Gary Sinise
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Yeah, we provide all kinds of services at the Gary Sinise Foundation to just keep people whole. Certainly have been a lot of broken people over the years, you know, with the withdrawal from Afghanistan. and the difficulty there and 20 years of sacrifice and the Taliban taking back the country and young girls going back into slavery after that.
Yeah, we provide all kinds of services at the Gary Sinise Foundation to just keep people whole. Certainly have been a lot of broken people over the years, you know, with the withdrawal from Afghanistan. and the difficulty there and 20 years of sacrifice and the Taliban taking back the country and young girls going back into slavery after that.
You have a lot of veterans that served there that were really struggling with that quite a bit and have been. And we continue to provide multiple services on many fronts to try to help them and their families.
You have a lot of veterans that served there that were really struggling with that quite a bit and have been. And we continue to provide multiple services on many fronts to try to help them and their families.
brothers after war is part of our wellness program at the gary sinise foundation like jake said he'll be doing workshops with both movies he'll be doing workshops for active duty and he'll be doing workshops with brothers after war for veterans and we've had to expand that i said to him at one point jake you know what you want to expand this program but you can't do it all by yourself so we have to have additional counselors and additional trainers
brothers after war is part of our wellness program at the gary sinise foundation like jake said he'll be doing workshops with both movies he'll be doing workshops for active duty and he'll be doing workshops with brothers after war for veterans and we've had to expand that i said to him at one point jake you know what you want to expand this program but you can't do it all by yourself so we have to have additional counselors and additional trainers
people that can really train folks in giving them the tools that we're trying to give them to move on with their lives. It's all about moving on in a positive way. I've had this conversation with Jake many times. When I played Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump, the good thing about that story is that it's a happy ending at the end, right? You've got a guy who goes off to war.
people that can really train folks in giving them the tools that we're trying to give them to move on with their lives. It's all about moving on in a positive way. I've had this conversation with Jake many times. When I played Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump, the good thing about that story is that it's a happy ending at the end, right? You've got a guy who goes off to war.
He's serving during a time of... conflict in our own country about whether he should have even been in the war or not. He has to isolate. He drowns himself in alcohol and disappears. But then, thankfully, at the end of that story, he's standing up again. He's making peace and he's moving on.
He's serving during a time of... conflict in our own country about whether he should have even been in the war or not. He has to isolate. He drowns himself in alcohol and disappears. But then, thankfully, at the end of that story, he's standing up again. He's making peace and he's moving on.
And that's the story that we want for every single person who goes and serves in the military and comes home from war and defends our country. We want them to be OK. We want them to move on. A lot of them. are struggling. So we try to provide as many wellness programs at the Gary Sinise Foundation as possible to support them.
And that's the story that we want for every single person who goes and serves in the military and comes home from war and defends our country. We want them to be OK. We want them to move on. A lot of them. are struggling. So we try to provide as many wellness programs at the Gary Sinise Foundation as possible to support them.
And if we don't have those programs, we try to point them in the right direction. Jake and his films are a part of our relief and resiliency efforts at the Gary Sinise Foundation to make sure that if you go off to war, you go to serve your country, that there is a grateful nation out there and that we appreciate what you've been doing for us and that we're going to back you up.
And if we don't have those programs, we try to point them in the right direction. Jake and his films are a part of our relief and resiliency efforts at the Gary Sinise Foundation to make sure that if you go off to war, you go to serve your country, that there is a grateful nation out there and that we appreciate what you've been doing for us and that we're going to back you up.
Yeah, well, you can go to garycinesefoundation.org. Or you can go to brothersafterwar.com. There you will find links to find theaters near you that the movie will be playing this weekend. You can actually go on to a link. Put your town or your zip code in there, and it'll tell you what Regal theaters it's playing in.
Yeah, well, you can go to garycinesefoundation.org. Or you can go to brothersafterwar.com. There you will find links to find theaters near you that the movie will be playing this weekend. You can actually go on to a link. Put your town or your zip code in there, and it'll tell you what Regal theaters it's playing in.
And by the way, Regal has been just outstanding with us on this one, really supportive of Jake and the movie. They've got it in how many theaters this weekend, Jake, now?
And by the way, Regal has been just outstanding with us on this one, really supportive of Jake and the movie. They've got it in how many theaters this weekend, Jake, now?
It really is. And you can also go, you know, for veterans out there, if you're interested in seeing the film, the Gary Sinise Foundation has provided $150,000 to vet ticks. VetTix.com. We want veterans to see this movie. So we provided a grant to VetTix so that they can provide tickets so veterans can see this film for free.
It really is. And you can also go, you know, for veterans out there, if you're interested in seeing the film, the Gary Sinise Foundation has provided $150,000 to vet ticks. VetTix.com. We want veterans to see this movie. So we provided a grant to VetTix so that they can provide tickets so veterans can see this film for free.