Community Blueprint, Twitter Town Hall, Mental Health, Fallen AZ Hero

Video of the Week is about Community Blueprint, a model program that is spreading across the country, helping community organizations connect, to support our veterans.  See their website at: http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/military-initiatives/community-blueprint/become-community, the video is located there along with much more information for volunteers and community organizations wanting to help.

VA offers Benefit Town Hall via Twitter – see the full story at: http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/8273/vba

If you have questions about PTSD, what it is/isn’t, what help is available, or how you can help a friend, there is valuable information at: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

World Mental Health Day was October 10, and a recent report highlighted the costs of mental illnesses at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/09/mental-illness.html Over 350 million people are believed to have clinical depression, however in some countries, less than 10% receive effective treatment for it, according to the World Health Organization at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_mental_health_day/en/index.html

Fallen AZ Hero: The Veterans Upward Bound staff extends its condolences to the family of Sgt. 1st Class Ryan J. Savard, 29, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, who died Oct. 13 in Afghanistan while on patrol.