CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Soldiers and Families Embraced (SAFE) recently received a grant from The Healing Trust, which awarded funds totaling over $800,000 in its most recent grant cycle.
SAFE’s grant was for $32,200 and will be used to fund up to 560 counseling sessions and yoga training for providers to enhance mental wellness of clients. SAFE provides professional confidential counseling to active duty service members, veterans, and their dependents.
“We are deeply grateful for the life changing work done by these 23 grantee partners,” said President & CEO Kristen Keely-Dinger. “Their commitment to improving the health of the most vulnerable members of our community is inspiring.”
The mission of The Healing Trust, a private grant making foundation, is the sacred work of fostering healing and wholeness for vulnerable populations through strategic investing, philanthropy, and advocacy.
Recipients of the contributions include non-profit organizations from 40 counties in Middle Tennessee that focus on advocacy, physical health, mental health, recovery from alcohol and drug abuse or healing from abuse, neglect, and violence. This year’s grants bring the collective grant making of The Healing Trust to over $80 million since 2002. The Trust, while created out of the sale of Baptist Hospital to Ascension Health/St. Thomas Health Services, is a private, independent foundation and is not affiliated with the St. Thomas Health Services or the St. Thomas Health Services Fund.