BEING THERE REACHING OUT INC
March 24, 2010
Our Vietnam Veterans chapter has been working with Being There Reaching Out for the past 4 years to help them financially with the great work that they do for the Gold Star families. To see the help and support they give to the families through a variety of means makes us want to be able to do even more. Bringing the Gold Star families together helps them work through their loss and gets them in touch with others who have experienced the same loss. I wish there had been a similar organization in the 1960's and 1970's to help the families of some friends I lost so they would not have felt so alone.
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
caring about the Gold Star families. They wanted to get them in touch with other Gold Star families so there could be a better level of help and support for all.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About once a year
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 23, 2010
Being There - Reaching Out provides Compassion, Understanding, Listening and Love to our Families of our Fallen Military. Being a Vietnam Veteran, I have learned that it is sharing our experiences and our hope with the living keeps the spirits of my Brother & sister who gave thier all for my Freedom. Being There Reaching Out allows the families to be together with thier sorrows as well as with thier hope. Truly a Blessing shared.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My healing through being with the families and sharing in thier grief and loss.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Seeing the Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers, Daughters & Sons truly respect and appreicate each other.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Most Compassioante & Understanding
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
It is not about the money. It about Being There and Reaching Out. A bit of money helps those in need to attend a gathering that they may not be able to afford.
Ways to make it better...
If I could spend more time serving those in need.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 15, 2010
My husband and I are members of Being There Reaching Out, and have been welcomed with open arms. We lost our youngest son in Iraq on July 15, 2008. Even though he was born and raised in South Dakota, Wisconsin claims him as one of her own, since we live here. This is a wonderful group of folks. We lean on each other since we've been through the same thing.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the semi-annual get-togethers
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
the friendships
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
wonderful
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 13, 2010
I experienced this organization first-hand for the first time on November 7, 2009, when I went to the Safe House Restaurant to see the unveiling of the Wall of Honor. I was immediately deeply touched by the caring, loving, supportive atmosphere. It was palpable as I entered the room. I knew right away that this is a vitally important organization, one that provides a safe, caring, understanding haven for families and friends of fallen loved ones. A place where they can be with other people who know the inexplicable, never-ending, horrific pain of this kind of loss. I can't imagine. I think about how hard every day must be and how it goes on and on. Loss is a profound experience, one that I believe we need to share with those who personally understand the particular kind of loss we are living. And when it comes from war, and a war one may not believe in, wow!! Being There Reaching Out is the place families and friends can find that kind of understanding, that kind of special love, that makes a huge difference in their struggle to heal!!
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Selfless, compassionate, loving, caring, understanding.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Expand and provide numerous kinds of healing experiences.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
March 10, 2010
We lost our son, LT Tyler Peterson, in an automobile accident while he was serving our country. Never once did BTRO differentiate between our loss and that of a family who lost a loved one in combat. It has been almost 16 months and we struggle daily with our loss. We can not begin to describe the support and love that is shared by everyone. The BTRO organization, while small in numbers, does the work of many. We are hopeful that one day we will be able to pay forward the support that we've received and can only hope this organization is still going strong.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the level of personal support and empathy that is shared by all who are touched by BTRO.
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The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
tireless, committed to the families of lost loved ones.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 10, 2010
I am a member of Being There Reaching Out and it is the most wonderful organization. I lost my son to the war in Iraq and they have helped with the pain of losing a child. We gather to share our pain, memories, and most of all being there for each other. This is a group no one wants to be a part of but once you are they are family. The group helps everyone deal with the pain of losing a loved one to war. We are all at different stages of our grief but somehow never having met each other prior to this we have become friends. Our goal is to have our loss never be forgotten, because having paid the ultimate sacrifice is something we live with each and everyday and this organization is there for us.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
sharing my loss and everyone helping me thru the horrible pain of losing a child to war.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 9, 2010
In all my connections with this organization I've had nothing but professional treatment from them. Before being asked to be on their board I watched them in their caring ways help the families of those service people from Wisconsin who gave of their lives for our nation. They stand on the top of my lists of people helping the veterans of the United States.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
They seem to be blessed with the ability of having people see just how important they are to those families of our departed Wisconsin servicemembers.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Help each state create an organization just like theirs.
Ways to make it better...
I lived in Wisconsin.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 9, 2010
Loosing a child is undefinitive. Loosing a loved one while they are in the military and serving or have served is in another category. When words cannot help, being with someone who "knows" the depths of emotions is like circling the wagons. 2004 we lost our Marine hero PFC Andrew J McFall Halverson and 6 months later accidently walked into a BTRO gathering, and have been involved ever since. Through BTRO and the heartfelt effort of their founders; Our heros are honored and remembered. which is one of my concerns...I will never forget Andrew's sacrifice..but what about our Country and those he went to defend. The families are given opportunities to share the story of our hero and have someone to listen without judgement or looking at their time piece. It is nice to know that God puts people into our lives to be an extension of his arms. I Thank God for BTRO.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Family outreach.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The extension into our returning veteran and what we can do to assist them, all in honor of our fallen loved one.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
It is all about our Heros and their families. Our founders and board members prefer to be anonymous.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Maybe extend our outreach,
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
March 9, 2010
I took part in a walk/run fund raiser they had last summer. A number of families who lost a loved one were there. I can't image loosing my son in Iraq or Afghanistan, but if something was to happen I would hope Being There Reaching Out would be there for me. From the bottom of my heart, thanks for what you do.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Seeing the bonding that members of this group have. The strength they draw from each other.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
very compassionate. When introduced to someone who had just lost a son I was at a loss for words. These people could address the families needs.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Reach out to so many people and employ proffessional greif concelers.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About once a year
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
March 9, 2010
My experience with volunteering with BTRO is over the top heart warming and at the same time heart wrenching. These families have found one another only through the efforts of this organization. The families are neatly organized to come together at least quarterly. Age appropriate activities are carefully planned for young and old. Details for gatherings and fund raising are carefully thought out and taken care of so families can simply come together and share. BTRO was created out of insight, empathy and hard work. The organizational roots are firmly planted. With families becoming more involved and educated, they become active on the board and stronger within the organization. The families are now 'reaching out and are being there' for the new families in that are losing loved ones in the war. This is a very fine organization that has become an extended family and for some the only family that understands.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Seeing the families help one another to smile, even laugh, without guilt. To share and cry at anytime with eachother knowing their grieving is understood and allowed for however long it takes.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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