Defenders of Freedom is a Non Profit 501c(3) Organization committed to supporting post 9/11 Veterans with emergency financial assistance as well as assisting those transitioning back to the western Pennsylvania region. "Defenders of Freedom Pa” is a 501c3 Non Profit Organization committed to supporting Veterans of post 9/11 with short term financial assistance in the Greater Pittsburgh area. This
program supported the Army's Rest and Recuperation program for weary Soldiers to come home for 2 weeks during their yearlong tour. Donna Cranston attended her first greeting in June of 2004, and it changed her life. Her son was in Iraq at that time. As she met more and more Soldiers coming through the airport and learned many were not receiving care packages, she decided to support them. As the numbers grew she knew she needed some help sustaining it and found that many people wanted to help, they simply didn't know how. She formed Defenders of Freedom as an avenue to connect the community to the Troops. As the wars have prolonged the focus of Defenders of Freedom has turned to helping Veterans at home. DOF offers emergency financial assistance to wounded and transitioning Veterans, resume preparation, and employment searches. Additionally, they have Veteran initiated programs for peer mentoring. Recently in partnership with with the main Defenders of Freedom Chapter, DOF Pittsburgh has also been sending Veterans to Resiliency Brain Health Center for treatment of thier Traumatic Brain Injuries. This is allowing for Veterans to gain employment, cognitive skills, sleep assistance, decrease in amount of medications they are on, but most importantly an overall decrease in Veteran su***de as the overall wellness of the Veteran has improved. Become a key to assisting in the success in helping one of these many Veterans we help annually with your donations. We can promise, it is money well spent and well appreciated by each Veteran personally.
