FOR A CHANGE HELP THOSE HELPING THEMSELVES SUCCEED!
WHO WE SERVE ON THIS MISSION
Mission Statement
To Connect, Educate , and Support Underserved Women and Men Veterans and other Persons with Disability with resources in independent living, vocational rehabilitation, and higher education, for WORKFORCE SUCCESS.
White Apple Institute works in partnership with community and faith-based organizations to identify and serve:
- "DISABILITY AND VETERAN FRIENDLY" EMPLOYERS AND EDUCATORS WHO SEEK TO RECRUIT OR RETAIN
"UNDERSERVED" STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE VETERANS. We are looking for more Sponsors for future talk shows and programs. Your LOGO goes with us to Differently-Abled Network meetings at college campuses, job fairs, community and faith-based organization events, homeless shelters. rehabilitation and independent living centers, or your place of business
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- "UNDERSERVED" PERSONS WITH DISABILITY WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OR AN ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBER. We define "underserved" as those who lack knowledge of and access to resources for a variety of reasons (social, psychological, cultural, economic, discrimination, geographic location, transportation, health care and more,,)
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SOME VETERANS BECOME HOPELESS, HOMELESS , AND DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, WORK, AND LIFE? ASK DR. APPLEWHITE AND THE STUDENTS AND VETERANS AT WHITE APPLE INSTITUTE
WHY WE SERVE ON THIS MISSION
BECAUSE OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MOST OF US WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS BUT CANNOT UNDERSTAND :
- HOW SOME RETURN TO THE CIVILIAN WORLD READY TO SUCCEED AND THEN YOU SEE SOME OF THEM
- BECOME HOPELESS AND HOMELESS
- START HOLDING CARDBOARD SIGNS ON THE CORNERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES
- DROP OUT OF SCHOOL,WORK, AND LIFE!
- UNABLE TO ACCESS RESOURCES OR RECEIVE DISABILITY BENEFITS
- RELUCTANT TO DISCUSS THEIR NONVISIBLE, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY
- UNABLE TO ADVOCATE THEIR NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WORKPLACE...and more confusIing situations faced when asking for the same freedoms they made possible for all of us
What does a Person with Disability Look Like?
ASK Dr. Applewhite and the members of the DIFferently-Abled Network (DAN) and they will help you understand that we are not able to describe what a Person with Disability looks like!
The majority of most mental and physical impairments, even conditions that are severely painful and permanently disabling, are difficult to determine unless a wheelchair or mobility device is visible. People dealing with Non-visible, or as Disabled World explains "invisible disabilities" are not obvious to the average untrained eye.
https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/invisible/look-like.php
Celebrities & motivational speakers SHARE white apple wisdom
Persons with Disability ASK Dr. Applewhite and Supermodel Beverly Johnson* About "Perceptions of Beauty and Disability"
*Beverly Johnson is also the Spokesperson for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation 2014 and recipient of the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award. She calls Dr. Applewhite and the students and veterans of White Apple Institute her Heroes! Click to listen to the talk show
Les Brown motivates three "hungry to serve" veterans Dr. Will Moreland (aka Dr. Will), Dr. Vernet Joseph, and Dr. Danita Applewhite (aka Doc Apple)
In the USA, the most progressive country in the world, there is still great disparity in the treatment and access to school and work opportunities for minority and underserved Persons with Disability, including Blind/Deaf impaired.
Dr. Will Moreland discusses the disparity and the potential of genius within every human being,. Click to listen: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/askdrapplewhite/2017/07/15/ask-dr-applewhite-about-the-potential-of-genius-and-mental-disability
Can relationships aggravate your DISability?
Can relationships with family, spouses/lovers, children, employers, teachers and more aggravate your DISability? Hear hard working students, veterans, and Founder/Host Dr. Danita Applewhite discuss how to "Manage Stress from Disability in Relationships". They are joined by Special Guest Dr. Rachel Ross, family physician, sexologist, and former Co-Host of the Emmy Award-winning show The Doctors. Click here to listen: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/askdrapplewhite/2017/11/18/ask-dr-applewhite-how-to-manage-stress-from-disability-and-relationships
LET'S PUT OUR CHANGE ON THE REAL CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE
FOR A CHANGE LET'S PUT OUR CHANGE $$ ON THE REAL "CHANGE" WE WANT TO SEE
When YOU or your organization gives a tax-deductible donation of any amount, starts a Sponsorship of our Talk Shows and programs, and/or volunteers time, this is what happens:
- HOPE is restored for those in the struggle to juggle class, work, pain, stress, disability, and even parenting schedules
- Drop-Out from school, work , and life is minimized.
- Transportation/Travel expenses are paid for us to take the White Apple Institute Talk Shows and Programs to college campuses, homeless shelters, food banks, job fairs, IL & rehabilitation centers, community agencies, and Faith-based organizations, or wherever we can find those "underserved".
- You inspire others to focus on what they can do versus can't do by taking a bite of White Apple Wisdom to change their perception of "disabled to "different;y-abled.
We exist solely on volunteers and donations. Thank you for clicking on the DONATE button. You can also help our mission by using smile.amazon.com when shopping on Amazon. Just select our charity White Apple Institute, Federal Tax ID# 45-5602313 , and enter our email: info@whiteappleinstitute.org If customers can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Clearly list and describe the services you offer. Also, be sure to showcase a premium service.
CURRENT NEWS, NOTICES & RESEARCH
Two Georgia veterans died by suicide at VA hospitals this past weekend
Community Colleges Rarely Graduate the Veterans They Recruit
SUICIDE SECOND HIGHEST CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
https://www.safecolleges.com/suicide-second-highest-cause-of-death-among-college-students/
Issues Facing Today's Female Veterans — 'Feeling Invisible and Disconnected'
https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/ND18p24.shtml
This VA report touts ‘positive outcomes’ from its suicide prevention programs — but veteran suicide rates haven’t slowed https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/03/14/va-report-cites-positive-results-from-mental-health-programs-despite-no-drop-in-veterans-suicides/
WHite apple institute a nonprofit organization
VETERAN-OPERATED FED# 45-560-2313
Guide Star Bronze Level www.guidestar.org
AZ Community Foundation https://www.azfoundation.org/
AZ Coalition for the Homeless/STANDDOWN
TALK SHOWS AND PROGRAMS CONNECT, EDUCATE, AND SUPPORT
ASK DR. Applewhite Talk Show
Danita Applewhite PhD,CRC (aka "Doc Apple") Founder/CEO of White Apple Institute, Talk Show Host, Disability Advocate, Army Veteran, Speaker, Author, Retired Psychology Professor and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Her audience is inspired by a variety of self-help topics and motivated with tips on managing pain, stress, and related disabling conditions experienced in the classroom and on the job. Since 2009, Dr. Applewhite, along with fellow veterans. volunteers and student interns have helped thousands of “nontraditional” persons with disability enhance their performance, succeed in the workforce and prevent DROPOUT from school, work, and life!
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The Differently-Abled Network (DAN)
The DAN (Differently-Abled Network (c) is a new community outreach and membership program of White Apple Institute (WAI).
>DAN members meet to help White Apple Institute identify the Underserved in their communities and restore HOPE by sharing their stories, information and local opportunities. They also produce and promote the ASK Dr. Applewhite Talk Show at their meetings.
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Place Your B.E.T.S. on Our Students and VETS
By FALL 2019, the students and veterans of White Apple Institute and members of the Differently-Abled Network (DAN), anticipate launching the Place Your B.E.T.S. On Our Students and VETS campaign.
The campaign will be aired on the ASK Dr. Applewhite Talk Show. Veterans and family members featured will share their inspirational stories about overcoming chronic hopelessness and/or homelessness, and a variety of socio-cultural and psychological issues that put many At-Risk of dropping out of school, work, and life!
Most critical, is that they will ASK our audience via Internet to help provide the things they need to finish higher education goals in order to succeed in the workforce.
What are Business Education & Training Sponsorships?
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We invite Persons with Disability (VETERANS and NON-VETERANS) to share their inspirational stories to encourage others to focus more on our ABILITIES than our DISABILITIES!
Thanks to Wendy Duncan, former State Farm Agent, we purchased our first computer equipment and supplies in 2010 and became a nonprofit in 2013.
White Apple Institute is an inclusive grassroots organization welcoming members of all races, ages, religions, and the LGBTQ community.
OUR FOUNDER IS A WOMAN VETERAN
PLACING SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ISSUES FACING TODAY'S WOMEN VETERANS
Members and Staff of the Arizona State Independent Living Council
Thank you for your support & change ($dollars/cents)
Volunteer + Internship opportunities for Seniors & Students
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