Together with Veterans at Sparrows Nest

2023 National Veteran Su***de Prevention
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We're making headway in reducing Veteran Su***des in America, but, we still have along way to go. 🇱🇷

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THE ONE PERCENTERS
99% of those born between 1930 and 1946 (worldwide) are now dead.If you were born in this time span, you are one of the rare surviving 1% ers of this special group.

Their ages range between 77 and 93 years old, a 16-year age span.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE 1% ERS:

You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900s.

You are the last generation, climbing out of the Depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.

You are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas, to sugar, to shoes, to stoves.

You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into tin cans.

You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" on the porch.
Discipline was enforced by parents and teachers.

You are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, you "imagined" what you heard on the radio.
With no TV, you spent your childhood playing outside.

There was no city playground for kids.
The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.
We got "black-and-white" TV in the late 40s that had three stations and no remote.

Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines), and hung on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).
Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked.

Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon
'INTERNET' and 'GOOGLE' were words that did not exist.

New highways would bring jobs and mobility. Most highways were 2 lanes.
You went downtown to shop. You walked to school.

The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.

Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the Depression and the War, and they threw themselves into working hard to make a living for their families.
You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus.

They were glad you played by yourselves.
They were busy discovering the postwar world.

You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves.

You felt secure in your future, although the Depression and poverty were deeply remembered.

Polio was still a crippler. Everyone knew someone who had it.

You came of age in the '50s and '60s.
You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to Canada.

World War II was over, and the Cold War, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life.
Only your generation can remember a time after WW II when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.

You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better.

More than 99% of you are retired now, and you should feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!"

If you have already reached the age of 77 years old, you have outlived 99% of all the other people in the world who were born in this special 16-year time span. You are a 1% 'er".

Today we honor and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11/2001. WE WILL NEVER FORGET 🇺🇸

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Rural Project Summary: Together With Veterans Rural Su***de Prevention Program - Rural Health Information Hub A program called Together With Veterans helps rural communities address and prevent su***des among veterans. The community-centered initiative is veteran-led, collaborative, and uses evidence-based models.

The Highground | Veterans Memorial Project The Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Park, Home of The Wisconsin’s Vietnam Veterans Statue, “Fragments” and the National Native American Vietnam Veterans Statue.

A great way our Veterans can enjoy our National Parks for free.

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Free Entrance to National Parks for Veterans and Gold Star Families (U.S. National Park Service) The National Park Service in partnership with Operation Live Well would like to thank military personnel and their families for their service and invite them to enjoy their national parks.

Reach out to us if you or you know someone that would be a good fit to join Together With Veterans here at the Wisconsin location.

A program called Together With Veterans was formed to help rural communities address and prevent su***des among veterans. The initiative is veteran-led, collaborative, evidence-based, and community-centered. Tag someone you think would like to be a part of starting the first WI coalition.

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Together with Veterans-Sparrows Nest updated their business hours.

If you saw a friend post something that could indicate distress or crisis, would you know how to respond? Learn how to to a service member or Veteran and check out Social Media Safety Toolkit. http://bit.ly/socialsafetytoolkit

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Su***de is a national problem. is using the most recent available data to guide Veteran su***de prevention efforts. Read about the latest su***de data in the 2020 National Veteran Su***de Prevention Annual Report: 2020 National Veteran Su***de Prevention Annual Report (va.gov)

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The public health approach to prevent Veteran su***de combines community-based prevention strategies with evidence-based clinical strategies for intervention. Learn more about how TWV at the Sparrow's Nest is implementing our local prevention plan and like our page

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