Local Veterans take the plunge into scuba diving (Sponsored by Caliber Therapies)

Caliber Therapies is a specialized therapy company that sponsored the Try SCUBA event. Katie Vara, a recreational therapist and the founder of Caliber Therapies, wanted to sponsor the event so veterans could try diving without worrying about the financial toll of scuba equipment.Vara believes that scuba can provide both physical and emotional support. "Scuba actually helps with stability,” Vara said. “It has some physical, social and emotional domains that help you with anxiety and depression. It can also help give a social component to it and you can meet other people with a similar interest. So you can start building some social capital in that way. So it’s really, really beneficial across many of the human domains.”