The rambunctious Wounded Warrior Project embraces multichannel strategies to fund its mission to transition America’s youngest disabled vets back into civilian life.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

No choice but to be different
There’s no arguing it: War really is hell. Just ask any of the throngs of American veterans who came rolling home from either of the World Wars, Korea or Vietnam in wheelchairs.

How do you rebuild your life when so much of your spirit, your soul, your body was left behind? Enter the nonprofit sector, with organizations like Disabled American Veterans and Paralyzed Veterans of America, which have provided much-needed support for generations of this country’s wounded warriors.