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Veterans Stand Down Official Web Site
www.war-veterans.org/Stddwn.htm
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Wisconsin
Veterans Stand Down, Inc.
Next
Meeting Date
,
2013
3:00
pm at the National Guard Armory
Meeting
Agenda
,
2013
Meeting
Minutes
May
7, 2013
MILWAUKEE
VETERANS ACUPUNCTURE
MILITARY
STRESS RELIEF PROJECT
THANK
YOU
Thank
you to everyone that helped make this Stand Down a success.
We
are especially grateful to those that stayed late to help with cleanup
and those that helped with set up and transportation.
Veterans
Helping Veterans
Media Release
For more information contact:
Film Opportunity
10 to 11 am Greg
Jacobs: (414) 902-5729
Meeting the Needs
of Newly Returning
Iraq and Other
Veterans
Stand Down
for Homeless Veterans
Saturday September 21,
2013 7 am – 3 pm
Richard's Street Armory
4108 N. Richards
As in previous
wars, newly returning Iraq veterans have served well in under the most
dangerous situations leaving them
with battle
related issues beyond physical injury and disability such as Post Traumatic
Stress and other psychological disorders.
Their
service may have fostered other issues such as self-medication, alcohol
and drugs, relationship and family problems.
Returning
home, possibly facing unemployment, especially with non-transferable job
skills, and these other barriers -
that veteran
may be living homeless in Milwaukee.
Stand
Down is a military term for soldiers resting from battle, Saturday homeless
veterans will be brought from the streets of Milwaukee
County
to begin recuperation through a wide variety of services provided by the
Wisconsin Stand Down Committee: emergency housing,
medical,
dental, optical, psycho-social, post traumatic stress, legal, employment
and training, alcohol and drug treatment, clothing, toiletries,
barbering,
federal, state, county and community based veteran specific services, great
breakfast served by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
who are
being honored for their many years of service to homeless veterans, and
a hot and nutritious lunch provided by the American Legion & Auxiliary
Stand
Down's theme is "Veterans Helping Veterans." Volunteers from these organizations
will be
helping provide a "Hand Up-Not A Hand Out":
WI UAW
Veterans, Amer. Legion & Auxiliary, Alcoholics Anonymous, AMVETS &
Auxiliary, Amer. Liver Foundation, Center for
Veterans
Issues, Veterans of Foreign Wars & Auxiliary, Disabled Amer. Veterans
& Auxiliary, US Army Reserve, WI National Guard,
Milw.
Area Technical College, UWM-Vets Upward Bound, Catholic War Veterans, Milw.
Health Department, Milw. Municipal Court,
Milw.
NCO Council, Milw. Vet Center, Vets Place Central, Nat. Assoc. for Black
Veterans, Social Security, VA Domiciliary,
VA Medical
Center, VA Regional Office, WI Indian Veterans Assoc.-Oneida Chapter, Vietnam
Veterans Motorcycle Club,
Vietnam
Veterans of America, WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs, WI Job Service, Milw.
County Veterans Service Office,
WI Vietnam
Veterans Inc., Military Order of the Purple Heart, Jewish War Veterans,
Milw. County War Memorial Board,
Lands
End, Internal Revenue Service, Marine Corp League of Wisconsin, the Ride
to the
Wall Foundation,
Paul Revere & the Raiders and Citizen Volunteers.
CLICK ON
THE FLYER BELOW TO PRINT IT OUT
"Veterans
Helping Veterans."
Volunteers
from these organizations will be helping provide a "Hand Up-Not A Hand
Out":
WI UAW
Veterans, Amer. Legion & Auxiliary, Alcoholics Anonymous, AMVETS &
Auxiliary, Amer. Liver Foundation,
Center
for Veterans Issues, Veterans of Foreign Wars & Auxiliary, Disabled
Amer. Veterans & Auxiliary, US Army
Reserve,
WI National Guard, Milw. Area Technical College, UWM-Vets Upward Bound,
Catholic War Veterans, Milw.
Health
Department, Milw. Municipal Court,Milw. NCO Council, Milw. Vet Center,
Vets Place Central, Nat. Assoc. for
Black
Veterans, Social Security, VA Domiciliary, VA Medical Center, VA Regional
Office, WI Indian Veterans Assoc.-
Oneida
Chapter, Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club, Vietnam Veterans of America,
WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs, WI Job
Service,
Milw. County Veterans Service Office, WI Vietnam Veterans Inc., Military
Order of the Purple Heart, Jewish
War Veterans,
Milw. County War Memorial Board, Lands End, Internal Revenue Service, Marine
Corp League of
Wisconsin,
the Ride to the Wall Foundation, Paul Revere & the Raiders and Citizen
Volunteers.
Dear Comrades
and Friends
It's that time again for our semi-annual "Stand Down" here in Milwaukee.
We have experienced many successful recoveries from the plight of homelessness
as a result of services
obtained
at "Stand Down" such as legal services provided by the volunteer lawyers
of the Justice Department,
or the
Municipal Court Judge who donates his time and services in the form of
granting amnesty to individuals
with issues
like traffic and civil violations allowing these veterans to return to
society. It was reported that do
to the
services provided by an IRS agent this past February as much as $40,000
was saved and refunded to
veterans
that would have not known they had money coming. Combined with other
services offered through
"Stand
Down" these veterans re-establish themselves in the work force and once
again provide for themselves
and their
families in much the same manner as you and I often take for granted.
Thank you in advance for your interest and involvement in this program
of service to our less-fortunate
comrades
in their time of need. Wisconsin Stand Down, Inc. is a non-profit
organization registered in the state
with no
paid staff. All the staff and service providers at 'Stand Down" are
volunteers so any and all tax-deductible
contributions
go directly to the veteran in need, and when combined with the services
and supplies that are donated
provide
maximum service at minimum costs. If you can provide a service that
would be needed at "Stand Down"
and would
like to participate as a volunteer, or would like to attend the "Stand
Down" as an "observer" let us know.
If you
are unable to attend but would like to financially contribute to this cause
your donations will be greatly
appreciated
and put to good use to purchase some of the items we do not get donated
such as eyeglasses,
dental
work, toiletry articles and bus tickets etc.
Thank
You
"Care
Enough to Make a Difference!"
Sincerely
yours in appreciation;
Greg Jacobs,
President
Contact
Wisconsin Veterans Stand Down
Weekday
phone: 414-288-5500
Evenings/Weekends:
262-681-0237
PO Box
170307
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53217-0307
What is
a "Stand Down"?
Many
of our friends and comrades have been asking this question in the Milwaukee
area in recent years
so we
will try to shed some light on the most recent application of the term.
During a "Stand Down" soldiers are removed from the field of combat for
rest and recreation. Homeless and at-risk
veterans
in this country are not unlike soldiers in combat, living in the field
(streets), surviving by their wits with limited
rations
and enduring very unfavorable living conditions. Every day they must
continue to do battle. Their adversaries
are lack
of housing, unemployment, physical and emotional hardships and hopelessness.
Today's version of a "Stand Down" is designed and intended to bring a wide
array of pre-existing specialized resources
together
at one location and to provide a comprehensive therapeutic program to homeless
and at-risk veterans that integrates
employment,
housing, medical, legal and a broad range of social services.
Studies have concluded that veterans appear to be at-risk of homelessness
for much the same reasons as other Americans.
Socioeconomic
structural factors have largely been responsible for the increased numbers
of homeless people.
Personal
vulnerabilities such as poverty and mental illness have influenced the
type of individual that becomes at risk
of homelessness.
These studies also estimate that as many as 40% of the homeless men in
America are combat trained veterans.
The current "Stand Down" concept has six basic goals:
1.
To provide a "hand-up", not a "hand-out" for immediate relief from the
trauma and stress of homelessness.
2.
To provide access to services and assistance in the area of employment,
clothing, matters of hygiene, medical/dental exams etc.
3.
To provide access to longer term solutions like Department of Veteran Affairs
benefits, employment
opportunities,
medical /legal assistance and other social services.
4.
To build and maintain strong long-term interagency and community working
relationships.
5.
To continue to raise community and state awareness of the plight of the
homeless and at-risk veterans to develop long term solutions.
6.
To encourage and aid in the replication of this program in our community
and other cities across the state.
Now that you have a better idea of the current application of the term
"Stand Down" we are hoping that you
will join
us in educating the public and help lessen, if not eliminate the plague
that is
infecting veterans and their families in our community.
Wisconsin
Veterans Stand Down Inc.
Post Office
box 170307
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53217-0307
Dear Friends
and Comrades:
On behalf of the Wisconsin Veterans Stand Down committee we are seeking
your financial support for the
funding
of our on-going services to homeless and at risk veterans in our area.
At our two Stand Down's held in 2008
we helped
to provide aid and comfort to over 300 veterans in the Milwaukee area.
This was just a small segment of
the homeless
veteran population in our city; there is a much larger population of veterans
that are at risk of becoming
homeless
if something is not done now. Our last "Stand Down" was held on September
20, 2008 at the Richards Street
National
Guard Armory 4108 North Richards Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At
this Stand Down we served over 120
needy
veterans and their families, providing various services including providing
eyeglasses and dental services for
homeless
or at-risk veterans. In addition to the aforementioned services we
fed over 300 participants and volunteers
through
the generous donations given to our program by concerned individuals and
organizations like you throughout the state.
We are currently in the planning stage for our next Stand Down to be held
February 28, 2009 once again at the
Richards
Street National Guard Armory in Milwaukee. We are still in need of
financial assistance so that we can provide
hot and
nutritious meals, toilet articles, eye exams, glasses, much needed dental
work, work boots and other items such
as bus
passes to get to job interviews etc. It is our hope that you, your
organizations, members and friends
will be
able to help us in this important endeavor.
We are deeply grateful for whatever assistance you can provide. If
you have any questions
please
feel free to call me for further details.
Sincerely
Yours in Comradeship;
Greg Jacobs,
President
Weekday
phone: 920-836-1825
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