Goals
- To install a digital entertainment library at Ft. Stewart, GA
- To provide FREE DVDs to over 450 wounded soldiers & family members
- To provide FREE video games to wounded soldiers at Ft. Stewart
- To show wounded soldiers they have the support of a grateful nation
Overview
More than 9,000 soldiers are recuperating in military hospitals from life-altering injuries. Facing long hospital stays they battle pain, uncertainty, boredom & loneliness. To recover they need more than medical care alone; they need activities to combat isolation & depression & concrete signs of appreciation from a grateful nation. The Cause digital entertainment library (C-DEL) meets these needs by providing soldiers with FREE DVDs & video games.
Cause seeks funding for a library at Ft. Stewart, GA, a post experiencing multiple deployments. C-DEL, often the only source of free entertainment on post, has recorded more than 180,000 lending transactions at 7 locations since the first branch opened at Walter Reed in 2005.
Research shows that recreation & entertainment are vital to the healing process. Studies have also shown that playing video games can reduce the hyper-arousal & that playing Tetris may reduce PTSD flashbacks.
| How will the 50K be Used? | |
| Budget Notes: Funds will not be used to cover overhead (administration and fundraising fees) or initial travel fees to introduce the project to Ft. Stewart command structures. | |
| $ 30,000 | Inventory (DVDs and Video Games) |
| $ 7,500 | Coordination fees |
| $ 2,500 | Travel to set-up and install the library at Ft. Stewart |
| $ 1,000 | Software License for the library inventory program |
| $ 5,000 | Supplies (processing materials, office supplies, postage) |
| $ 4,000 | Shelving units to display & store the DVDs and video games |
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