The Veteran's Spouse Project
For everyone gone, someone waits.
Mission
The Veteran’s Spouse Project (VSP) is the only 501c(3) in the country giving voice to the stories of military spouses across generations using theatre and expressive arts. VSP’s mission is to bridge the civilian and military gap within our communities by increasing empathy for what military families endure and fostering spouse well-being.
Ruling year
2018
Artistic Director
Amy Uptgraft
Main address
PO Box 4216
Oak Ridge , TN 37831 USA
EIN
82-4690102
NTEE code
Performing Arts (A60)
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C. (S99)
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I Will Wait
Using actual spouses’ experiences, I Will Wait weaves military spouses stories together through a fully realized theatrical production. The story begins in 1945 at the end of World War II and travels through “forgotten” Korea, the volatile Vietnam era, Desert Storm, and ends with spouses caught in the current cycle of war and deployment.
Stories We Tell
Stories We Tell uses multimedia to tell the stories of veteran's spouses across generations. In 2022 we were honored to send a team to Columbus, GA to interview Jeannie Puckett, spouse of COL (R) Ralph Puckett who received the Medal of Honor in March of 2022. We recorded her interview and plan to release it in 2023 in 14 segments of blog style articles with dynamic photographs. The purpose of this is to strengthen the intergenerational connection we have throughout decades of conflict in our country.
Healing Through Creativity
Healing Through Creativity has created and maintained virtual community through workshops and classes that use creativity and expressive arts to provide a space for veteran spouses to tell their stories and find healing in community. In 2022 alone we provided 9 unique workshops and classes, serving 87 veteran and military spouses. Our participants included caregivers of wounded warriors, Gold Star spouses, retired, active duty, Reserve, married "Post Service", military spouse turned military parents, and PTSD and TBI caregivers. Healing Through Creativity has been a lifeline to military spouses who feel isolated and alone as they bear the wounds of war and as they strive to put theirfamilies back together after long separations and deployments.
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The Veteran's Spouse Project
Board of directorsas of 11/10/2023
Mrs Elizabeth Cook
Chelsi Iliff
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