Our vision is to heal the invisible wounds of military veterans and return them to an improved state of health and wellness.  The mission of 22 Saves Hockey Foundation is to save lives. How we do this is by engaging veterans in health and wellness activities, primarily through recreation, and we use it as a …

The Foundation primarily focuses its efforts on program development related to recreational therapy, awareness, education, outreach, and prevention.  We aim to immerse veterans in healthy activities that take place in a supportive team environment to facilitate establishing relationships that foster camaraderie and a sense of belonging. 22 Saves Hockey Program for veterans

The solidarity of a group provides the strongest protection against despair and the strongest antidote to traumatic experience. Trauma isolates; the group re-creates a sense of belonging (Judith Herman, MD., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School). The 22 Saves Hockey program is a therapeutic ice hockey program. It represents the core of the “22 Saves” …