Loneliness is the #1 risk factor for Veteran suicide attempts.
We’re on a mission to help Veterans and those who support them connect to community, heal through expressive arts, and overcome loneliness.
Research shows a 68% increase in social connection and a 90%+ decrease in suicidal ideations in Mission Belonging participants.
What is Mission Belonging?
Mission Belonging brings together military, veteran, and military-connected participants to experience self-discovery and expression through poetry and visual art in a safe community space. Through recurring experience, participants make connections and build a community that counteracts loneliness and social isolation. An annual celebration and public performance allows veterans, military, and military families / caregivers to find their voice and experience the power of being witnessed.
How you can help Mission Belonging
It costs $1,120 per participant to sustain our year-round, accessible, free, virtual and in-person programming. Mission Belonging programming is shown to improve social connection and reduce suicidal ideations in long-term program participants. You can give belonging to a Veteran looking for community and healing when you donate, host a fundraiser for Mission Belonging, or share our work with your friends and family.
You can support Mission Belonging in three ways. You can hold your own fundraising event, online or in-person, to get your friends and family involved in our work. You can invest in Mission Belonging yourself. You can also share our message online. Any action, large or small, helps the world become a little less lonely in 2025.
We’re excited to share that until the end of the year, your support for Mission Belonging will have twice the impact! Thanks to a generous funder, all contributions up to $50,000 will be matched dollar for dollar.
#GiveBelonging and help us make the world a little less lonely next year.
GET INSPIRED AND START YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN on facebook & instagram
Below are just a few ways people have launched their own fundraisers:
🎂
For my birthday: Give Belonging instead of gifts…
💙
Support this cause
that’s dear to my heart…
🫶
In honor of someone
I love who served…
🎨
I want to support creative spaces for Veterans…
🌟
Because I believe in healing through art & community…
🕊️
To help reduce Veterans suicide & loneliness…
Start your own fundraiser today—click here to watch our quick video tutorial.
ABOUT Mission Belonging
Mission Belonging builds bridges between veterans and citizens through creative expression. We use the language of creativity to promote empathy, foster understanding, and create a vibrant, diverse community. We envision a world where the power of creative expression fosters empathy, healing, and unity among veterans and citizens alike. A world where shared experiences of art fuel personal and social transformation, ignite connections, and build understanding across differences. We are a driving force that cultivates communities where every individual, regardless of background, finds their voice, their purpose, and belonging.
