IS HELPING SERVICE MEMBERS TO TRANSITION FROM BATTLE-READY TO
FAMILY-READY.
FAMILY-READY.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> IT REALLY IS. PROJECT SANCTUARY IS COMMITTED
TO HELPING MILITARY FAMILIES,
FREE OF CHARGE, AS THEY DEAL
WITH ISSUES OF POSTDRAMATIC STRESS.SUES OF POSTDRAMATIC
STRESS. DAILY RETREATS ARE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND PROVIDE REFUGE FOR
FAMILIES WHO MADE GREAT
SACRIFICES.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT VACATION SPOT.KE THE PERFECT
VACATION SPOT. >> Reporter: BUT THE FAMILIES
WHO COME HERE TO THE COLORADO
MOUNTAINS, ARE ON A MISSION.
>> THEY WERE OUR NATIONS
GUARDIANS.
GUARDIANS.
NOW, THEYRE LOOK HOME.
AND THEY MAY NOT BE DOING AS WELL.HEY MAY NOT BE DOING AS
WELL.
>> Reporter: WHEN HEATHER STARTED PROJECT SANCTUARY IN
2011, SHE WANTED TO CREATE A
SAFE PLACE.
SAFE PLACE.
WORKSHOPS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFER FAMILIES LIKE
THE GALLOWAYS A CHANCE TO
RECONNECT.
RECONNECT. WE HEAR ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
THAT PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY
HAVE, WHEN THEY MEET MILITARY
LIFE AND COME BACK TO FAMILY
LIFE.
LIFE.
>> ITS EASY ON DEPLOYMENT TO JUST BE MISSION-FOCUSED ANDO
JUST BE MISSION-FOCUSED AND KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS MY JOB.
NOT JUST BEFORE TODAY BUT FOR
THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
BUT COMING BACK INTO THAT IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. THAT IS
ALMOST OVERWHELMING. >> WE WERE ALL IN THE CAR AND HE
WAS GIVING US A LITTLE LECTURE
ON HOW WE WANTED SOMETHING TO
GO.
AND ONE OF THE GIRLS SAID, DAD, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PACE., DAD,
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PACE. YOU NEED TO LEARN OUR PACE.
>> Reporter: KEITH SPENT TEN
YEARS AS A NAVAL OFFICER ON
ACTIVE DUTY.
ACTIVE DUTY. TODAY, HES A FIREFIGHTER AND
HAS BEEN IN RESERVE FOR EIGHT
YEARS.
YEARS.
HE LEFT ON DELAMT WHENDEPLOYMENT DAUGHTER WAS JUST 1.ENDEPLOYMENT
DAUGHTER WAS JUST 1.
>> I WOULD GO INTO A SURVIVAL
MOM MODE THAT I WOULD FEEL SO
LOST AND LONEY WITHOUT HIM
AROUND.
I DIDNT WANT THEM TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVE A SENSE OF, WERE
GOOD, WHETHER HE IS HERE OR NOT.
>> Reporter: HALLIE IS 19 AND
EMMA IS 16. WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO
TALK THROUGH?
TALK THROUGH?
>> FRUSTRATION OF HIM COMING AND
DOING ALL THE TIME.
>> THE
>> Reporter: THE COUNSELORS AT
PROJECT SANCTUARY HELP THEM
ANSWER SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS. >> POSTGRAMMATIC CAN BE FELT
LIKE ANYBODY.
LIKE ANYBODY. >> OUR CLASSES ARE EMOTIONAL.
>> Reporter: THE FOLGALLOWAY FAM
FEELS LIKE THEY MADE PROGRESS.
>> YOU HAD A MISSION WHEN YOU
WERE SERVING.
WERE SERVING. AND THE NEW MISSION IS YOUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY. ITS NICE TO KNOW HES GOING TO
PUT THAT EFFORT INTO OUR FAMILY
THE WAY HE PUT THAT EFFORT INTO
HIS WORK IN THE NAVY BECAUSE HE
WAS RELENTLESS AND LOYAL.
>> MY WORK AS A FAIRIREMAN, I DE
WITH STRESS LIKE I DID IN THE
NAVY, JUST DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE
ON AND COMPARTMENTALIZE.
I HAVE LEARNED THIS WEEK, THE
DAMAGE THATS DONE.
>> I BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS
WORK AWAY FROM US AS BEEN.
AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THIS AFFECTS OUR
RELATIONSHIP AT HOME.
>> THE NONPROFIT COMMITS TO
HELPING FAMILIES FOR TWO YEARS.
>> COUNSELORS ARE SAYING, CALL
ME AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING IF YOU
NEED TO.
NEED TO. >> Reporter: SO MANY OF THE
VOLUNTEERS HERE ARE VETERANS
THEMSELVES, CONTINUING SERVICE
TO THIS COUNTRY, BY HELPING
THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH.
LAWYER
LAWYER LARA AND
LARA AND LARA KEITH HAVE STARTED THEIR
OWN PODCAST, TELLING ABOUT
RETURN FOG CIVILIAN LIFE AND
HELPING VETERANS.
HELPING VETERANS. THAT PIECE IS SO MOVING.
WE WERE WATCHING IT GETTING
TEARY-EYED BACK HERE.
>> THE ORGANIZATION IS
INCREDIBLE, HEARING THAT WIFE
TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY BEING HER
MISSION.
MISSION.
YOU NEED A PLACE TO GO LIKE THAT.EED A PLACE TO GO LIKE
THAT.
HOW MANY FAMILIES CAN ATTEND THAT RETREAT?LIES CAN ATTEND
THAT RETREAT? >> ONLY 6 TO 12 FAMILIES AT A
TIME, THAT MAINTAINS THE
INTIMACY AND EACH FAMILY XWELTS
THEIR
THEIR
GETS THE ATTENTION THEY NEED.
THERES ABOUT 2,200 FAMILIES ON THE WAIT LIST.,200 FAMILIES ON
THE WAIT LIST. PROJECT SANCTUARY SAYS THEY WILL
LEAVE NO FAMILY IN CRISIS AND
WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP A
FAMILY GET TO A RETREAT.
2,200 FAMILIES WAITING ON THE