University of Phoenix Supports Willing Warriors’ Delivering Life-changing Retreats for Military Service Members
July 15 2024 - 5:08PM
Business Wire
University alumni and leaders participate in
the annual gala and other supporting events
University of Phoenix is proud to support nonprofit Willing
Warriors, a charitable organization now operating a Grand Lodge
Warrior Retreat in Haymarket, VA, and its original Warrior Retreat
at Bull Run, providing cost-free retreat stays and programs that
positively impact wounded, ill, and injured service members,
disabled veterans, and their families. In each of the past three
years, the University of Phoenix has financially supported Willing
Warriors’ projects and programs, sponsoring two warrior family
stays at the Retreat, participating in the annual Willing Warriors
Gala, as well as volunteer service and support through the
University’s local alumni chapter representatives.
“Willing Warriors provides safe, healing space for service
members,” states Chris Lynne, president of University of Phoenix.
“As part of our commitment to honor the service and healing of
these individuals and their families, we support this important
program.”
Willing Warriors opened the original Warrior Retreat at Bull Run
on July 4, 2015, as a volunteer and community-supported nonprofit
organization providing non-medical programs that positively affect
the well-being and lives of military service members who are
wounded, ill, or injured from service-related harms. The Warrior
Retreat offers a five-night respite stay during which warriors and
their families can temporarily escape hospital settings and
day-to-day demands to relax, rejuvenate, and reconnect with each
other. Willing Warriors expanded in 2023 with a new six-bedroom
Grand Lodge and multi-purpose activity space hosting expanded
Warrior group programs for post-traumatic stress counseling, job
training, entrepreneurial training, and technology training.
To date, Willing Warriors has provided over 2,400 Warriors and
family members with life-changing respite stays and has hosted over
725 Warriors dealing with severe post-traumatic stress for
week-long intensive counseling stays. Their next Annual Gala will
be held November 2, 2024.
Larry Massey, president and CEO of Kinaras Solutions, Inc.,
attended the previous annual gala and recently fulfilled his
auction prize of a round of golf. “I am proud to support Willing
Warriors and give back to the military community,” he shares. “As a
veteran, I know how the service experience can impact us and how
important this support can be for personal and family healing and
growth.”
Willing Warriors co-founder and Board of Directors President
Shirley Dominick, retired from the Air Force, is a University of
Phoenix doctoral alumni and member of the University of Phoenix
District – Maryland – Virginia (DMV) Alumni Chapter, whose members
are active with the non-profit and its mission. DMV Alumni Chapter
President and U.S. Army veteran Barbara Smith is also a Willing
Warriors Ambassador and core volunteer.
“Our work is possible through the contributions of many,
including University of Phoenix,” states Dominick. “When our
communities and individuals, including veterans like Larry Massey
support these efforts, our warriors and their families
benefit.”
University of Phoenix supports Willing Warriors and other
nonprofit efforts through its corporate social responsibility
commitment.
University of Phoenix serves the educational goals of veterans
and military students, with specially trained staff to assist
service members, veterans, and military spouses and dependents. In
addition to providing career-relevant education and flexibility
that fits military student and working adult schedules, the
military experience and training of student veterans and military
students can be assessed for potential college credit.
About University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix innovates to help working adults enhance
their careers and develop skills in a rapidly changing world.
Flexible schedules, relevant courses, interactive learning,
skills-mapped curriculum for our bachelor’s and master’s degree
programs and a Career Services for Life® commitment help students
more effectively pursue career and personal aspirations while
balancing their busy lives. For more information, visit
phoenix.edu.
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Sharla Hooper University of Phoenix
sharla.hooper@phoenix.edu