Vet-founded Companions for Heroes has saved 3,300+ from suicide with shelter animal program
May 20, 2019 Laura Widener and Melissa Leon
Veteran suicide is no stranger to David Sharpe, an Air Force veteran and founder of Companions for Heroes, a nonprofit that helps American heroes by providing them a trained service animal rescued from a shelter, free of charge.
Losing his own two close friends to suicide and nearly taking his own life set him on a mission to reach struggling veterans like himself nearly 10 years ago.
Sharpe was struggling with the death of his friends and incidents during his Middle East deployments with the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, which included coming face to face with a Taliban sympathizer’s weapon.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/05/vet-founded-companions-for-heroes-has-saved-3300-from-suicide-with-shelter-animal-program/
