The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 716, of Los Alamitos had a special presentation recently from Tom Tackett and Milan Franklin of the Patriotic Service Dog Foundation.
The Patriotic Service Dog Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on serving our veterans by raising awareness for their needs and providing Service Dogs to those who may benefit from long-term mental and physical assistance.
The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 716, of Los Alamitos had a special presentation recently from Tom Tackett and Milan Franklin of the Patriotic Service Dog Foundation.
The Patriotic Service Dog Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on serving our veterans by raising awareness for their needs and providing Service Dogs to those who may benefit from long-term mental and physical assistance.
Each service dog is tailored to fit the needs of the veteran. For many veterans the war never ends after they come home. Many struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) causing depression, anger, sleeplessness, anxiety and suicide.
Each day 22 veterans take there own lives. The Patriotic Service Dog Foundation’s goal is to reduce that statistic from “22 to zero”
As the club sat and listened to Tom and his veteran trainer talk about this organization and the silent suffering a soldier goes through I was saddened that more couldn’t be done as part of their rehabilitation upon returning from deployment.
For more information or to see a short video go to www.patrioticservicedogfoundation.org