photo of veterans rowing on Charles River

Check Out the Veterans' Rowing Program

Community Rowing, Inc. in Brighton, MA offers free rowing programs to veterans and military servicemembers. CRI holds a veteran women's only class on Saturdays and their Adaptive Rowing Veterans program is vibrant and thriving. Veterans like coming to CRI for fitness, cameraderie, learning a new skill, and fun. See the CRI website for interviews with two veteran participants--one who will be rowing across the Atlantic in February and another who has sights on the 2012 Paralympics in London. Learn more about the CRI military rowing program .


Photo of operators answering calls for the Veterans' Crisis Line.

Veterans Crisis Line

The Veterans Crisis Line connects veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)  responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. More about the Veterans Crisis Line