I've been a coach volunteer with Stand Beside Them (SBT) for two years now, and I've been honored to coach veterans through the difficult transition back to civilian life, which is the mission of this wonderful 501c3 nonprofit organization. SBT started in 2013 with just a handful of coaches at their launch in NYC, and they've grown now to 175 coaches in 29 states. The website is: www.standbesidethem.org. (The photo was taken with me and SBT's founder, Stephanie Richmond).

Here's some of Stand Beside Them's accomplishments just this past year:

• SBT added 40 new coaches on to its roster, and 14 of the new coaches come from the military! 24 of SBT's coaches come from Texas (hooray!)
• SBT has raised its visibility, attracting partnerships with academic (University of Michigan) and corporate entities (Accenture, L'OrealUSA).
• SBT continues to bring coaches to coach veterans on-site at veteran events in Washington, D.C., Fort Knox, Phoenix, Tucson, and NYC with plans to do more around the country.
• SBT developed a "Corporate Veteran Coaching Program" to help newly-hired veterans adjust to corporate culture.

SBT has great plans for this coming year...to roll out the corporate veteran coaching program in full force; to expand to the 20 remaining states where SBT still doesn't have coaches; and to intensify marketing efforts to reach more veterans than ever before. SBT has given over 2000 coaching sessions so far! And SBT also coaches veteran spouse/caregivers.

In order to achieve SBT's goals, we need to turn to people like you who care about veterans and who want our veterans to attain their professional and personal goals. Coaching is invaluable to them and SBT is achieving a major impact that we want to continue!

Please help SBT as we stand beside our veterans together! Any size donation is very welcome and is tax-deductible. Your friend, Teresa

Stand Beside Them, Inc. is an approved tax-exempt 501c3 organization through the IRS, EIN #46-2080588