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Campus [Stanford] bike donation program gives a lift to local veterans who are in treatment for PTSD
Stanford Univ. News Service ^ | July 23, 2008 | GABRIELLE HADLEY

Posted on 07/24/2008 10:23:33 AM PDT by PurpleMan

Ramirez's program is part of a growing number of veterans hospitals across the United States making cycling a permanent part of their trauma recovery programs, according to Road 2 Recovery, a national program whose mission is to raise money to support cycling at military and VA locations.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cycling; ptsd; stanford; veterans
Good on Stanford. (Praise where praise deserved)

Palo Alto is one of the four polytrauma centers specifically designated to support returning service members who were injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

1 posted on 07/24/2008 10:23:33 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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