tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86973799586057065552024-03-17T23:01:18.778-04:00VFW Riders - District 4VFW Riders Group Information PortalDistrict 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/15805209753069346860noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697379958605706555.post-27531953129863677022024-03-15T15:47:00.000-04:002024-03-15T15:47:09.795-04:00VFW Northville Post Event<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERMDkRS-63U9I3tPy8pXGjGLVhynsBeRwyHUtGryufgKDcX8BCvGjWXGSJKpAenbAjyIeL0R2xDLLKP3QkGMBfHsw_3aLL94JreS4JudNoTqgKiUdbSkWiD0PQ2GrN16p1uKtYQ3-Pzn7vFvIUGV0_kgDf33Xos7W0oMJUJJXC-VBhyd9IBiI_Pymymbl/s1681/IMG_1835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="1316" height="710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERMDkRS-63U9I3tPy8pXGjGLVhynsBeRwyHUtGryufgKDcX8BCvGjWXGSJKpAenbAjyIeL0R2xDLLKP3QkGMBfHsw_3aLL94JreS4JudNoTqgKiUdbSkWiD0PQ2GrN16p1uKtYQ3-Pzn7vFvIUGV0_kgDf33Xos7W0oMJUJJXC-VBhyd9IBiI_Pymymbl/w557-h710/IMG_1835.JPG" width="557" /></a></div><br /><p></p>District 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/15805209753069346860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697379958605706555.post-56823611754832379252024-03-14T18:19:00.000-04:002024-03-14T18:19:02.149-04:00Wyandotte Post Car Shows<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Clare VFW</td></tr><tr id="m_141026417702603097row_16"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_141026417702603097question_16" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Destination Address - Optional</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_141026417702603097value_16" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">145 E. Wilcox Parkway, Clare, MI, 48617</td></tr><tr id="m_141026417702603097row_27"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_141026417702603097question_27" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Comments</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_141026417702603097value_27" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%"><div>Riding to Mount Pleasant post to meet with other Michigan VFW Riders and group ride to Clare VFW post for a memorial service and lunch. we will be meeting up with Lambertville Riders in Milan at the Marathon gas station at 8 am</div><div><br /></div><div>9035 Carpenter Rd, Milan, MI 48160. Anyone that wants to meet me at the Flat Rock post, I will be there at KSU at 715am. or you can ride yourself to the Milan staging area. KSU there at 8 am. This is a 2.5-hour ride so please have your bike full of fuel and ready to ride</div></td></tr><tr id="m_141026417702603097row_15"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_141026417702603097question_15" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Type</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_141026417702603097value_15" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Memorial Event</td></tr><tr id="m_141026417702603097row_7"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_141026417702603097question_7" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Date</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_141026417702603097value_7" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">03-02-2024</td></tr><tr id="m_141026417702603097row_9"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_141026417702603097question_9" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Location</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_141026417702603097value_9" style="color: #0a1551; 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font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></td> <td width="36"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="24"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="36"></td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="mceNonEditable" id="emailFieldsTable" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%;"> <tbody id="emailFieldsTableBody"> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_19"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_19" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Event Coordinator</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_19" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Bill Schaffer</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_20"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_20" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Form Date</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_20" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">02-21-2024</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_3"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_3" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 8px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Riders Event Description</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_3" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="70%">Lambertville Riders Group Blessing of the Bikes</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_11"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_11" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Destination</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_11" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Lambertville VFW Post</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_16"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_16" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Destination Address - Optional</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_16" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">4120 Piehl Rd., Lambertville, MI, 48144</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_27"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_27" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Comments</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_27" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Our Riders Group is organizing a group ride to attend the Blessing of the Bikes event at the Lambertville Post 9656. The event is scheduled for April 6, 2024, and we plan to stage at the Flat Rock Post at 10:45 am. The kickstands will be up at 11:00 am sharp. The Blessing is scheduled to start at noon, and the donation fee for the event is $10.00.</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_15"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_15" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Type</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_15" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Post Support Event</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_7"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_7" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Date</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_7" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">04-06-2024</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_9"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_9" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Location</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_9" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Flat Rock VFW</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_13"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_13" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Address</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_13" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">25570 Telegraph Rd., Flat Rock, MI, 48134</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_10"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_10" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Time</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_10" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">10:45 AM</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_12"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_12" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">KSU</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_12" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">11:00 AM</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td width="36"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="24"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="mobile-padding-fix" style="padding: 0px 40px;"> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; 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font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"></td> <td width="36"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="24"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="36"></td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="mceNonEditable" id="emailFieldsTable" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%;"> <tbody id="emailFieldsTableBody"> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_19"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_19" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Event Coordinator</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_19" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Gary DeMars</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_20"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_20" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Form Date</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_20" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">02-10-2024</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_3"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_3" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 8px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Riders Event Description</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_3" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="70%">Novi Police Department Stuffed Animal Delivery</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_11"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_11" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Destination</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_11" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Novi Police Department</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_16"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_16" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Destination Address - Optional</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_16" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">45125 10 Mile Rd, Novi, MI, 48375</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_27"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_27" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Comments</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_27" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">A stuffed animal donation delivery has been scheduled by our Rides group to be made to the Novi Police Department. The delivery is being coordinated by Bill Schaffer and Gary DeMars, and other Riders Members are invited to join them. In case of any changes in the schedule, a new notice will be posted.</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_15"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_15" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Type</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_15" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">OTHER</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_25"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_25" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Other Ride Type</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_25" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Stuffed Animal Donation Delivery</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_7"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_7" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Date</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_7" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">02-15-2024</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_9"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_9" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Location</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_9" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Speedway Gas Station</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_13"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_13" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Address</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_13" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">37416 7 Mile Rd., Livonia, MI, 48152</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_10"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_10" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Staging Time</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_10" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">12:30 PM</td> </tr> <tr class="questionRow" id="row_12"> <td class="questionColumn" id="question_12" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">KSU</td> <td class="valueColumn" id="value_12" style="color: #0a1551; 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display: inline-block; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">VFW Riders Events</h3> </td> <td width="36"> </td> </tr><tr><td width="36"> </td> <td height="16" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(236, 237, 242); font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;"> </td> <td width="36"> </td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" height="24"> </td> </tr><tr><td width="36"> </td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="m_-4394559471329704482emailFieldsTable" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; width: 100%;"><tbody id="m_-4394559471329704482emailFieldsTableBody"><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_19"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_19" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Event Coordinator</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_19" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Bill Schaffer</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_20"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_20" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Form Date</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_20" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">02-09-2024</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_3"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_3" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 8px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Riders Event Description</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_3" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="70%"> Woodmere Cemetery Veterans Grave Stone Cleanup </td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_11"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_11" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Destination </td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_11" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Woodmere Cemetery</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_16"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_16" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Destination Address - Optional</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_16" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">9400 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI, 48209</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_27"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_27" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Comments</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_27" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">The VFW Riders Group will organize a Day of Service event on May 11, 2024, to clean old headstones belonging to the Veterans at the Woodmere Cemetery. The Flat Rock Post and the Flat Rock Post Auxiliary members will join the Riders for this event. It's worth noting that some Veterans laid to rest at Woodmere Cemetery are from the Civil War era and were initially buried in Detroit's Fort Wayne.</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_15"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_15" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Type</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_15" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">OTHER</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_25"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_25" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Other Ride Type</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_25" style="color: #0a1551; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px 0px;" width="70%">Grave stone clean up</td></tr><tr id="m_-4394559471329704482row_7"><td class="questionColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482question_7" style="color: #6f76a7; padding: 12px 4px 12px 0px;" valign="top" width="30%">Ride Date</td><td class="valueColumn" id="m_-4394559471329704482value_7" style="color: #0a1551; 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padding: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img alt="Michigan Veterans News" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2022/03/5673448/4017895/michigan-veterans-news-1_crop.png" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 600px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 600px;" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 600px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#EBEBEB" id="m_-5024800893621390546ydpa742ad08yiv1536056223abe-section-row-27f2c723-849c-4755-a79e-1e0b033fedfe" style="background-color: #ebebeb;"><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;" valign="top"> <div id="m_-5024800893621390546ydpa742ad08yiv1536056223abe-column-block-2e11a609-cf8d-4f66-a4dc-48b6be0f88a2" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed; text-align: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" id="m_-5024800893621390546ydpa742ad08yiv1536056223abe-column-block-2e11a609-cf8d-4f66-a4dc-48b6be0f88a2-padding" rowspan="1" style="padding: 20px 20px 10px;"> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: left;">More women veterans are homeless, bucking overall trend</h1> <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy52YS5nb3YvMTI3Njc5L3N0YXRlLW9mLWhvbWVsZXNzbmVzcy1hbW9uZy13b21lbi12ZXRlcmFucy0yMDIzLyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.GRT6W2ORK5pJpI-IAWJvw8lvnzdJHcq7tEGZPh76C5Y/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="VA News story on women veteran homelessness"><img alt="Homeless woman veteran" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8849183/5207691/homeless-woman-adobe-stock_crop.jpeg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /></a><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br clear="none" />Although total homelessness among all veterans decreased by 4.5% from 2020 to 2023, homelessness among women veterans actually increased by nearly 24%, according to recently released data from the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmh1ZHVzZXIuZ292L3BvcnRhbC9kYXRhc2V0cy9haGFyLzIwMjMtYWhhci1wYXJ0LTEtcGl0LWVzdGltYXRlcy1vZi1ob21lbGVzc25lc3MtaW4tdGhlLXVzLmh0bWwiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.Zt-NHudclVZiko-fb8o1BUsD4dBFXF6VwxYeSIq0low/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</a>.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In that same period, the number of unsheltered women veterans—those living on the streets, in a car or in another unsafe situation—jumped nearly 48%.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">While the general proportion of women veterans experiencing homelessness is still low, the trend is concerning, given that the VA estimates women are on track to make up 18% of all U.S. veterans by 2040.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The VA acknowledges that it must accelerate efforts to provide <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9ob21lbGVzcy9ob3VzaW5nLmFzcCIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.SbhYNgc73x9Kst_eNFA-UFuvnQLDpiPwtyzC7gHaXmc/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">housing solutions</a>, <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9ob21lbGVzcy9oZWFsdGhfY2FyZS5hc3AiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.2fQKBqamOoUiH0X8gr0PAP0y2__3oLpms7-szRKKPBU/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">health care</a> and <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9IT01FTEVTUy9IVkNFUy5hc3AiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.AgH2RzXk6LYFNfse8aaX7tIsjyO0DAnwazFjnKu9WWc/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">community employment services</a> to address the unique challenges of nearly 2 million women veterans—the fastest growing segment of the veteran population—and their families.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read more in <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy52YS5nb3YvMTI3Njc5L3N0YXRlLW9mLWhvbWVsZXNzbmVzcy1hbW9uZy13b21lbi12ZXRlcmFucy0yMDIzLyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.uiNEa29EH9GijWqtuCrGhjCTLXs_zrz93I-5R5gsVVY/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">VA News</a>.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><em>If you are a veteran who is homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at </em><strong><em>(877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838)<a class="gv-tel-link" href="http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B18774243838" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="Call +1 877-424-3838 via Google Voice"></a></em></strong><em>. You can also visit <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.zLWWY7-7giKKA-lHJABxhrD6nWHC_BSzGCnkanWNr8Q/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank" title="VA's homeless programs website">VA Homeless Programs</a>.</em></p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">Senate bill would offer veterans with lost medical records a way to access disability benefits</h1> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Jon Tester, wants to ensure that veterans have a new way to access disability benefits when their medical records have been lost transitioning between the Defense Department and the VA. </p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Tester, D-Montana, has introduced the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZldGVyYW5zLnNlbmF0ZS5nb3Yvc2VydmljZXMvZmlsZXMvOTVGMkU0RkQtMTk3Qy00OUIwLTg5RkQtRDM2OThGRUI4QkE3IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDEyNC44OTA0MTk4MSJ9.FkMuBeI12DNxItSpuQTMrNqOAGIFot_x9OrhqJZRFqA/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">Fred Hamilton Veterans' Lost Records Act</a> —named for the Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars state chief of staff—as a way for veterans to provide alternative evidence when their service medical records are incomplete due to damage or loss by the federal government.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">An Air Force veteran, Hamilton was exposed to toxins during his career in Vietnam and other deployments and his military treatment records were lost upon his retirement, Tester's office said. </p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Thanks to provisions in the 2022 Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (PACT Act), VA benefits eligibility applies for veterans with toxic exposures dating as far back as the Vietnam era, but still does not offer full coverage to veterans like Hamilton without access to their medical records.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The bill has been referred to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. Read more in <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmdvdmV4ZWMuY29tL21hbmFnZW1lbnQvMjAyNC8wMS9zZW5hdGUtYmlsbC13b3VsZC1vZmZlci12ZXRlcmFucy1sb3N0LW1lZGljYWwtcmVjb3Jkcy13YXktYWNjZXNzLWRpc2FiaWxpdHktYmVuZWZpdHMvMzkzNDMxLyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.ZVlwzcqkvwcze-AeJ-8x7LQBPS44qWRWW2MBIk5cffs/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank" title="Lost VA records act">Government Executive</a>.</p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">'My way of giving back:' MVAA employee honors late husband, Iraq War veteran through her work</h1> <img alt="Kate Preston with photo of husband Darren" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8855431/5209888/katepreston-1_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">Kate Preston has two words tattooed on the inside of her wrist: "Love, Darren."</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">"It's in his handwriting," Preston says. "It was from the first letter he wrote me when he went to bootcamp."</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img alt="Kate Preston's tattoo - the handwriting of her late husband" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8855454/5209889/katepreston-4_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 483px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 483px;" /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">She touches the ink, recalling memories of her husband who passed away in October 2015. Sgt. Darren Preston was a carpenter in the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Fort Carson, Colorado. He joined the Army in 2005, a few years after high school.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Darren would deal with physical pain from his deployments, injuries to his back and ankle, along with PTSD. He sought treatment from a VA doctor, who would often switch medications and dosages to try to find something that would work.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />But ultimately, the combination of medications led to his death. In 2015, on the day that Kate, Darren and their two children were set to move into a new home, Kate found her husband unresponsive.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">An autopsy would determine that Darren's death was due to an accidental overdose from a combination of Zoloft and extended-release morphine.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">"I struggled with that for a long time and didn't tell people because I didn't want them to think he was an addict," Preston says. "I knew he struggled with PTSD, but a lot of people didn't. On the outside he seemed totally normal and happy."</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read the full story at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdi9tdmFhL25ld3MvbXZhYS1lbXBsb3llZS1ob25vcnMtbGF0ZS1odXNiYW5kLWlyYXEtd2FyLXZldGVyYW4tdGhyb3VnaC1oZXItd29yayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.UlO2dwQh5FJH3u7aORS4Ujl7HdNUVyqlposYHOh_0_M/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">Michigan.gov/MVAA</a>.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><em>Kate's story is part of the MVAA's <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdi9tdmFhL3NwZWNpYWwtYWR2b2NhY3kvaS1hbS1hLXZldGVyYW4tY2FtcGFpZ24iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.29W5gr9Ieso75LVAn4_aTAXFeqiy4ntKbfH90gTPXd0/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank" title="I Am a Veteran campaign page">I Am a Veteran</a> campaign, which tells the stories of Michigan veterans through their own words or through those of their loved ones.</em></p> <img alt="Trevor and Taylor Preston" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8855447/kids_original.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 800px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /><p align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;">The Prestons' children, Trevor and Taylor, at their father's gravesite.</p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">'Tiny Homes' for veterans in Flint expected to break ground in June</h1> <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2F0aG9saWNjaGFyaXRpZXNmbGludC5vcmcvc2FjcmVkaGVhcnR2aWxsYWdlIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDEyNC44OTA0MTk4MSJ9.IWqnvU5fj61qgYHQsFu9TV7PUF4woUMd9tMoA-ZaWcY/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="Veteran Tiny House information"><img alt="Tiny Veteran Village rendering" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8852031/5208538/slide8_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /></a><p align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;">Images courtesy of Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">A 'tiny house' village for veterans on Flint's north side will include 24 homes and a Community Resource Center when the complex is completed in mid-2025.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The $3.5 million Sacred Heart Veteran Village is expected to break ground in June 2024, according to property owner Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The property was acquired by the agency after the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School were closed and demolished. It's located on East Moore Street across from the North End Soup Kitchen run by Catholic Charities.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Veterans in Sacred Heart Village will be housed for one to three years in ADA compliant homes, which will average between 250 to 400 square feet in dimension.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The groundbreaking on Phase 1 is scheduled for June 2024 to complete the Community Veteran Resource Center and the first 12-14 permanent tiny homes. The target date for Phase 1 completion is January 2025. Phase 2 will include an additional 12 homes with a target completion date of summer 2025.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Katie Baxter, CEO of Catholic Charities, said the village's community resource center will serve as a hub for residents and include a full range of essential support programs and classes.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">"We plan to have all kinds of wraparound services for veterans, including financial literacy, employment, mental health counseling, trauma services, substance abuse, spiritual support and exercise," she told the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZ3JhbmRibGFuY3ZpZXcubWlob21lcGFwZXIuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2NhdGhvbGljLWNoYXJpdGllcy1hbm5vdW5jZXMtcGxhbi1mb3ItdmV0ZXJhbnMtaG91c2luZy11bml0cy1pbi1mbGludC8iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.b1Tuvs_ANWM7pV1gwvj-iN4ypDUk62GZPvt1Z5YVN7s/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">Grand Blanc View</a>. "All the things that veterans will need to feel safe and have a stable transition."</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Visit the Catholic Charities <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2F0aG9saWNjaGFyaXRpZXNmbGludC5vcmcvc2FjcmVkaGVhcnR2aWxsYWdlIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDEyNC44OTA0MTk4MSJ9.V5g2Rw70jxUlGReaBferBhlj7Y6gzH-Xj6murga9hhc/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">website</a> for more information, to fill out a volunteer form to help at the village or to donate.</p> <img alt="Tiny Home Village Resource Center" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8852053/5208539/slide5_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">No Barriers USA seeks veterans with disabilities for 2024 Warriors programs</h1> <img alt="backpacking" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8856202/5210197/backpacking-adobe-stock_crop.jpeg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">No Barriers USA, which provides programs for veterans with visible and invisible disabilities, is excited to launch its 2024 season with the opening of applications for its No Barriers Warriors program. The application period opened on Jan. 9.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In 2024, No Barriers Warriors will have several programs for veterans with disabilities: basecamp experiences in Red Feather, Colorado, and backcountry expeditions in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Northern Colorado, as well as the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">According to No Barriers USA's <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbm9iYXJyaWVyc3VzYS5vcmcvcHJvZ3JhbXMvd2FycmlvcnMvIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDEyNC44OTA0MTk4MSJ9.plkFN9IPAE5R55C8fyEgWPCGB1Q_u7286ud8dvufyuQ/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">website</a>, the experience for veterans is free. They will provide you with a flight and all meals, lodging and necessary equipment from the time you land at your destination to the moment you take off. They ask that veterans take it upon themselves to travel to and from their chosen airport.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read more at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy52YS5nb3YvMTI3ODg4L25vLWJhcnJpZXJzLXVzYS1zZWVrcy12ZXRlcmFucy0yMDI0LXByb2dyYW1zLyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMjQuODkwNDE5ODEifQ.oFXKaPLOQUFxLvwwF1TR8zz9s1RKD9whXK9Xrm_lwvk/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank">VA News</a>.</p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">France gets ready to say 'merci' to WWII vets for D-Day's 80th anniversary this year</h1> <img alt="D-Day image" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8852139/5208540/d-day-adobe-stock_crop.jpeg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">France is getting ready to show its gratitude toward World War II veterans who will return, many for the last time, to <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Normandy beaches</span> this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day to mark the defeat of the Nazis.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">A ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be present, will be honoring the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and other nations who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that D-Day celebrations, alongside the <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Paris Olympics</span>, will be "France's rendezvous with the world."</p> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read more from the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXBuZXdzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL2ZyYW5jZS1kLWRheS04MHRoLWFubml2ZXJzYXJ5LXd3aWktdmV0ZXJhbnMtZDM4OTY1MmJjYWU3NDRmZTFhNTUxYmZmYjg4YzI4M2MiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.opjwbPo9QpyWBZGzZztEwbgDnexnrEmhsXIfc9SrcvI/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #1d5782;" target="_blank" title="AP story on D-Day celebration">Associated Press</a>.</p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table> <h1 align="left" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px; text-align: left;">5 tips for succeeding even when you're the only veteran in the room</h1> <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pbGl0YXJ5LmNvbS92ZXRlcmFuLWpvYnMvNS10aXBzLXN1Y2NlZWRpbmctZXZlbi13aGVuLXlvdXJlLW9ubHktdmV0ZXJhbi1yb29tLmh0bWwiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTI0Ljg5MDQxOTgxIn0.NEj99OKdwBZ0-uUFXOqjrYMCwVtjtOtgPvsNcG_NHP8/s/636090086/br/235878606783-l" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="Tips to succeed in civilian workplace as a veteran"><img alt="People in business meeting" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8852201/5208541/people-in-business-meeting_crop.jpeg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 560px;" /></a><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br clear="none" />There you are. 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line-height: 1; max-width: 523px; outline: none; width: 523px;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">Military retirees and their dependents based in the U.S. may now renew their military ID cards online and receive them by mail, relieving them of a trip to the on-base ID card office.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The Defense Department <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmRlZmVuc2UuZ292L05ld3MvTmV3cy1TdG9yaWVzL0FydGljbGUvQXJ0aWNsZS8zNjQzOTMyL2RvZC1leHBhbmRzLXBpbG90LXByb2dyYW0tdG8tcmVuZXctdXNpZC1jYXJkcy1vbmxpbmUvIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExOC44ODczMTAyMSJ9.UaHK56AdmRfzSFlVWd1TGuDD47-SfiKJJmIkM8anWkk/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">announced Tuesday</a> that it's expanding a pilot program that began in 2023 and initially allowed certain dependents' Uniformed Services Identification cards, or USID, to be renewed by mail.</p><p style="color: #45464b; 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However, the pilot program allows online ordering from start to finish. While in the past the renewed card had to be retrieved in person at a local ID card facility, it will instead be delivered by mail under the pilot program.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read more at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pbGl0YXJ5LmNvbS9kYWlseS1uZXdzLzIwMjQvMDEvMTYvZGVmZW5zZS1kZXBhcnRtZW50LWV4cGFuZHMtaWQtY2FyZC1yZW5ld2Fscy1tYWlsLXVzLWJhc2VkLXJldGlyZWVzLWRlcGVuZGVudHMuaHRtbCIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMTguODg3MzEwMjEifQ.j3nE-_qwjMcd820pqvr7pvY6-IAK19w94Vm1aPV6wFY/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank" title="Id card story">Military.com</a>.</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr_inner"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 align="left" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_header" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px;">Woman veterans, VA may surprise you</h1><img alt="VA women health care" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_template_image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8832558/5201333/va-women-health-care_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 559px; outline: none; width: 560px;" /> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">Women veterans, if you haven't checked out VA in a while, things have changed. We recognize each of you are unique and your health care needs are not "one-size-fits-all." That's why VA continues to expand its services, so we can provide you with the best care possible to better fit your needs.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Learn more at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy52YS5nb3YvMTI3NTA4L3dvbWVuLXZldGVyYW5zLXZhLW1heS1zdXJwcmlzZS15b3UvIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExOC44ODczMTAyMSJ9.iEOx516q4k2LsCIxqXnWLwDyV2pmetnFpeVCoQPtnSk/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">VA News</a>.</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr_inner"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 align="left" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_header" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px;">VA and Arthritis Foundation support veterans' health and wellness</h1><img alt="Arthritis story" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_template_image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8832560/5201334/arthritis-story-veterans_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 559px; outline: none; width: 560px;" /> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">Veterans and service members experience arthritis at higher rates than the civilian population. VA is committed to supporting veterans with arthritis, ensuring they maintain a high quality of life.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In 2021, VA partnered with the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFydGhyaXRpcy5vcmcvdmV0ZXJhbiIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMTguODg3MzEwMjEifQ.mAc2OS6RHFio0Xew_XxC3EVK3PA_sNk-omESfNINEOw/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Arthritis Foundation</a> to increase access to care, education and support for veterans with arthritis. The partnership, facilitated by the National Center for Healthcare Advancement and Partnerships <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9IRUFMVEhQQVJUTkVSU0hJUFMvaW5kZXguYXNwIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExOC44ODczMTAyMSJ9.0P4iSMp542Q0mQ_aqCN-SXVu-bSwGM_tMWfxTKpBXEQ/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">(HAP),</a> increases access to valuable resources and initiatives to improve veterans' health and well-being.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Through the VA-Arthritis Foundation partnership, veterans living with arthritis gain access to an extensive collection of Arthritis Foundation <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmFydGhyaXRpcy5vcmcvaGVhbHRoLXdlbGxuZXNzL2RldGFpbD9jb250ZW50PWhlYWx0aHlsaXZpbmciLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.9qnlRagmFL3av1fuX8dNvqTG3RMhLoTSFK-ydiUk7RY/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">health and wellness resources</a> to support their physical and emotional well-being.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Walking programs such as the Arthritis Foundation's <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmthbGIuY29tL3ZpZGVvLzIwMjMvMDUvMTgvd2Fsay13aXRoLWVhc2UtcHJvZ3JhbS8iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.Qbcw7fqncaHdyQP8eC7cwPRTKw3b9AU6feS34tHzCVU/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Walk with Ease (WWE)</a> can help veterans embark on a more active lifestyle. WWE is a community-based physical activity and self-management education program that helps veterans with arthritis increase their physical activity.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Read more at <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy52YS5nb3YvMTI3NTIwL3ZhLWFydGhyaXRpcy1mb3VuZGF0aW9uLXN1cHBvcnQtaGVhbHRoLXdlbGxuZXNzLyIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyNDAxMTguODg3MzEwMjEifQ.4VSWYT2zNRllXm3Jc_DnZW-QkgKuruvKXKO3vkF2tI4/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">VA News</a>.</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr_inner"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 align="left" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_header" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px;">WWII veteran Bud Prottengeier: Going strong at 100</h1><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img alt="Bud Prottengeier volunteers at school" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_template_image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8832547/school-volunteer-2_original.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 720px; outline: none; width: 501px;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720gd_caption" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 0px; text-align: center; width: 100%;">Bud Prottengeier volunteers at Bendle Schools in Burton. Contributed photo</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr_inner"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720gd_combo_table" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img align="right" alt="Bud Prottengeier, Navy" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_template_image" data-id="1705596629234" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" hspace="7" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8832565/5201335/navy-photo_crop.jpg" style="border: none; float: right; line-height: 1; max-width: 179px; outline: none; width: 179px;" /><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In 1942, Maurice "Bud" Prottengeier, an 18-year-old college student, decided to enlist in the Navy along with his friends before they were drafted into World War II. Although that was 82 years ago, the Flint native has no problem recalling the details.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">"At the time, I was in my second year of junior college at Northport College in Chicago," Prottengier says. "We all knew that we were probably going to have to go somewhere. We went down and joined the Navy that day."</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">On Jan. 13, 2024, Pottinger, surrounded by friends and family, celebrated his 100th birthday—one of only about 5,000 surviving WWII veterans in Michigan.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Prottengeier, a widower and father of three, is living proof that age is just a number. He still swims and does yoga, volunteers at a school in the Flint area and can recite the names of his fellow sailors and tell you how much he made in the Navy more than eight decades ago.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Prottengeier is our latest profile in the MVAA's <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdi9tdmFhL3NwZWNpYWwtYWR2b2NhY3kvaS1hbS1hLXZldGVyYW4tY2FtcGFpZ24iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.54Mg_635hAAwaAONtB6IpFloCplJ5tf3-0bgg0MIwbQ/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">I Am a Veteran campaign</a>. Read his full story on our <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdi9tdmFhL3NwZWNpYWwtYWR2b2NhY3kvaS1hbS1hLXZldGVyYW4tY2FtcGFpZ24vd3dpaS1uYXZ5LXZldGVyYW4tbWF1cmljZS1idWQtcHJvdHRlbmdlaWVyLXN0aWxsLWdvaW5nLXN0cm9uZy1hdC0xMDAiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.DpvPDy-yWCFrkW-c_wD9eXUBRxD_UTMIkoedm8TWJz0/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Special Advocacy/I Am a Veteran</a> page.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr" style="padding: 2px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_hr_inner"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%"><hr /></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 align="left" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_header" style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.67em 0px 8px;">Post-holiday winter blues? VA can help</h1><img alt="VA mental health care" class="ydp1280a586yiv5429966715ydp74dcef95yiv7334931720govd_template_image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MIDMVA/2024/01/8832568/5201336/va-doc_crop.jpg" style="border: none; line-height: 1; max-width: 560px; outline: none; width: 560px;" /> <p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">Now that the holidays are over and winter is settling in, are you feeling sad, depressed or just plain down? You're not alone. Many people feel that way around this time of year.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The good news is that the VA can help you cope with the post-holiday winter blues—in person and virtually.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong>How to get help right away</strong></p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Any veteran in acute suicidal crisis can go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">This includes inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days. </p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">You don't need to be enrolled in VA health care to get care.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Call or walk into any VA medical center—anytime, day or night. <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9maW5kLWxvY2F0aW9ucy8_em9vbUxldmVsPTQmcGFnZT0xJmFkZHJlc3M9JmZhY2lsaXR5VHlwZT1oZWFsdGgmc2VydmljZVR5cGUiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.deuYSBMy6YxBDudHxVTmm1m7AmaJrWtYg8I296zHtvc/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Find your nearest VA health facility</a></p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Call or walk into any Vet Center during clinic hours. <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZhLmdvdi9maW5kLWxvY2F0aW9ucy8_ZmFjaWxpdHlUeXBlPXZldF9jZW50ZXIiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMTE4Ljg4NzMxMDIxIn0.IjiLGhTmnnjwdHcvkyKLWtXxWQMvguQt4H7xBRShlZI/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Find your nearest Vet Center</a></p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Call us at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">877-222-8387</a>. The VA is here Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. If you have hearing loss, call TTY: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">800-877-8339</a>.</p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong>Access the Veterans Crisis Line 24/7</strong></p><p style="color: #45464b; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnZldGVyYW5zY3Jpc2lzbGluZS5uZXQvIiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDExOC44ODczMTAyMSJ9.k26Q9xdN7vqwrR5WhIQzWMeTiQHMwLSsOUA_qpbBsn4/s/636090086/br/235557613492-l" mcafee_aps="true" rel="noreferrer noopener" shape="rect" style="color: #0f2c53;" target="_blank">Veterans Crisis Line</a> is a free, confidential service that supports veterans and their family and friends. 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An individual may be awarded the certificate if they meet all of the following requirements:</p><p>The individual is a citizen of this state or was a citizen of this state while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard, including the Michigan National Guard and reserve components).</p><p>The individual was honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances.</p><p>The individual served during the Vietnam War era (February 28, 1961 - May 7, 1975).</p><p>To submit for consideration, complete the Michigan Vietnam Veteran Recognition Certificate Form.</p><p>Form Link =<a href=" https://www.dmva.state.mi.us/vrs/Survey/35" target="_blank"> https://www.dmva.state.mi.us/vrs/Survey/35</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJaMJQGueKH78rvbcNqU2fT9v0A1pKFK3v6zbkuAtvyz0A_Kb8JGZAjZgfA5RsvxlDo0eLub_cbOzYTTW-dJNqmXE-6ll8zWn6UOQAbinRwn0MuJidH5MDYDLNx5UCKqpAJV5CDF6LArYqabSkJFVwrilHoeIgxBfFNJvFBP53Q5FUBcprConFTdCssS2/s3300/rofh1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJaMJQGueKH78rvbcNqU2fT9v0A1pKFK3v6zbkuAtvyz0A_Kb8JGZAjZgfA5RsvxlDo0eLub_cbOzYTTW-dJNqmXE-6ll8zWn6UOQAbinRwn0MuJidH5MDYDLNx5UCKqpAJV5CDF6LArYqabSkJFVwrilHoeIgxBfFNJvFBP53Q5FUBcprConFTdCssS2/w640-h494/rofh1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>District 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/15805209753069346860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697379958605706555.post-85229513893518089392024-01-10T16:43:00.002-05:002024-01-11T15:22:26.710-05:00 Rodney Gasaway Veterans and First Responder Program: Pro Allies<p>Our District 4 Riders Chaplain founded the Veterans First Responder support group called Pro Allies. Rev. Rodney Gasaway is an ordained Clergy in the United Methodist Church. He serves at two congregations and is a volunteer chaplain for the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Chelsea Area Fire Authority. His expertise is in community engagement, missions, and outreach. Rev. Gasaway is completing TSD counseling certifications at Michigan State University. Pro Allies provides verbal support to the participants and referrals to other organizations if required. This group is registered as a Michigan non-profit, and the organization's Directors are applying for a 501 c3 designation. Today, support meetings are held in Chelsea, Michigan, and American Legion Post 32, located in Livonia. Pro Allies maintains a website: www.proallies.org. Check out this site to get more details about their program.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY1pjzea8o4axBhVrw-CAnWkGP1oXvxDddSmCvoP8Gf0mzpBH9VWCx95umnszXJnl3pxKNMRHUXwsh-a9sz63QiYxfJzn3n-XG0AceH4s8MkQocoLGbuHLdgXt7g_eDl-F88HxRLwPvQfFkL61oefPbFz0pbgWXkk3Kf3UuxI_JrocmBSHKFJgg91a1pA/s2000/IMG_1791.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY1pjzea8o4axBhVrw-CAnWkGP1oXvxDddSmCvoP8Gf0mzpBH9VWCx95umnszXJnl3pxKNMRHUXwsh-a9sz63QiYxfJzn3n-XG0AceH4s8MkQocoLGbuHLdgXt7g_eDl-F88HxRLwPvQfFkL61oefPbFz0pbgWXkk3Kf3UuxI_JrocmBSHKFJgg91a1pA/w494-h640/IMG_1791.PNG" width="494" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>District 17http://www.blogger.com/profile/15805209753069346860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697379958605706555.post-11888753864475515572024-01-07T11:05:00.003-05:002024-01-07T11:05:49.202-05:00WW II Legacy Memorial Latest Updates and News / FWD BCCd to VSOs<div name="messageSignatureSection"></div><div name="messageReplySection"><blockquote style="border-left-color: grey; 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width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512text_content-cell ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #36495f; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px; text-align: left;" valign="top"> <h3 style="color: #606d78; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">A New Year with New Goals</span></h3> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Last year was a milestone year for The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial as we celebrated the dedication of Phase 1. But we are not done.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Our WWII vets and original Rosies are in their late 90's; many are over 100-years-old. Our goal is to have as many of them as possible see the completed Memorial. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">We have launched a variety of campaigns and events to raise funds for future construction in an effort to cast a wide net. The total cost of the Memorial as designed is $2 million.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">As a way to keep momentum going, we have set a short-term goal to raise $500,000 for Phase 2 construction. This will allow us to add additional statues and the 10' x 50' black granite entrance wall/Wall of Stars. 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We look forward to growing our corporate relationships.</span></li> <li style="color: #161d26; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;">The VFW Department of Michigan for organizing a state-wide campaign raising funds for the Memorial. 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width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512text_content-cell ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #36495f; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px; text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. 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In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world's first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents—and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. </span><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">Countdown 1945</span><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"> tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks, and months to follow, leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td align="center" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512column ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512column--2 ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512scale ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512stack" style="width: 35%;" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image--padding-vertical ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image--mobile-scale ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image--mobile-center" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image_container ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512image_content" data-id="1704641559890" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/65d6b1de501/866479cb-07ed-4986-bd55-9eb27f8a021d.jpg" style="display: block; max-width: 306px; width: 150px;" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512layout ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512column ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512column--1 ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512scale ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512stack" style="width: 100%;" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512text ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512text_content-cell ydp6f68434cyiv1128416969ydp938838c1yiv9641820167ydp8933e649yiv8563906512content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #36495f; display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">In Countdown 1945, veteran journalist Chris Wallace takes readers inside the minds of the iconic and elusive figures who join the quest for the bomb, each for difference reasons, including Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, and the Soviet spies who secretly infiltrate the research team.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #161d26; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Perhaps most of all, the book is the story of an untested new president confronting a decision he knows will change the world forever. 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