$3,764 raised by 25 donors
19% complete
$20,000 Goal
Joni and Friends Texas Warrior Getaway offers hope and healing to veterans and their families who live with the visible and invisible wounds of war. At Texas Warrior Getaway, veterans begin the healing journey from Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Moral Injuries, and other physical and emotional wounds.
For the 350,000 Texas military veterans living with cognitive and physical disabilities, nearly 80% of military marriages end in divorce, and every day 21 warriors end their pain by ending their own lives. TX Warrior Getaway gives veterans an opportunity to process their experiences through a program founded in Christ. “Our goal is to help veterans move from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth,” says veteran and counselor, Cedric. “And we’re giving them the tools to do so.”
Texas Warrior Getaway supports veterans, preserves marriages, and strengthens families impacted by disability. At Texas Warrior Getaway, families:
· Experience a safe environment on their healing journeys.
· Participate in a loving and authentic temporary community that promotes acceptance and a non-judgmental environment.
· Receive tools that promote healing from spiritual and moral injuries and physical wounds from combat trauma and Post Traumatic Stress.
· Access meaningful, fully adaptive, and traditional camp activities for children.
· Receive much-needed calm and rest from very chaotic lives.
· Experience a Christ-focused and Christ-centered environment where healing begins to take place.
Joni and Friends was founded in 1979 by Joni Eareckson Tada, best-selling author and teacher, and one of the world’s leading international advocates for people living with disability. A diving accident in 1967 left Joni, then 17, quadriplegic and in a wheelchair. After two years of rehabilitation, she emerged with a fresh determination to help others in similar situations.
Joni and Friends serves communities throughout the United States through 20 local Area Ministry offices, including Texas. Since 1997, Joni and Friends Texas has served more than 6,500 families, veterans, caregivers, and children living with disability throughout the state and surrounding communities.
Vision:
A world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ.
Mission:
To glorify as we communicate the Gospel and mobilize the global church to evangelize, disciple, and serve people living with disability.
This year’s Texas Warrior Getaway will be held September 18 – 22, 2024 at Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas. Your gift will provide scholarships for 20 injured soldiers and their families to experience this life-giving opportunity free-of-charge. Your gift will also support the 45 volunteers serving these warrior families.
Joni and Friends Texas believes the hope and healing provided to these veteran families is essential and often a matter of life and death for the warrior considering suicide. This is why 100% scholarships are given to all veterans and their families.
Meeting our $20,000 goal will provide full scholarships for 20 families. Joni and Friends Texas invites you to partner with us to close the financial gap for the 2024 Texas Warrior Getaway and send all deserving families to camp:
· $500 sends one family member
· $2,000 sends an entire family!
What a blessing you are!
Joni and Friends Texas serves people affected by all types of disability and does not discriminate based on age, race, gender, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, disability, or veteran status. We know of no other organization that provides the special opportunity for entire veteran families to attend a week-long retreat together no matter the disability.
Organization name
Joni and Friends Texas Warrior Getaway
Causes
Veterans
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Grayson, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
2001 W. Plano Parkway Suite 2060