Jennifer Brusstar
President
and CEOTug McGraw Foundation
The
mission of the Tug McGraw Foundation is to provide resources and hands-on
support, foster understanding, promote awareness, and stimulate research and
scientific collaboration to improve quality of life for people with
brain-related trauma and tumors.
The focus of the Tug McGraw Foundation is to provide support and
resources for people affected by brain tumors and brain related trauma,
including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI). Our efforts focus on advancing science and collaborations to improve
quality of life for people affected by brain cancer and brain trauma and
promoting awareness of the importance of brain health.
Their activities
include:
The Tug McGraw
Foundation fStop Warrior Project at the Wounded Warrior Battalion at
Camp Pendleton supporting wounded
warriors’ recovery and transition through creative self-expression
using the art of digital photography
ABC2 collaborative research brain cancer project through Over the Edge
The Tug McGraw Foundation Female/Family Veteran Program at the Yountville
Veterans Home of California. (Expanding camps and retreats for families with brain tumors and trauma
in 2015)
Duke CAPE Program, helping
to ensure the future of medicine by providing funding to the Collegiate Athlete
Pre-Medical Experience (CAPE) at Duke University, which supports female
collegiate athletes interested in medicine.
The Tug McGraw
Foundation Brain Food Garden at the Yountville Veterans Home of
California, cultivating a garden of leafy greens,
fruits and edible herbs to learn about the interconnection between these foods
and brain function. The program aims to accomplish five main goals: to educate
community about brain function and nutrition; produce food; improve diets;
provide intergenerational social activities; and increase outdoor exercise.
"Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish
Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste." Tug McGraw
Don
Veverka,
Administrator
Veterans Home of California, Yountville
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) works to
serve California veterans and their families. With nearly 2 million veterans
living in the State, CalVet strives to ensure that its veterans of every era
and their families get the state and federal benefits and services they have
earned and deserve as a result of selfless and honorable military service.
CalVet strives to serve veterans and their families with dignity and compassion
and to help them achieve their highest quality of life.
Located
in the heart of scenic Napa Valley, the Veterans Home of California-Yountville
(VHC-Yountville) is a community of and for veterans. Founded in 1884,
VHC-Yountville is the largest veterans’ home in the United States, offering
residential accommodations with a wealth of recreational, social, and
therapeutic activities for independent living. Some 1,000 aged or disabled
veterans (both men and women) or World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert
Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom now live at the
home.
Future
health care needs of veterans admitted to the Yountville Home at the
Residential Care level are met by on-grounds facilities for Residential Care
for the Elderly (RCFE), intermediate Care, Skilled Nursing Care, and a “Memory
Care Center” for residents with various forms of dementia. General acute care
is provided at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, St. Helena Hospital in St.
Helena, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San
Francisco.
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