We should be doing everything we can to provide our servicemen and women the help and support they need when they return home, and that help has manifested itself in many different forms.
We’ve seen aid through music and art therapy, but this particular method is definitely a new one.
Jason Wilson is a US Army veteran from Waxahachie, and he is a big believer in “healing in the form of barbecue.”
Wilson founded Meat Therapy BBQ, not only to share his passion for cooking and preparing good food, but to show others that “it’s OK to have something a little out of the mainstream if it’s healing and helpful to other people.”
Wilson says per the New York Post that Meat Therapy BBQ “helped me reconnect with others.”
One of the beneficiaries of Meat Therapy BBQ is Boot Campaign, which helps veterans with issues that arise once they arrive back home after their deployments.
According to the website, “Boot Campaign began when average Americans chose to outwardly express their gratitude for active duty service members, veterans and their families by lacing up one of the most visible signs of military service: combat boots.
“Our decade-long efforts have only been made possible by patriots from coast to coast who heard our mission, believed in it and took the next step to help us spread it amongst their friends, families and colleagues.”
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