Guitars For Vets:
Oklahoma City Chapter
Oklahoma City Chapter
The Opry Heritage Foundation is home of G4Vs first chapter in Oklahoma. OHFO is proud to partner with the national Guitars for Vets organization, Department of Veteran Affairs, and the OKC VA Hospital to make this program possible.
Guitars for Vets is a 501(c)-3 non-profit organization founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2007 who operates more than 80 chapters in 40 states with the assistance of over 200 volunteers nationwide. Over the past seven years, this organization has refined a guitar instruction program aimed at providing Veterans struggling with physical injuries, PTSD and other emotional distress a unique supportive program. G4V pursues its mission to share the healing power of music by providing free guitar instruction, a new acoustic guitar and a guitar accessory kit in a structured program run by volunteers, primarily through the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities and community-based medical centers.
What Do I Need to Enroll?
1) Therapeutic Recreation consult from a health care provider (could include your primary care provider or mental health provider) to Rebecca McCoy.
2) OKC VA Consultaion: Meet to set treatment goals for the 10 week program.
3) Commitment: 1 hour a week for 10 weeks. Guitar instruction with the last 10-15 minutes prpcessing progress of guitar and treatment goals.
Contact
Robert Coyne, MSgt Ret, USAF
G4V Instructor & Chapter Coordinator
(405)297-9773
ok.okc@guitarsforvets.org
Rebecca McCoy, MT-BC, LPMT
Oklahoma City VAHCS
1301 NE 14th St.
Oklahoma City, OK
Office: (405)426-6832
Cell: (405)568-7809
rebecca.mccoy@va.gov