Monthly Archives: February 2016

Operation Family Caregiver

Quality of Life Foundation recently attended a launch event for an exciting new program – Operation Family Caregiver presented by Blue Star Families! Blue Star Families is a national, nonprofit network of military families from all ranks and services, including guard and reserve, dedicated to supporting, connecting, and empowering military families. Blue Star Families’ Caregivers program is a multi-faceted approach that reaches military and veteran caregivers through many different channels. BSF knows the day-to-day challenges that caregivers experience, and has created a program with multiple access points, based on caregiver bandwidth. Blue Star Families’ CEC program provides workshops and digital
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A Simple Wish

We recently had the honor of working with a family of five; an Army veteran, his (also Army veteran) spouse and caregiver, and their 3 minor children. The caregiver originally reached out to us for assistance finding activities for her three young children. She felt that they have had to sacrifice so much because of her and her husband’s service to our country. She was concerned that her kids are not spending time around kids their age because they spend so much time at the VA during their dad’s medical appointments. She wanted them to be able to participate in
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Super FSC Andrea Sawyer

Congratulations to February’s Super Family Support Coordinator, Andrea Sawyer! Andrea has recently worked with a United States Air Force veteran family with three minor children who came to us struggling to maintain their lawn and concerned about resulting potential HOA fines.  Both the veteran and his wife deal with physical injuries that prevent them from caring for the yard themselves, and lawn care service fees were outside their budget.  Andrea coordinated with a local nursery to get the current issues under control and new more manageable landscaping installed.  Additionally, throughout the course of working with the family, Andrea learned that
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