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Martinsburg VAMC Scores Hole in One with PGA HOPE Partnership
PRESS RELEASE
April 18, 2023
Martinsburg
, WV — The Martinsburg VA Medical Center (VAMC) is excited to announce its recent partnership with PGA HOPE, which teaches the sport of golf as therapy to Veterans.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – The Martinsburg VA Medical Center (VAMC) is excited to announce its recent partnership with PGA HOPE, which teaches the sport of golf as therapy to Veterans.
The program aims to enhance physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being, and is led exclusively by PGA professionals who are trained in adaptive golf, as well as military cultural competency.
The Martinsburg VAMC has referred over 30 Veterans so far to local PGA HOPE programs, with the newest chapter offered in Cacapon, nearby Berkeley Springs, in West Virginia.
“Eighteen Veterans recently participated in the inaugural Cacapon program,” says Darren Yowell, Recreation Specialist at the Martinsburg VAMC. “We are excited to bring this opportunity of golf as therapy to our area’s Veterans.”
PGA HOPE has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which enables direct referrals to the PGA HOPE program as a form of therapy.
Interested Veterans can receive more information by calling 304-263-0811, ext. 4031, or by email to Darren.yowell@va.gov.
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