Greenwich-based SFTT to be awarded grant

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George and Trinity.
George and Trinity.

On Saturday, June 25 at 6 p.m., the Stamford Elks Lodge 899 will present its Elks Gratitude Grant to Greenwich-based Stand For The Troops Foundation (SFTT). The Foundation will pay it forward through SFTT’s PTSD Rescue Coalition, to provide Pets for Vets PTSD service dog to a local Veteran who ‘survived’ the rigors of war only to lose his or her way back home due to the invisible wounds of Post Traumatic Stress and/or Traumatic Brain Injury.

The PTSD Awareness Month event, open to the public, is being held at the Elks Lodge 899, 943 Hope Street, Stamford. Joining SFTT at the Elks Lodge will be Trinity, a service dog, and his new Veteran buddy, George, who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq. George and Trinity were paired by the new Ridgefield chapter of Pets for Vets.

Linking up with an organization like Pets for Vets is an example of the work that SFTT does year-round to fulfill its mission of safeguarding the physical, mental and emotional well-being of America’s serving troops and returning veterans. Because there is no one magic cure or treatment for TBI or its frequent companion PTSD and we can’t afford to keep losing an average of 22 veterans each day to PTSD and TBI related suicide.

SFTT dedicates its resources to giving the men and women who put their lives on hold and at risk on the frontlines the best odds to make it home in one piece and reclaim their lives. The nonprofit apolitical educational foundation based in Greenwich, has been supporting the troops with more than lip service for 18 years.

For more information, call 203-629-0288 or visit sftt.org

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