At a glance
- Category
- Holistic Healthcare
- How it's listed
- Found in our own research. Its site was confirmed live and serving the military community on . That is a check that it exists, not a judgement that it is good.
- Website
- www.operationsong.org
About Operation Song
Published by Operation Song on their own website. Quoted here in full as they wrote it.
OUR MISSION
To Empower Veterans, Active Duty Military, And Their Families To Tell Their Stories Through The Process Of Songwriting.
OUR VISION
The Vision of Operation Song is to honor & serve every veteran, military personnel, and their families through the power of songwriting, and to inspire every American with their stories.
OUR HISTORY
Grammy and Dove Award-nominated Nashville songwriter, Bob Regan, had the inspiration for Operation Song® in the 2000s while performing on Armed Forces Entertainment Tours at military bases in the Middle-East. On those tours, Regan met many service members with very compelling stories and thought that pairing them with songwriters — natural storytellers — might create some very compelling music. He was also made aware of the large number of service-related injuries, issues, and illnesses related to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that some service members were having challenging transitions back to “normal” life. The idea was that transforming their story into a song might help them process seemingly random and chaotic events and emotions of their service and give them some order, perspective and validation.
In 2012, the program started with weekly sessions at the Alvin C. York, VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, TN under the supervision of a music therapist. Groups of as many as eight veterans would tell stories about their military service and professional songwriters would transform them into song. The format gradually evolved from writing group songs to focusing on the individual veterans or service members and their experiences.
Operation Song® soon began sponsoring weekend retreats in Georgia, Wisconsin, New York, Texas, Washington State, North Carolina, and Florida. To date, Operation Song® has written over 2000 songs with veterans of WWII to those currently serving. Our reach has extended nationwide with onsite retreats, charitable events, and on-line virtual retreats.
There has never been, nor will there ever be, a charge to any veteran or family member for our services. It is our honor to serve those who have served.
Our write-up
Operation Song is in our directory because we went looking for resources in this category and confirmed theirs is real and serving this community. What you see above is their own description, quoted from their site. We have not yet added our own write-up — the programs, eligibility and military fit that we check ourselves — and we would rather leave that blank than guess at it.
In the meantime, their official site is the authority: www.operationsong.org
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