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PHP Executive Directors 2nd Qtr Update
By Luther Shealy 1. Second Quarter 2024 Fundraising. Second quarter 2024 PHP donations received were $53,545.71 (USD), or 61% of our...
Bench Brigade Update
By Jack Lane 2024 Update. The 2024 PHP workbench builds are in full swing all over the country and this is shaping up to be another great...
PHP Volunteers Needed
By Luther Shealy The Purple Heart Project is a completely volunteer organization so that we can maximize the percentage of donations that...
Featured Purple Heart Project Alumni
By Patrick Glynn Our featured PHP alumni is Danny Bell, an Army Veteran who received his PHP Scholarship in October 2019. Danny spent...
PHP Ambassadors Initiative
PHP is starting a grassroots local engagement initiative to raise awareness about the Purple Heart Project, and we need your help. The...
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
By Brent Nelson Peer-to-Peer Fundraising. Want to help fundraise for The Purple Heart Project? We now have Peer-to-Peer (P2P) fundraising...
Featured Purple Heart Project Alumni
This is the first installment of our “Featured Purple Heart Project Alumni” article which will be a reoccurring article in each of our...
Executive Director's Update: 1st Quarter 2024
1. First quarter 2024 Results. First quarter 2024 PHP donations received were $99,154.64 (USD), which exceeds our 2024 quarterly goal of...
Bench Brigade Update
2023 was a fantastic year for the PHP Bench Brigade. The Bench Brigade volunteers built and delivered 38 workbenches to PHP scholarship...
Executive Directors Update, Year in Review
December 31,, 2023 will mark the Purple Heart Project’s (PHP) first full year as a U.S. 501(c)(3) Veteran’s Service Charity. 2023 was a...
PHP Teamwork in 2024
The Purple Heart Project's (PHP) mission is to introduce physically and mentally combat Wounded Warriors still suffering from the...
This woodworker helps Veterans heal through traditional crafting
By Leslie Sinclair, Broadview Magazine, 6 March 2023
Saving Wounded Vets with Craftsmanship: Rob Cosman Essential Craftsman Podcast #81.
Published on YouTube on 4 November 2021
Woodworkers help struggling veterans to rebuild after trauma:
Codiac Woodworkers Guild joins forces with Purple Heart Project to craft workbenches for vets By Kate Letterick, CBC News, published 16...
The Purple Heart Project story on New Brunswick Canadian Broadcast Corporation television news
Published on 17 Sep 2019
Five Ways Woodworking has Positively Impacted US military Veterans
by James Niehaus, Stars and Stripes Europe, published on 8 November 2018
Wounded U.S. veterans find distraction in New Brunswick man's woodworking class
Combat veterans can't think about other things when they're focused on a dovetail joint By Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: 10 Aug 2018
Woodworking is Therapy for Wounded Warriors:
The Purple Heart Program provides more than just free workshops for veterans By Retired Colonel Luther Shealy 17 Jul 2017
A new basic training ~ Woodworking class provides therapy for military veterans
By Richard Hutton Niagara This Week - Niagara Falls 10 November 2016
‘Like a light shone on me’ Wounded warriors find serenity through hand tool workshop in Niagara Fall
By Paul Forsyth, Niagara This Week - Niagara Falls April 20 2018
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