Reaching Out to the Homeless...

by John Ely

Veterans’ Outreach is very grateful to all those that have donated in 2011. Through your generosity, we have been able to help veterans more than 3,200 times- a large number of folks worthy of our attention. Furthermore, this number doesn’t include the many veterans and their families that have benefited from our free give-away goods that have been donated to our offices.

Veterans’ Outreach, 524 Youngstown-Poland Road, is in need of donations. The group is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to offering assistance to regional veterans. Monetary donations can be mailed or submitted through the website at veteransoutreach.com. New blankets and sleeping bags are needed for area homeless vets and can be dropped off Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or call for pickup at 330-755-5792.

Veterans' Outreach had been invited to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Signing at The Cincinnati's Council Chambers on May 31, 2011. President Pro-Term, Cecil Thomas, was the key note speaker whom was very dynamic for his passion and support of our service members.
 

Come join us for an evening to share hope with Lexingtions's Homeless Veterans on Saturday November 18th from 5:00-9:30 PM. The event is being held at the Lexingon Opera House and admissionis free to all. There will be refreshments available. No advanced tickets for performance and donations will be accepted at the door. Check out all the details for the event below.

"Please Don't Leave Me Homeless" exhibit in Opera House Lobby 5:00-8:00 PM

 - Art Work created by Homeless Veterans of Lexington

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today awarded $70,182.00 in grants to veterans charities across Ohio. The grants were funded by proceeds recovered in the investigation of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association, a fraudulent charity scam which solicited donations intended to benefit veterans.
 

Dane Aveard, a Business Coordinator for Veterans' Outreach, was following up on some calls for Business to Business Sponsorships when his schedule took him to Chester, WV to the Mountaineer Casino and Racetrack.
 

My name is Shirley Jones and I served in the US Army from 1980-1984. I am asking all fellow veterans to help me help my daughter. My daughter was born in 1982 while at Ft. Hood, Tx. She has since grown into a beautiful young lady and is a producer in Hollywood California. She has gone out on her own and written, produced and directed a Independent Film.

Social networking is the craze right now and its a great way for folks to communicate quickly. Well now Veterans Outreach has an official Facebook and Twitter account. You can check them out via the links below. Make sure you friend request us on Twitter and hit the "Like" button on Facebook. See ya there.

As you may have noticed, the Veterans Outreach website is on the gas and moving forward to become your one stop informational sourcee for anything and everything related to our Veterans and their affairs.

Our member list has been completely erased, so if you have visited before please make sure you sign up again for the site. New features will be coming over the coming weeks and months as well as plenty of great information, stories and more.