John and Brandy have been involved with Help Heal Veterans since 2012. The couple found H. H. V. during a 5 month period of homelessness. John was in the Army from 1980-87 were he had tours in Germany and Panama and stationed at Fort Carson where he completed his enlistment. John settled in Grand Junction were he and Brandy met at Catholic Community Services and became a couple. They lived under the 29th street Bridge and frequented The Help Heal Veterans Craft Center where they enjoyed the fellowship of other Veterans. John and Brandy began to sell the crafts they made to make some money. John reports that being able to make craft kits helped him out of depression. Both John and Brandy give credit to HHV for helping them network within the community. They have made many Veteran friends and continue to sell their crafts around Grand Junction. John and Brandy have been able to buy a home and car and continue to be involved with HHV.
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- (805) 969-1174
- 1482 E Valley Road 619 Santa Barbara CA 93108-1200 USA
- http://www.hhv-6foundation.org
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Causes: Biological & Life Sciences
Mission: The hhv-6 foundation is a non-profit entity founded to encourage scientific exchange between scientists and to provide pilot grants for promising scientific and clinical research. The first priority of the foundation is to provide information and reagents to investigators who are interested in studying hhv-6. We maintain a repository of reagents including monoclonal antibodies,cosmids, hybridomas, cell lines and viral lysates that are donated by investigators around the world, and we make these valuable research materials available to researchers free of charge. We arrangecollaborations between investigators, host conferences and coordinate initiatives among investigators to develop consensus on issues relating to hhv-6. We attend conferences in the field of neurology and stem cell transplants to provide investigators with information about hhv-6, and to encourage clinical research. Another important priority for the foundation is to encourage efforts to find antiviral compounds that are
Programs: The hhv-6 foundation provides grants to scientists and cliniciansstudying hhv-6. The foundation also sponsors conferences, promotesscientific exchange, and manages a repository of reagents that areoffered free of charge to scientists conducting research on the virus.