Welcome Home Program for Returning Combat Veterans
Free Weekend Retreats in Payson
The Merritt Center is offering a special retreat program for combat veterans. With the assistance of mentors, who are veterans themselves, and healing practitioners; returning vets will open the program with a Talking Circle to begin to release the experiences of war and to begin to create the dream of a new life.
Through group and individual activities, participating veterans will learn to recognize the triggers of negative combat experience and learn ways to release negativity and reorder their personal priorities. They will learn to cleanse themselves of toxins of mind, body, emotions and spirit. The final retreat weekend will include family members who will join in a celebration of service and the awakening of a new vision of their future.
All returning veterans are welcomed to participate free of charge.
Seeking Women participants to form the next returning veteran group. For more information on this retreat and resources for women vets contact us.
   
Men Retreat Dates:
January 11-13, 2008
March 7-9, 2008
April 18-19, 2008
May 9-11, 2008

Women Retreat Dates:
February 15-17, 2008
March 21-23, 2008
May 16-17, 2008

 
Information
Applications
Application & Prescreening (PDF)
(Fill it out and mail or fax it to us.)
Application & Prescreening (DOC)
(In MS Word format fill it out on your computer and e-mail it to Betty.)
Resources
For support e-mail:
Jeff - USMC or Robert - Ranger
Recent report by the DOD
Task Force on Mental Health