At Veteran Rites, our prior-service members claim freedom from trauma, uncertainty, and isolation after military service so they can feel fully alive again and redeploy with their families and communities as catalysts for change.
Through our Rite of Return ceremonies and Circles of Return in community, we are deploying natural and effective evidence-based practices that serve the whole veteran with lasting change and improved quality of life. #preventveteransuicide
Bear witness to our 2023 Rite of Return films of Veteran Transformation.
equip a veteran with gear or transportation
Compared to typical rites of passage programs, VeteranRites ensures all food, transportation, and required gear is covered for those that need it at our Rite of Return. This way our veterans can focus on what is really most import, their renewed purpose in the world. We have been honored to host veterans from every corner of the United States in our circle.
sponsor a veteran rite
It costs around $5,000 to sponsor 12-day Rite of Return with 16 months of dedicated support 4 months before and 12 months after our ceremony. A Rite of Return is often a means of breakthrough towards accessing VA healthcare and force multiplier for conventional therapy. 2/3 of veterans that commit suicide do not access VA services. We meet our veterans where they are at.
be a veteran rites catalyst
If you are interested in taking the VeteranRites program to scale by shifting the paradigm of veteran transition, you can become a referring or sponsoring partner for a complete squad of Veterans in your network, or personally sound the call for a team of veterans from all over the country to respond to.
