New Directions Chosen as Finalist for HGTV Kitchen Remodel
Great news! New Directions, a nonprofit agency serving homeless and at-risk Veterans, has been chosen as one of eight finalists to have the Women’s Veteran’s Program at Mitchell House in Los Angeles’ kitchen remodeled on HGTV. Voting has begun on HGTV’s web site.
If you’d like to vote for New Directions, each day you can vote once at http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/home/text/0,,HGTV_32656_82769,00.html. Just click on Los Angeles. Voting will continue until March 2nd and two winners will be announced on HGTV on March 15th.
*photo by Bill Youngblood for New Directions
Online Chat with Derek McGinnis, Amputee Advocate, American Pain Foundation
LIMITED SPACE – MAKE YOUR RESERVATION TODAY!!
Please join American Pain Foundation on Friday, November 21st at 8:00 pm ET in APF’s PainAid Chat Room for this Live Chat with Derek McGinnis, the American Pain Foundation’s Amputee Advocate. They will be discussing the importance of exercise as part of a pain care plan.
Treating Post Traumatic Stress in Military Families: A Live Video Teleconference Presented by Coming Home Project
December 4, 12-2 pm
UCSF / Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St., Herbst Hall, 2nd Fl.
San Francisco, CA
The impacts of war-related trauma don’t reside solely in the Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman or woman. Because humans are wired to connect, the ripples radiate out and affect many, in particular those close to the veteran: including his or her spouse, children, siblings, parents, marital relationship, extended family, and significant others. READ MORE »
TAPS OFFERS WEBINAR ON “WORKING WITH THE BEREAVED: SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008
Veterans Day
Thank you for what you do each and every day: for your military service, and for your service and support to military, veterans, families, and survivors. There is a lot happening this Veterans Day. Here are some highlights of events happening among our CIAV organizations:
