{"id":140996,"date":"2021-02-17T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=140996"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:28:21","slug":"watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With Home Depot Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=140996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-936538800-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Gary Sinise Foundation is starting a whole new initiative with The Home Depot co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. The new initiative will offer care to veterans and first responders who suffer \u201cfrom post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com\/blank-marcus-and-lt-dan-to-aid-veterans\/\">The Atlanta Jewish Times<\/a>, both of Sinise\u2019s new partners&nbsp;are donating $20 million from their personal foundations in order to provide support to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garysinisefoundation.org\/avalon-network\/\">Gary Sinise Foundation Avalon Network<\/a>. The program will add onto the work that has been completed by the Marcus Institute for Brain Health and the Boulder Crest Foundation\u2019s Warrior PATHH (Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes) program.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BYEqHKdmChY&amp;feature=youtu.be\">video<\/a> announcing the network, Sinise discussed the \u201cepidemic of invisible wounds\u201d that veterans and first responders experience. He added that these \u201cinvisible wounds\u201d have \u201cvisible manifestations like depression, anxiety, and substance abuse which affect not only the veterans and first responders themselves, but their families, as well\u2026these invisible wounds too often can lead to suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new initiative is part of the \u201crelief and resiliency program.\u201d Sinise explains that the program will leverage \u201cthe science of post-traumatic growth, a framework that explains the positive transformation that can occur following trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=BYEqHKdmChY&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=BYEqHKdmChY&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>The program will create twenty sites across the country to \u201cserve veterans, first responders and their families,\u201d The Atlanta Jewish Times&nbsp;notes. The name of the foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com\/blank-marcus-and-lt-dan-to-aid-veterans\/\">reportedly<\/a> incorporates the name Avalon as a reference to the island where King Arthur was taken in order to recover after his final battle.<\/p>\n<p>In the announcement video, Sinise adds, \u201cThis was always my intention, my mission from the beginning \u2014 to always do a little more to be there for our nation\u2019s defenders in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Veterans Administration says&nbsp;that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq resulted in a larger percentage of traumatic brain injuries than previous conflicts. The Atlanta Jewish Times reports that the U.S. Defense Department has estimated that 22% of all combat wounds from those specific conflicts are brain injuries, which is 10% more than the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>The new initiative will mark the first time that Blank and Marcus have partnered together since co-founding The Home Depot.&nbsp;\u201cArthur and I, together at Home Depot, we recognized how important the military was to us,\u201d said Marcus.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus served in the Air National Guard for four years during the period of the Korean War in the early 1950s. \u201cI appreciate the military,\u201d he said. \u201cThese young people have put their lives on the line and, frankly, when they leave the service, they\u2019re not getting the support they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Sinise\u2019s foundation has partnered with the Marcus and Home Depot foundations. They previously joined forces to build smart homes for wounded vets.<\/p>\n<p>One of the twenty centers included in the network will be the Marcus Institute for Brain Health in Colorado, which cares for veterans and retired athletes that have \u201cmild to moderate traumatic brain injuries (including concussion) and changes in psychological health.\u201d&nbsp;The SHARE Military Initiative in Atlanta will also be among the centers&nbsp;working with&nbsp;the program.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2019, Gary Sinise joined Ben Shapiro for an episode of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/sunday-special\">The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special<\/a> to \u201cdiscuss his road to Hollywood success, how he\u2019s stayed grounded through it all, and his passion for supporting our troops, veterans, and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gary Sinise Foundation is starting a whole new initiative with The Home Depot co-founders Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. 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