A park for homeless birds and veterans? Yes there is! Believe or not one really exists in Brentwood California.
Serentiy Park Bird Sanctuary is a one-of-a-kind avian sanctuary and compensated work therapy program located on the VA grounds of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In the medical center is New Directions, a drug and alcohol treatment program for homeless veterans. Some of the veteran servicemen and women enrolled in New Directions care for the parrots as a part of their treatment program.
Psychologist, Loren Linder came up with the idea of Serenity Park bird Sanctuary.
Read the full story with pictures here.
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