Wounded Warrior Project: Social Media Analysis

INTRODUCTION: How many people have a Veteran in their family or know one? If yes do you help them or is it someone else’s problem. Well many people think it’s someone else problem, but the truth is it’s our problem.

I decided that because I work directly with the military everyday that I wanted to help wounded military and veterans located in the Norfolk, Virginia area. I see what they endure on a daily basis and what they sacrifice to defend our nation. These men and women serving our country should never be in need of support or a helping hand once they leave active duty. However, there is an incredible amount of these Veterans that rely on others.

Veterans coming home had to face many different situations. Most veterans who came home did not receive the welcome they had deserved. Some veterans were homeless and unemployed after coming home. An organization called the Vietnam Veterans against the War or the VVAW tried to help the soldiers coming home. The organization allowed veterans to talk about their experiences to them and also tried to get the veterans to talk to the public (Rivers 646-648). The VVAW helped the veterans throughout the war. Many veterans who came home had emotional trauma or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The United States citizens did not want to remember the war or the brave men who fought in it (Rivers 646-647). Very few people cared about Vietnam or the soldiers during the war because of the negative views toward the soldiers and the war.

What is wounded warrior project and what is their mission? Wounded warrior project's mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors who incurred a physical or mental injury, illnesses, or wound, co-incident to your military service on or after september 11, 2001. Wounded warrior project was found by Albion Giordano, Jim Melia, and Steven Nardizzi. Wwp was founded in 2003. It was first founded in Roanoke, Virginia.

Wounded Warrior Project’s goals are to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members and to help service members not only help themselves but to help others service members also (Wounded Warrior Project). When people think of injured service members they think of the physical injuries but WWP offers programs and help to all the different types of injuries. These injuries include: mental, illnesses,

For as long as there have been wars, there have been warriors who survive — and yet become as much casualties of battle as those who died (Blair). Founded in 2003 in Roanoke, Virginia, by a group of veterans and friends the Wounded Warrior Project took action to help the injured service men and women of this generation. The mission of the WWP is to honor and empower wounded warriors who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness or wound, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001. The vision of the project is to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation’s history. The project has three purposes: to raise awareness and enlist the

Junior year; considered the most difficult year of high school. Junior year wants to make senior year as relaxing and stress free as possible. Part of this preparation: community service and then writing a paper and making a presentation surrounding that service. Kennedy calls this project the integrated service learning (ISLE) project. For my ISLE project, I built houses in New Orleans through Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization. I found that when hurricane Katrina and the Levis broke it left a tremendous amount left in its wake. Since the trip would knock all my service hours out in a week and I became interested in the project I went and worked on houses and learned a great deal culture and poverty

The programs that they offer are extremely helpful for the service members who have received and/or diagnosed with some type of injury or illness. The Wounded Warrior Project takes the wounded service member out of their element to relieve stress and/or fear that they may have. The Wounded Warrior Project has a program that will get the wounded service member a job that will better them in the future. This program will also take the wounded service members and their family on various trips and events such as, skydiving, skiing, concerts, and other fun activities. These programs not only help the wounded with stress or injuries, but it also provides engagements with other wounded warriors. It provides an Alumni and peer

The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began in the year 2003 after many veterans and their friends discovered the necessity to send items of comfort to service members who are wounded and coming back home from Iraq and Afghanistan. From that time, the WWP has developed into a full rehabilitative effort to help warriors as they shift back into a life of a civilian. Using an approach that is holistic, the WWP serves soldiers as well as their families through nurturing the body and mind, and promoting economic engagement as well as empowerment. Through this, service is offered to service members and veterans who sustained a mental or physical injury, sickness, or wound at the time their military service on the 11th of September 2001 or after that date.

Wounded Warrior Project serves veterans and service members who incurred a mental or physical injury, wound, or illness, co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001 and their families. On that date, America watched in horror as approximately 3,000 people died including hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers. Many warriors note a sense of duty to volunteer for the military following these tragic events. Wounded Warrior Project began when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. It started as a program to provide comfort items to wounded service members and it has grown into a complete rehabilitative effort to assist warriors as they transition back to civilian life. For WWP, there is a distinct difference between members and alumni; the term alumni indicates a mutual shared experience and denotes your place in an organization was earned. There are no dues here - those were paid by wearing the uniform and on the battlefield.

Overall I believe that the Wounded Warrior Project is by far one of the best charity's at the moment. Just the feeling of helping out people who have helped out our country so much, seeing how happy the soldiers are that people care about them and want to help them. Just think that overall the project has helped out over 100,000 warriors. 100,000 people's lives have been helped out and got them over the hurt of war. When I am older I would consider donating to this charity over any

The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2003. It’s a charity and a veterans service organization that offers a variety of programs, events and services for those that were wounded in battle. The Wounded Warrior’s Project has grown immensely over the years, they have had great reviews of how they have helped the veterans and their families with contributions to medical expenses and college scholarships. Once I began digging, I found one main problem that the organization had. The keyword, “fraud,” kept resurfacing whenever I was looking for reviews. This sparked some curiosity with the beloved organization.

So many people put their lives on the line for the sake of this country. It would be nice if, after all the damages they suffered, there was organization that could help them recover that bit of life they lost in war; that would not mislead them with false promises, or squander their money. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has been one of the best-known organizations providing assistance to Iraq- and Afghanistan- war veterans for the last several years. But as time has gone one the organization has broken down, and is lately the focus of negative media attention after it CEO, Steven Nardizzi and COO, Al Girodano, who were accused of lavishly spending over $800 million in donations to the WWP. The following paper therefore analyzes the background

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