Operation Helping Hand (Op HH), a 501(c)(3) organization, formed in 2004, assists the severely wounded and injured polytrauma patients, medically retired and other veterans at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Unit, to include their families.

OPERATION HELPING HAND has expanded its mission to aid veterans of all wars who utilize the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Unit for their primary source of rehabilitation. OPERATION HELPING HAND will continue to support and assist the MUSIC, ART, and VIRTUAL REALITY PROGRAMS, which include the POLYTRAUMA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP.