Yes I Can For Veterans
We Salute You
A special dedication to all veterans, past, present, and future for answering their call to serve. We salute you.
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“Thank you for giving me the wonderful opportunity to share a few valuable lessons that I have learned in my lifetime. The main purpose of this book is to help you change your perspective from negative to positive. I also want to heighten your self esteem if it is low and give you the motivation that is necessary to reach any goal in life. It is yours and within reach!”
-Ray Simmons, author of Yes I Can: A Guide For Veterans
About Us
We are a non-profit organization. All donations give us the opportunity to provide the guide to veterans for free and also pays for an 8-week workshop designed to change the lives of our veterans in a positive way. We are also focused on helping incarcerated veterans worldwide. All donations are tax exempt.
Our Partners:
Wounded Warriors – woundedwarriorsproject.org
Bob Woodruff Foundation – bobwoodrufffoundation.org
Ray Simmons wrote a positive motivational book called “A Guide to Better Living for our Veterans “. The purpose of this guide is to change our veterans lives in a positive way. As well as, lower the suicide rate amongst our veterans. They are committing suicide daily at a high rate. I’m asking all of my social media friends to assist me in helping our veterans whether you know a veteran or want to donate to one, by purchasing a guide(s) from our website: www.yesicanvets.com or calling our number: 914-497-5509.
About Us
We are a non-profit organization. All donations give us the opportunity to provide the guide to veterans for free and also pays for an 8-week workshop designed to change the lives of our veterans in a positive way. We are also focused on helping incarcerated veterans worldwide. All donations are tax exempt.
Our Partners:
Wounded Warriors – woundedwarriorsproject.org
Bob Woodruff Foundation – bobwoodrufffoundation.org
Ray Simmons wrote a positive motivational book called “A Guide to Better Living for our Veterans “. The purpose of this guide is to change our veterans lives in a positive way. As well as, lower the suicide rate amongst our veterans. They are committing suicide daily at a high rate. I’m asking all of my social media friends to assist me in helping our veterans whether you know a veteran or want to donate to one, by purchasing a guide(s) from our website: www.yesicanvets.com or calling our number: 914-497-5509.
Meet Our Veterans
Lola Washington
Lola Washington is the first African-American female colonel in the air force.
Joseph Gallant
These are pictures of our war hero and Vietnam veteran Joseph Gallant, Jr. during his war days in Vietnam with some fellow comrades.
Joseph Gallant
Joseph Gallant, Jr., was born in Harlem in 1949 and later relocated to the Bronx, where he currently resides. By age 11.
Mr. Gallant is current President of the Charlton & Thompson Bronx NABVETS Chapter #0029, and is a member of the Friends of Charlton & Thompson’s Park located on East 164th Street, between Cauldwell Avenue and Boston Road in the Bronx. In October 2010, the Friends of Charlton & Thompson Park, along with members from the Bronx Chapters of NABVETS, spearheaded a mission in which the remains of Cornelius Charlton were moved to their rightful resting place at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia – after 57 years. This mission was extremely valiant, because Mr. Gallant knows how important it is to never leave a man behind. He is devoted to maintaining the honor of his fellow military men and women.
Along with many other soldiers, Mr. Gallant suffers from exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, an herbicide that was sprayed on trees and vegetation. Although he is ill, Mr. Gallant remains dedicated to providing support and leadership to veterans from all walks of military service.
Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/ruben-diaz/joseph-gallant-jr
8-Week Workshop
Program: Yes I Can’s Guide to Better Living for our Veteran’s
Written by: Ray Simmons
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the program is to bring a success mind set to our CAN-DO format. We will generate values that are practical, meaningful and supportive of a healthy, vital lifestyle for our participants.
Duration of Program: The program is delivered through workshops twice a week for one hour a day over the course of eight weeks.
Purpose of Subjects: The workshop is made up of ten subjects that will change the psyche of our Veterans. Below is a brief synopsis of each subject’s purpose.
The first subject is Negative Attitude. The goal of this subject is for participants to identify where negativity comes from. Throughout the workshop, we point out how negativity is habit forming, just like drugs, alcohol, and food. In addition, we show how negativity can affect your health your health, even shorten your life. As a result, it will help our participants rid negative habit(s), if they possess one.
The second subject is Positive Attitude. This subject points out the benefits of having a positive attitude. Throughout the workshop, we show the participants how having a positive attitude can keep them healthy, help them to live longer, as well as prevent diseases.
The third subject is Self Esteem. Throughout the workshop the participants will gain an understanding that a high positive self-esteem is extremely essential for a happy and fulfilling life and they are what they think they are. This subject will help them to think highly of themselves. As a result, the participants will have high positive selves esteem and love to appreciate themselves. Also, realize how special they are.
The fourth subject is Motivation. This subject will help the participants identify what motivates their thoughts and actions. They will understand that their thoughts and actions create their realities. As a result, they will be aware of what motivates them so their realities will be what they desire them to be.
The fifth subject is Goals. This subject teaches the participants how to set goals and fulfill their goals in life. They will learn that life means to have purpose and goals. On the contrary, death means to do nothing and go nowhere. As a result, this subject will motivate the participants to soar heights that they didn’t know they could reach.
The sixth subject is Persistence. This subject teaches the participants how to continue to pursue goals when faced with opposition. They will learn how to endure the storm of disappointments no matter how many times the door of rejection closes. As a result, they will know that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.
The seventh subject is Patience. This subject teaches the participants how to calmly tolerate delay. They will start to realize anything worth having is worth waiting for. As a result, they will become wise enough to know that there is a time for everything and you can get where you need to be if you just be patient.
The eighth subject is Procrastination. This subject teaches the participants the value of getting the job done today and not waiting for tomorrow. The goal is to help the participants realize that every minute that passes, is a minute that they’ve missed an opportunity. In addition, they are taught how to manage their time so that they will learn to appreciate time and its value.
The ninth subject is the Art of Listening. This subject teaches the participants how to be an empathetic listener. Throughout this workshop, 5hey will learn the art of listening to understanding, opposed to listening to reply. In addition, we point out how important it is for someone to know that you truly understand his or her problem. As a result, the participants will listen to understand.
The tenth subject is Communication. This subject teaches the participants that communication is the most important skill in life. They will learn how to read body language because sixty percent of a message is told by the body not the words.
