John Mayer, may foundation para sa mga beterano
NAGLUNSAD si John Mayer ng foundation na nakatuon sa pagpapahusay ng kalusugan ng mga beterano sa pamamagitan ng scientific research.
Inihayag ng Grammy-winning singer nitong Biyernes na plano ng The Heart and Armor Foundation na bigyang-pansin ang mga beterano na may post-traumatic stress disorder at layunin din nilang makatugon sa mga pangunahing kailangan ng mga babaeng beterano.
Kahit na isinapubliko na niya ang tungkol sa foundation nitong Biyernes, noong 2012 pa nakikipagtulungan si John sa organisasyon, kasama ang mga beterano, siyentista at mga clinician.
“We’re going to the public with things like published research papers and having raised enough money to really build some pilot programs. We have some really great data and … we want it to be working first so that a lot of the questions were answered before we brought things to people by way of awareness,” sabi ni John nang kapanayamin ng The Associated Press.
“I think it just makes it that much more compelling and much more concise to bring it to people with the message being, ‘Hey, this is not taking something that is zero to try to get it to five. This is something that is at 50 and we want to get it to 100.’”
Sinabi rin ni John, na ang ama ay isang World War II veteran, na bahagi ng kanyang rason kung bakit niya sinimulan ang The Heart and Armor Foundation ay nang mabisita niya ang Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune noong 2008.
“Now this was with a friend of mine, so I was just plus one and nobody knew that the musician-guy was going. That gave me a really fluorescent look at what was going on in the barracks. It wasn’t like they rolled out the red carpet for a celebrity, it was kind of a normal day,” sabi niya.
“It was going to the wounded warrior barracks that I think changed me forever. It immediately showed me that my notion of what I think (are) the wounds of war are completely wrong. The way in which I was proven wrong was so compelling and fascinating and nuanced.”