in November, appropriately enough, over the Veterans Day holiday. The participants attending this training provided TWC with the ability to continue developing key staff and volunteer roles that will help us prepare for a return to our in-person life-saving programs, hopefully, in June of 2021.
Although our in-person programming was suspended for most of the year, like those we serve, TWC demonstrated resilience in 2020, specifically in keeping true to our mission of improving our veterans and their families’ overall well-being. In June 2020, TWC pivoted from our traditional in-person services, and we piloted group sessions in the virtual space via video conference.
From July through December 2020, TWC began hosting regular monthly virtual meet-ups, finishing the year with eight successful sessions, including more than 156 veterans, and military spouses from across the country.
These sessions were initially planned as two-dimensional activities to include psychoeducational components while also providing therapeutic engagements; our biggest takeaway was the value of continued connection with the agency and their peer groups. Because of our success, this concept will continue monthly as a new piece of additional programming that we are affectionately calling “Vet Connect.”
These "Vet Connect" meet-ups will be folded into our regular continuum of care as we resume in-person retreats and as a way to stay connected with those that have previously participated, as well as those that have inquired about attending our programs in the future. We will host these meet-ups each month, on the third Thursday, at 7 PM EST.
"Vet Connect" meet-up from August 2020
"Vet Connect" meet-up from November 2020
