Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:32:12 -0500
From: contactusvets@usvetsinc.org
To: grumpiebob@gmail.com
Subject: U.S.VETS Newsletter - November 2013
U.S.VETS National Office
800 W. 6th St., Suite 1505
Los Angeles, CA 90017
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U.S.VETS Monthly Newsletter - November 2013
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Celebrating 20 Years of Serving Veterans - 1993-2013
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U.S.VETS Receives "Seal of Distinction" from the Call of Duty Endowment
Activision's Call of Duty Endowment has chosen U.S.VETS as a recipient of the 2013 Seal of Distinction award. The award was created this year to highlight nonprofit organizations that have proven to be the most effective and efficient at placing veterans into high quality careers.
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U.S.VETS - Inland Empire Helps a Veteran Family's Wish Come True
When Keisha, a formerly homeless Coast Guard veteran, found out her daughter had an inoperable brain tumor, U.S.VETS reached out to the community to help make a little girl's dreams come true.
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U.S.VETS - Las Vegas Receives the 2013 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award
Each year, the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of each FBI field office recognizes individuals and organizations whose achievements in the terrorism, crime, drug, gang, or violence prevention and education field had an exemplary impact on the community.
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U.S.VETS - Phoenix Wins a New Truck through Toyota's 100 Cars For Good
Thanks to your votes, U.S.VETS - Phoenix has won a brand new truck! The new truck will be used to take care of projects around the site, and to help local veteran families receiving support through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program.
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 Meet a Veteran: DavisU.S.VETS - Prescott
Davis Honie joined the Marines in 1976. Over six years in the Marines, Honie served in Hawaii, Australia, Japan and the South Pacific.
"The good part about the military was that I got to travel. I was so happy about that because I went to places that I know I would never in my life get to go to," Honie said. "It was some experience and I made sure to take advantage to touring the land."
While military life was an adventure, civilian life was just the opposite for Honie.
After being discharged in 1982, Honie returned to his family's ranch at the village of Polacca on the Hopi Reservation in northern Arizona. To help him continue the family tradition of ranching, Honie's father gave him some cows.
"I ended up turning into an alcoholic. I drank up all my cattle," Honie said. "I just turned to the bottle."
From there, Honie hit rock bottom, panhandling for money and living on the streets of Albuquerque and Phoenix...
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Here's what we've been up to lately:
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L.A. Times Features a Lifetime of Service to Veterans
"Veterans Feel a Debt Toward an Old Warhorse of a Judge"
by Steve Lopez
"In the early '90s, we had 80,000 or 90,000 homeless people in L.A., and about 20,000 of them were veterans," said Judge Harry Pregerson, whose determination to do something about it led him to a Vietnam Marine veteran named Steve Peck...
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Across the country, U.S.VETS celebrated Veterans Day with barbecues, parades, special events and more. It was a wonderful opportunity to pay tribute to those who have worn the uniform and say thank you to all who have served. Here's how we celebrated:
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U.S.VETS - Barbers Point
 Every year on Veterans Day, U.S.VETS - Barber's Point staff cordially invites all the veterans in the Veterans-In-Progress (VIP) program to a morning brunch to express thanks for their service to our country... more
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U.S.VETS - Waianae
Following the Waianae Veterans Day Parade, a luncheon was held in honor of our residents. The program included a traditional Oli Kahea (greeting chant) and the reading of a poem, "What Freedom Means to Me", written especially for the occasion by one of our young veterans... more
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U.S.VETS - Inland Empire
At this year's Veterans Day ceremony, the City of Moreno Valley honored veterans by proclaiming itself a "Purple Heart City", dedicated to honoring and aiding recipients of the nation's first military medal. Residents and staff of U.S.VETS attended the special ceremony...more
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U.S.VETS - Long Beach
 On November 8, U.S.VETS - Long Beach held its annual "Honoring Those Who Serve" luncheon. Over 300 guests attended the signature event, along with U.S.VETS staff and clients... more
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U.S.VETS - Los Angeles
Veterans Day in Inglewood wouldn't be complete without the annual U.S.VETS - Los Angeles Veterans Day Breakfast. The Los Angeles Laker Girls stopped by, along with Lakers guard Xavier Henry, to lend a hand serving breakfast for veterans... more
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U.S.VETS - Las Vegas
A weekend full of celebrations kicked off with the annual "Honoring Those Who Serve" Benefit Dinner. The event raised over $75,000 for Las Vegas veterans!... more
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U.S.VETS - Phoenix
 On Veterans Day, Senator John McCain, Mayor Greg Stanton, and Stephen Peck came to U.S.VETS - Phoenix to make an important announcement - that the city of Phoenix was on track to end chronic homelessness amongst veterans by February 2014... more
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U.S.VETS - Prescott
The theme of this year's Prescott Veterans Day Parade was "Hometown Heroes, We Salute You." Our veterans marched in the parade with handmade yellow ribbons and flags... more
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U.S.VETS - Houston
 Award-winning barbecue team "It's the Pits Cookers" came out to U.S.VETS - Houston to cook up some delicious grub for our veterans... more
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U.S.VETS - St Louis
U.S.VETS - St. Louis held a special Veterans Day event at the Missouri History Museum. Approximately 200 people came to see an exhibit of magnificent portraits of homeless veterans by photo journalist Jerry Tovo... more
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Make a Donation
The services U.S.VETS provides to veterans are made possible through generous contributions. To help a veteran successfully transition back to civilian life, please make a donation today.
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