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Eagle’s Healing Nest helps veterans suffering from the invisible wounds of war
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f it wasn’t for the Eagle’s Healing Nest, some veterans say they wouldn’t have survived this thing called life.
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By Jennifer Kraus | Brainerd Dispatch “I attempted suicide three times,” one veteran said wanting to be identified only as Jeremy. “The VA (Veterans Administration) denied me and two months ago I was referred here by the St. Cloud State University’s Veterans Resource Center’s director.” Here, meaning Eagle’s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, a nonprofit organization committed to meeting the needs of veterans, service members and their families who suffer from the invisible wounds of
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war. Melony Butler and her husband Master Sgt. Blaine Butler started Eagle’s Healing Nest in June 2012. The couple reside in Staples with their son Preston, who is a senior at Staples-Motley High School. Melony Butler has three adult sons — Cody, Mitchell and Michael — who all served in the Minnesota National Guard. Her family has gone through four deployments during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Butler
