River Deep Alliance Program & Members
The River Deep alliance is a program under the River Deep Foundation. It was born out of existing relationships between like-minded leaders who saw the need for their organizations to combine strengths in order to focus better on clients in need. Each organization under the alliance umbrella offers unique stand-alone, but complimentary programs, that all serve to assist in the healing process by helping to re-acclimate, re-enable and re-engage their clients while improving outlook and quality of life.
The member organizations focus on healing and support from physical, psychological or emotional injuries and trauma sustained during military and/or civilian life. Examples included severe physical injuries, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and Spinal Cord Injuries. This is accomplished through activities and services that enable the individual to re-acclimate and re-engage in life. A positive outlook is crucial in the healing process and these activities and services have proven effective to improving outlook and day-to-day quality of life.
Several programs focus on outdoor group activities like fly fishing or hunting, while others focus on learning a new skill. Additional programs focus on specific needs for daily life, such as providing service dogs or ongoing support services. As a whole, River Deep encourages the participation and support of family/caretakers.
Our alliance includes the following non-profit programs:
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Anglers of Honor (AOH) – Provides accessible and therapeutic fly fishing opportunities on premier private fly fishing water, restored to allow access for individuals with disabilities. (Contact: J.R. Lapierre)
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Craig Hospital: Craig Hospital is a world-renowned, premier center for specialty rehabilitation and research for people with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. Their Therapeutic Recreation Program (TREC) at Craig Hospital promotes overall fitness and well-being, with the goal of improving, maintaining or restoring physical strength, cognition, and mobility for someone with a spinal cord, traumatic brain or nervous system injury through recreational activity. (Contact: Tom Carr, Director, Therapeutic Recreation)
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Operation TBI Freedom (OTF) - is a program of Craig Hospital that provides support for Veterans and active duty military personnel with traumatic brain injuries. Including case management services, including crisis management, medical and mental health referrals, employment/education assistance, psychosocial classes, emergency assistance for severe needs, and much more. (Contact: Steve Smith, OTF Program Manager stesmith@craighospital.org) www.operationtbifreedom.org
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SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program (SCI HOP) - organizes hunting, fishing, archery instruction and other outings for persons who have sustained a disabling injury or brain trauma. Offers the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and participate in a safe, supportive group activity. (Contact: Bob Adwar) www.scihop.org
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Victory Service Dogs (VSD) - Provides service dogs and companion dogs for military veterans. They stand apart from many other service dog organizations because the client and dog train together for the specific needs of that individual. They adopt shelter dogs where possible. (Contact: Steve Corey) www.victorysd.org
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Quality of Life Plus (QL+) - fosters and generates innovations that aid and improve the quality of life of those who have served our country. We challenge University students to create novel solutions to improve the lives of veterans, first responders, and service members. https://www.qlplus.org
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Belleview Spine and Wellness's PainFreeMilitary.com program was created for our military members (active and retired) and their families. Our mission is to provide accessible musculoskeletal treatment. We also provide benefit (VA and Tricare) education. painfreemilitary.com
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Denver Adaptive Divers (DAD) provides support, education, specialized training in adaptive scuba diving, and dive travel to qualified individuals with physical disabilities to enable them to become an integral part of the sport of scuba diving. Denver Adaptive Divers (https://www.denverdivers.com/denver-adaptive-divers.htm)
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Comeback Yoga provides free, accessible, trauma-informed, science-based yoga classes to the military community to enhance overall health and quality of life. They are a Denver-based 501(c)3 non-profit that delivers free yoga classes to help military personnel, their families and supporters develop resiliency in response to their life experience that may include post-traumatic stress. Comeback Yoga also provides relevant master teacher training for its teachers to enable them to offer yoga classes best suited to the military community. Comeback Yoga's other mission is to offer scholarships for Yoga Teacher Training to veterans who are interested in becoming yoga teachers themselves. www.comebackyoga.org
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