Military Family Foundation

05/12/2026

Why Green Star? ️
The Green Star was never chosen randomly.

Green is nationally recognized as the color for mental health awareness. National mental health organizations, awareness campaigns, and advocacy efforts across the country use green to represent mental health support, healing, hope, su***de awareness, and the fight to end stigma.

That is why Green was chosen. The Green Star Service Banner was intentionally created to honor families of Veterans lost to su***de, families carrying a loss often connected to the invisible wounds of war and mental health struggles.

The Green Star represents:
💚 Recognition for families too often left unseen

The meaning behind the Green Star was created with purpose from the very beginning. No family should feel invisible.

05/08/2026

05/06/2026

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05/06/2026

You can change a life by encouraging a Veteran to get the mental health care they need.

This Mental Health Month, show your support by sharing this image with your community. Learn more about Veterans' mental health. https://www.maketheconnection.net/MHM/

05/04/2026

Week 1: STRENGTH & RESILIENCE

This month, we honor Mental Health Awareness Month by recognizing the strength, resilience, and healing journeys of our Veterans. To support and uplift you throughout May, we’ve created weekly motivational affirmation cards designed specifically for Veterans. Each card offers encouragement, grounding, and a reminder that your well‑being matters every single day.

You’ve served with courage and you deserve support, peace, and moments of hope as you continue forward.

05/04/2026

🇺🇸🦬 Western New York—this one is for you.

All Who Served and their families are invited to the Third Annual Daemen Vets Expo—a FREE event designed to connect you with the benefits, services, and opportunities you’ve earned!

📍 Daemen University – Yurtchuk Student Center
📅 May 9
⏰ 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM

From VA health care and benefits support to employment, education, and community resources, this expo brings together a wide network of trusted organizations—all in one place.

✔️ Meet with service providers face-to-face
✔️ Explore career and education opportunities
✔️ Connect with fellow Veterans and Military Families
✔️ Discover local and statewide support programs

Tip: Bring a copy of your DD214 to make the most of available services.

At the New York State Department of Veterans' Services, we’re proud to be part of events like this—helping ensure every Veteran, Service Member, and Military Family can access the support they deserve.

📲 Scan the QR code in the flyer to register.

05/03/2026

05/03/2026

05/03/2026

WHEN THE FIRST TRAUMA IS SEPARATION

Some people spend years trying to explain a wound that began before they had words.

That is one of the hardest parts of very early trauma.

If the injury happens at the beginning, people often assume it should not count. They assume that if you cannot consciously remember an event, the event cannot have shaped you. That has never made sense to me. The nervous system does not wait for language before it starts recording rupture, loss, distress, and discontinuity.

I was adopted as an infant in 1964, during a period when infant adoption was widely treated as a private solution, and children were rarely given language for the loss built into that beginning.

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