proposal

Project I am doing a fundraiser which will be for Operation First Response for soldiers who are wounded as well as out in Iraq. I will be collecting donations of certain items that are included in the backpacks that will be sent out to the boys and girls. I will be working all around I am going to put bins around the school collecting (Q-tips, Shaving cream, tooth paste, ECT) also I will be putting up jars for 1$ donations at local stores around the Springfield community area. I am going to be working with head of OFR Peggy Baker who will be mentoring me and guiding me on what to do throughout my project. The products I will be gaining are the supplies needed for the backpacks to send out to the soldiers, donations and money donated are all going towards the soldier’s backpacks. I will use these materials to show what the soldiers need and get the community involved so they can help make the backpacks and really understand what the men and women do for our country. I will be completing my project all through December I would like a full month to put my project together and really get everything organized and ready for a 100%. To complete my project I will need to be focused 150% and all the time I have to work on it, I need to get donations from companies like Champs who can donate black and white t shirts for the backpacks, and also Johnson and Johnson would donate soap and lotion. As well as back packs and anything that needs to be put in the backpacks for the soldiers. I am getting the community involved so they can meet some of the soldiers that have gone through Iraq. Peggy Baker is my mentor and she will be helping me throughout the whole entire even guiding me and giving me information to share with the community so they can get involved.

Research I am researching the effects of PTSD in combat soldiers, PTSD stands for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which although is common with other people not just combat but anyone who has experienced a traumatic event. PTSD in soldiers coming back from war has been an issue for decades now since World War I, soldiers are being untreated for PTSD and I am researching on why PTSD should be treated and how severe it really is. My essential question is What measures should the military be taking to improve the mental health and families who are effect by Soldiers with PTSD. I have had experience with this disorder, my brother is a Veteran of the Iraq war; he went on a 11 month tour in Iraq sustaining brain injuries and back injuries, as well as coming back with severe PTSD. His mental state has caused tremendous pain in my family and we are doing everything we can to help him and other soldiers dealing with this illness. I would love other families who are dealing with PTSD or dealing with soldiers with PTSD to learn a lot and get help for the people dealing with this disorder. They would gain much information including places that offer help for these victims including help for family members as well. The three sources I will gain information from is OperationFirstResponce.com which is the home site for the foundation I am doing my project on which deals with soldiers with PTSD, The article In Sickness and in Health from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Which is an article on a woman whose husband has been dealing with PTSD coming back from a war, this provides evidence and proof that people are dealing with this illness and not getting any help. Also an article with a Professional who has dealt with PTSD and has researched the effects and what causes PTSD.