Group Offers Holistic Mental Health Treatments
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2008 - Servicemembers returning from deployment and their families can find help readjusting to their lives at home through traditional and holistic therapies offered by a long-established Colorado group. Article

Colorado Company Honored for Military Support
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2006 - The Defense Department is honoring the Fred Fletemeyer Company, a small family-owned construction business in Colorado Springs, Colo., with its most prestigious award for employers who support National Guard and reserve troops. Article

Country Star to Perform at Aurora Freedom Walk
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2006 - Country music star Tammy Cochran has enlisted to perform at the Freedom Walk in Aurora, Colo., on Sept. 9, according to event organizers. Article

Colorado Group Builds on Cookie Experience
	WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2006 - Hearts Across the Miles, an America Supports You member organization based in Aurora, Colo. will team up with local Girl Scouts for the second straight year to bring cookies to service members deployed overseas. This year the group expects an impressive turnout, said Theresa Webster, cofounder of Hearts Across the Miles. Article

General Shares Thoughts as 9/11 Anniversary Approaches
BOULDER, Colorado, Sept. 7, 2005 - Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks told the Boulder Valley Rotary Club it's important to “reflect on the circumstances that led up to 9/11, and he urged the audience to visit the Defense Department's “America Supports You” Web site, which he said spotlights efforts around the country "to try to help those who are answering the call to duty.” Article

Denver Broncos Thank Troops at Training Camp
	FORT CARSON, Colorado, Aug. 16, 2005 - Over the past couple of weeks soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division have left Iraq and been welcomed to Fort Carson with open arms. A handful were also welcomed to the Denver Broncos’ training camp. Mike Shanahan, the Broncos’ head coach, thanked the soldiers by saying he appreciated what sacrifices they have made for him, his players and the rest of America. Article

'Hugs4Smiles' Supports Troops, Families
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2005 - When Operation Homefront Hugs USA, a "troop-adoption" program that provided care packages for deployed servicemembers and their families, folded earlier this year, like good soldiers, three former volunteers decided to continue on with the mission. Tim Perry, Candace Smith and Kristi Olson started their own program, "Hugs4Smiles USA," in March. Though they changed the name slightly, the mission of caring for servicemembers and their families remained the same. Article

Vail Armed Forces Week Helps Children
VAIL, Colorado, April 8, 2005 - Vail Armed Forces, an organization that benefits troops and veterans, has established two programs to support the sons and daughters of our nation’s fighting men and women. The goal of the first program is to raise funds to help support the dream of higher education for those children who lost a parent or had a parent seriously wounded while serving their country. Article

Celebrities Laud, Encourage Disabled Vets
	SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colorado, April 4, 2005 - Actress Bo Derek said she wouldn’t have missed the opportunity to mingle with more than 350 disabled veterans gathered here at the 19th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. “It’s such a positive, happy experience, and it’s so wonderful to see all the attention going to the veterans who deserve it so much,” Derek said. Article

Vail Ski Weekend for Disabled Iraqi War Veterans
VAIL, Colo. - Vail Resorts has joined the Defense Department's "America Supports You" campaign, an ongoing nationwide program designed to showcase America's support to the men and women of the Armed Forces. Vail Mountain and the Vail community will host 19 military service members Feb. 24-27. These service members are all recuperating from the loss of a limb, having been treated at the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital in Washington, D.C. Article

Walter Reed Hits Storage Crunch for Donated Items
	WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2004 - Good-hearted and compassionate Americans have given so much to help wounded servicemembers and their families that Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials have run out of storage space for the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of gifts received each week. As a result, officials said the hospital will not accept any more gifts until February or later to allow time to distribute the huge amount gifts already in storage. Article