LEADERS WORKSHOP – Tucson, AZ – January 8-10, 2010

This workshop is by invitation only and will be held Janury 8-10, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona.

If you are a local leader, or would like to become one, please contact our office at (520) 319-5500 to discuss the details of this event. A registration and flight form will be emailed to you at that time.

You can also email Info@Vets4Vets.us if you have any questions.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you!

PITTSBURGH-AREA WORKSHOP – November 6-8, 2009

Vets4Vets will be hosting a FREE peer support workshop at the Jumonville Camp and Retreat Center  in Hopwood, Pennsylvania, November 6-8, 2009. This workshop is specifically for OEF/OIF-era veterans residing in Pittsburgh/Allegheny county and the surrounding Westmoreland and Fayette counties. Because this is a location-specific workshop, only OEF/OIF-era veterans who live in the vicinity can apply!

If you do not live in one of these areas, please check our website or call our office for additional workshop opportunities.

If you do, all you need to do is fill out the Vets4Vets Workshop Registration Form and email it to Info@Vets4Vets.us, or fax it to (520) 325-0772.

Once your form has been received, we will be in contact with you re: additional workshop details.

Again, the workshops are COMPLETELY FREE, which means your lodging, food and activities are paid for. We want all returning veterans to be able to receive the benefits of peer support without worrying about the cost.

If you have never attended a workshop before and would like more information before registering, please browse our website or give us a call at (520) 319-5500. You can also post a question below. We are always happy to speak to vets!

Thanks, and we look forward to meeting you!

CHICAGO-AREA WORKSHOP: December 11-14, 2009

Vets4Vets will be hosting a FREE peer support workshop at The Techny Towers Conference & Retreat Center, December 11-14, 2009. This is a location-specific workshop open to OEF/OIF veterans in the Greater Chicago Area ONLY, so all OEF/OIF-era veterans who live in the vicinity can apply! If you do not live in the Chicago area, please check our website or call our office for additional workshop opportunities.

If you do live in the Greater Chicago Area, all you need to do is fill out the Vets4Vets Workshop Registration Form and email it to Info@Vets4Vets.us, or fax it to (520) 325-0772.

REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 1, 2009!

Once your form has been received, we will be in contact with you re: workshop details.

Again, the workshops are COMPLETELY FREE, which means your transportation, lodging, food and activities are paid for. We want all returning veterans to be able to receive the benefits of peer support without worrying about the cost.

If you have never attended a workshop before and would like more information before registering, please browse our website or give us a call at (520) 319-5500. You can also post a question below. We are always happy to speak to vets!

Thanks, and we look forward to meeting you!

Vets4Vets Alive and Well

Vets4Vets Alive and Well

Contact: Abel Moreno, Community Development and Media Director

Hello friends -

Recently Vets4Vets has had a number of inquiries regarding our organizational and financial health.

Like other nonprofit organizations in today’s tough economy, these are not the best of times. It is likely that Vets4Vets will have to make several staff cutbacks this summer.  However, thanks to recent fundraising efforts and generous grants and contributions, our basic budget is secure through the end of 2010 and we will be able to continue our important work.

Just this month, two of our staff (including Development Director Johnny Fajardo) were invited by the McCormick Foundation to a special technical training outside Chicago for prospective grantees. Our Board President Joe Sturdivant and Community Development and Media Director Abel Moreno also played prominent roles at the Second Annual Conference for the Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (www.CoaltionForVeterans.org) in Washington, DC. Executive Director Jim Driscoll attended both meetings.

We also invited 30 leaders of our local Vets4Vets support groups around the country to Tucson for our Semi-Annual Leadership Training Workshop, and will be hosting a general workshop in Chicago in July that is open to all OIF/OEF-era Veterans.

In addition, on the eve of Memorial Day, NBC Nightly News ran an excellent story about us – please check it out at this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30917315#30917315.

These continue to be trying times for us veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Vets4Vets, with our national peer-support community of more than 1,000 returning veterans, is proud to be one of the key nonprofits across the nation helping us heal from the psychological injuries of combat, as well as connect with the VA and other agencies and nonprofits, reintegrate into society and lead the big, happy, influential lives we have earned.

Thank you for your concern and we would love to have your financial support so that we may continue to expand our work.

Please call us with any questions.

The Vets4Vets Staff

(520) 319-5500