THE JEFFERY PROJECT

SERVING THOSE WHO PROTECT

If you are active, currently serving, or a US military war veteran, and would like to receive your first massage/bodywork treatment for half price with complimentary use of the hot tub and sauna optional, please contact Angie at Sink Creek Day Spa & Massage (512.392.9529 or sinkcreek@centurytel.net ).  As a heartfelt "Thank you" to all of you who have served (or are currently serving) our country, I offer the gift of relaxation.  If you would like regular treatments, we have a very special discount  offer for returning visitors, tailored to your budgetary needs.

ONE SOLDIER'S STORY

“A Marine reservist, Jeffery Lucey fought in the early months of the Iraq war and then came home in July 2003, seemingly fine, his mother said. But on Christmas Eve, in a drunken confession made to his sister, he called himself ‘a murderer’. After that, his family suspected something had happened during the war. In April, the following year he started having panic attacks; May became a succession of one crisis tumbling upon another. He had insomnia and night sweats, hallucinated, totaled his car. His drinking, already excessive, worsened. On June 22, 2004, twenty-three-year-old Jeffery Lucey, who had survived four months of combat, hung himself with a garden hose in the basement of his parents home.” 

The public and private sectors care about the numbers but the Jeffery Lucey story isn’t about numbers. Jeffery won’t even be counted in their numbers. This story is about Jeffery, the boy down the street who made his First Communion at St. Francis Church. In summer he played whiffle ball and hung out near the rope swing down by the river. [Ref: www.homestead.com]

Debbie Lucey comments on the death of her brother Jeffery , who was from Belchertown, Mass., hanged himself after returning from Iraq:
"My brother Jeffery came home from Iraq. He was home for about a year. He was having a lot of emotional trouble and it resulted in him taking his life.
He didn't get the help he needed. We tried as a family, but he fell through the cracks.
You can't expect the soldiers to meet the needs of the system. The system needs to meet the needs of the soldiers." (Reprinted from TODAY on MSNBC.  Please see http://video.msnbc.com/id/6860510/ for more soldier's stories)

WHAT I HAD TO DO

I was deeply touched by Debbie Lucey's story of her brother, and even more so by what I see Jeffery had in common with the military men and women with whom I've had the privlidge to work at Sink Creek.  One young man, having just returned from active duty, visited the Spa for his "Jeffery Project" treatment, and the look in is 20-something eyes belied a much more "seasoned" man.  It was an honor, if only for a few short hours, to offer respite to this stoic soldier. And 6 years after beginning The Jeffery Project, in September 2009, I'm dismayed to report that our soldires STILL aren't home. To those military men & women who have enjoyed treatments at our Spa, we salute you & please spread the word about The Jeffery Project to others!
 

PLEASE HELP WHERE OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED:

Other massage therapists/bodyworkers, life coaches, licensed counselors, and anyone else interested, with a service to offer, are welcome to join in sharing their expertise in the "Jeffery Project".  Please contact Angie Johnson at sinkcreek@centurytel.net , or call 512.392.9529.  We appreciate our wonderful clients who have offered cash donations to "sponsor" soldiers in need.

Thank you to all of you who have been so supportive of this on-going effort.