Raising awareness of the “22 daily Veteran suicides” epidemic as well as providing Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a diversity of restorative and therapeutic programs/non-profit organizations at no cost to the veteran. After attending a free 5 day program called Operation Restored Warrior (ORW), John Cohen and Dennis Addesso and Tom Kiselow decided to start something to make programs like ORW known. With a glorious F350 wrapped in a military theme and other alumnus of ORW, they created a veteran advocacy organization (501c3/Non profit) raising awareness of the “22 daily Veteran suicides” epidemic as well as providing Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a diversity of restorative and therapeutic programs/non-profit organizations at no cost to the veteran. We are headed into our 6th year of finding veterans in our area to "Get out of the house" and assist making their transition from a combat environment back to civilian life easier. Our name is derived from the Marine term for the .50 caliber machine gun (M2 or "Ma Deuce") combined with the "22 a day" veteran suicides... "Ma Deuce Deuce". Fishing, SCUBA diving, Sky diving, YOGA, sporting events like the BlueClaws, NJ Devils, and coming this year the NY Jets! We also ensure Christmas occurs with our annual event "Audrey's Toy Chest" proving toys for over 130 children of local veterans in 2022! We also help with unmet needs like utility bills, rent/mortgage assitance, and other quality of life enhancements (when funds are available). There isn't much we can't do with the generous community on our side and other organizations that are out there to help with us! MA22 is out to link up with other organizations in the fight to eradicate 22 veteran suicides daily. If you are a veteran organization looking to team up or are a veteran yourself who is in need of some help, or know someone who is… MA22 is here for you! Contact us by messaging the page, calling us at 732-684-1314 or via email at [email protected]. More info on Ma22.org. Please “like” our page and then share to all to spread the word that help is out there for our heroes.
