By: Dean Taylor
Is it any wonder why 22 veterans commit suicide every day? 11% of the homeless population are Veterans. Recent studies show that 19% of all veterans need help moving on with their lives. Most of these veterans don’t have access to the help they need. Without the help they need it is difficult to make their way...
By: Megan Way | Photos by Su Phelps
After 18 years, 9/11 terror attacks still hold their weight for the families of the victims. The Henderson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3438 on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019, held a 9/11 memorial ceremony where members who wanted to tell their story were invited up to the podium.
VFW 3848 members, mother and...
By: Kerry Ward
Since 2000, the Veterans History Project (VHP), a congressionally mandated effort at the Library of Congress, has been collecting, preserving and making accessible veterans’ personal stories through oral histories, original letters, journals and photographs. Home to over 110,000 personal narratives of those who have served our nation from World War I through the most recent conflicts, this...
By: Amber Gentry & Megan Way
On September 5, 2019 the Henderson Veterans Treatment Court celebrated two veterans that successfully completed the program. Matthew Thomas, a Navy veteran, was one of the graduates and spoke of how much the program helped him and that he had not felt a part of something since he got out of the Navy until...
Media Release by WGU News
RENO/LAS VEGAS (Sept. 3, 2019) – To address an urgent shortage of healthcare professionals needed to navigate an increasingly complex healthcare system, Western Governors University (WGU) is now offering a first-of-its-kind Bachelor of Science Health Services Coordination (BSHSC) degree program. The program, which began accepting applications September 1, will prepare graduates to coordinate among healthcare...
By: Bobi Oates, SMSgt, Retired
It’s probably not who you think, in fact it’s Female Veterans. According to the U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs as of 9/30/17
Number of Veterans:
Nevada 218,406 Nationally 19,998,799
10.3% 6.6%
Number of Women Veterans
Nevada 21,715 Nationally 1,882,848
9.94% 9.14%
As a member of the Nevada Women Veterans Advisory Committee, it has been one of our goals to find the 21,000...
By: Jackie Brett
LAS VEGAS – Sept. 11, 2019 – On 9-11, it’s an honor for Walker Furniture to make its
11th delivery for the “Project Firehouse: Rested & Ready” program to assist valued first responders at Firehouse Station 65 with a donation of six new mattresses, foundations and protectors. Deliveries are taking about two-and-a-half years to complete. This delivery totaled...
By: Megan Way | Photos by Su Phelps
The Bridge at Paradise Valley is always buzzing with activities throughout the day to entertain and “ensure socialization and overall well-being” to all their residents or for some events; anyone nearby and free. The events range from card games and daily bingo to luncheons with keynote speakers.
This month, their event calendar included...
By: Kerry Ward
The Veterans History Project (VHP) is one of the Library of Congress’ most popular projects and is the largest oral history project in the country. Its congressional mandate is to collect, preserve and make accessible the personal accounts of U.S. veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of their...
By: Lou Rothenstein
This old soldier first became aware of the “Buddy Poppy” at the end of WWII. My older sisters were distributing them for the VFW as several of our relatives were members and still serving. Through the years this practice has carried on each Memorial and Veterans Day by many veterans and their organizations. Occasionally, a lady will...
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