Salsa Dancing & Veteran Benefits Workshop

6060 North Milwaukee Avenue,Chicago IL 60646

11 September, 2021

Description

SALSA DANCING & BENEFITS WORKSHOP. Inform & empower yourself & loved ones with valuable information that will bring you peace of mind THIS FREE WORKSHOP WAS CREATED FOR YOU TO: Provide a reprieve from the everyday stress through dance, social activity & inform, prepare and empower our military service members and veterans with information crucial and necessary to provide a peace of mind that their families will be taken care of once we transition forward. WHO SAID WORKSHOPS SHOULD BE ALL WORK & NO PLAY? We will begin this event with a FREE Salsa class. See schedule of events below: 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm FREE Salsa Lesson 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm Coffee & Snacks provided 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Benefits Seminar 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm FREE Lunch provided by Dignity Memorial Every year millions of dollars in benefits and services for veterans go unused. Many veterans are unaware of all the benefits that they and their family may qualify for. Let's change that! Click on "Tickets" & register on Eventbrite for this FREE event. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL COVER ARE: Can my family receive benefits when I'm gone? What is not covered by the VA of honorably discharged veterans? How can my family request a DD214 without me? When does the VA provide a free casket for a deceased veteran? What if my spouse passed away before I do? Can the Military help pay for funeral expenses? Can I get a burial flag to honor a veteran or reservist? ... and so much more! SEE YOU SATURDAY AFTERNOON! Please share this flyer with military service members, veterans and their families Warriors Beyond War is a 501(c)3 filed non for-profit organization aimed at not only saving veteran lives by reducing the staggering 22 veteran a day suicide rate, but also to enhance and enrich the lives of wounded, ill and injured active duty and veteran service members of the U.S. Armed Forces, wounded and injured first responders and the surviving family members of our heroes and warriors that were killed in the line of duty. We provide a unique program incorporating therapeutic dance instruction, social dancing, life lessons used on and off the dancefloor with a variety of music and professional instruction.  Serving 14yrs in the United Sates Marine Corps and being a combat veteran, Foujder and CEO David Murcio understood the needs and struggles that many veterans and first responders may face after experiencing a traumatic event. As a Latin dance instructor and dancer of more than a decade, he recognized the therapeutic value that can come from dance and music. Merging both his military experience with his dance experience has enabled him the ability to help change many lives by providing therapeutic dance instruction to wounded in need. First working as the Executive Director for the San Diego based (now dissolved) Soldiers Who Salsa nonprofit organization where he worked with many ill and injured veterans and active duty military he was able to provide his therapeutic dance program to veterans and active duty members of the armed forces from across the country in places like Hawaii, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, and Maryland among others. Once the organization dissolved, he founded Warriors Beyond War making the program more inclusive by including injured and ill first responders and the surviving immediate family members of service members killed in the line of duty.  Additionally, a stronger emphasis was placed on the therapeutic value gained from the program to include building a base of alumni (those who have gone through the program) to provide alternative activities, events and gatherings made available at no cost to them. This would encourage and combine the sense of family and tribe that many of our nations veterans look for combined with the power and benefits of our recreational therapy programs to combat some of the challenges our veterans and first responders may face such as the "per day" 22 veteran suicide rate that plagues our nations veterans.