About Their Voice of Hope
A place where women who served are seen, heard, and supported.
Why we exist
Women have been called the invisible population of veterans. They served alongside everyone else, yet coming home, many discover that the support systems, events, and veteran spaces around them weren’t built with them in mind. Some don’t even think of themselves as veterans, so they never walk through the door.
Their Voice of Hope exists to change that. We create a place where women veterans find each other, build real friendships, and get connected to the support and benefits they’ve earned. We work with community partners to bring resources straight to the women who need them. One gathering, one conversation, one woman at a time.
Our mission
We give a voice to the voiceless, empowering women veterans to heal, rebuild, and thrive through advocacy, wellness, and community.
Strength. Dignity. Respect.
Strength
Every woman who served carries strength earned in uniform. We build on it, never around it.
Dignity
No one here has to prove anything or explain her story before she is ready.
Respect
For her service, her time, her privacy, and the life she is building now.
Meet our founder
Dorothy R. Walsh, M.S., C.P.C.
President and Founder, Their Voice of Hope, Inc.
“I didn’t serve in the military, but I have been serving the military since 2008.”
Dorothy learned to honor service at home. Her father taught the family to respect God, country, the flag, and the veterans who defend them, and Veterans Day meant watching the parade march down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Those lessons never left her. As a military daughter and later a military spouse, she came to know military life from the inside, and since 2008 she has turned her upbringing into action as an advocate for veterans on the Space Coast.
Before founding Their Voice of Hope, she served as an advocate and board member with National Veterans Homeless Support, helping veterans facing homelessness in Brevard County. She went on to serve on the board of directors of the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center, where she chaired the governance committee and coordinated the writing of the Center’s current bylaws. She was also charter president of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 344 in Merritt Island.
Dorothy also served as a sexual assault and domestic violence victim advocate with the Women’s Center of Brevard, supporting survivors through some of the most difficult moments of their lives. That work deepened her understanding of trauma, trust, and what it takes for a woman to feel safe enough to ask for help. It shapes how Their Voice of Hope welcomes every woman who walks through the door.
She founded Their Voice of Hope in 2018 to serve the women she calls the invisible population of veterans. Today it offers monthly luncheons, wellness programs, outdoor outings, and help accessing benefits, all at no cost to the women it serves. In March 2026, Dorothy led about 50 Brevard women veterans and supporters on the first all-women Flight of Honor to depart with a Brevard group, keeping a promise she had made to them two years earlier. For seven years, she has also led the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony honoring Brevard County Medal of Honor recipient Emory Bennett and his family.
Dorothy holds a Master of Science in psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in human services from Southern New Hampshire University and is a certified professional life coach. She has also served as a Guardian ad Litem, advocating for children in the court system.
She signs every email the same way: For God and Country. It is the lesson her father taught her, and she has never stopped living it.
Who we serve
Women veterans of every branch and every era, on Florida’s Space Coast and beyond. Whether you served four years or twenty-four, you belong here.
