10th Annual Daisy Mountain Veterans Parade – Anthem AZ
Come Join Us to Honor our Combat Vietnam Veterans!!!!!!!!!
We are giving them the homecoming parade they never had!!!
Saturday - November 8, 10:00
Parade starts at Gavilon Peak and Daisy Mountain
Arizona ULTIMATE WOMEN’S EXPO – October 18 and 19, 2014
We Need You!!!!
Sponsor a backpack for a homeless Woman Veteran!
ONLY $35.00
DONATION will buy a backpack that will be filled with life essentials and will be personally given to homeless Women Veterans throughout Arizona. They will also receive hands on assistance to obtain the help they need to get off the streets. Donations are tax deductible.
ORDER military, branch-specific cell phone products to help support our Women Veterans Program. Refer to the attached Order Form.
Join us at the Arizona Ultimate Women's Expo!
Saturday October 18 - 10AM to 5PM
Sunday October ...
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FRIEND – LT. COL. SALLIE CARROLL – 1932-2014
In Loving Memory of Our Dear Friend
Lt. Col. Sallie Carroll, (Ret) US Army
1932 - 2014
Lt. Col Sallie Carroll (Ret) USA started her military career in 1952 joining the United States Air Force, was commissioned as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and retired from United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1975. Lt. Col. Carroll served in Vietnam April 1971 to April 1972 where she was the Adjutant for Inventory Control Center and received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement during operations against armed enemy of the United States. She was ...
Red Cross Women at Normandy Beach
-- an image not seen often at all. this is a photo of women arriving, shortly after the men/soldiers did at normandy beach in 1944. these women were part of the red cross efforts which took place shortly after the invasion. yes, we honor those men that stormed the beach that day, but let's honor these lovely ladies for doing the same---to help!
The purpose of solitude is to bring us home to the center of ourselves with such serenity
that we could lose everything and, in the end lose nothing of the fullness of life at all. --Joan Chittester, OSB
Healing of Memories Workshop
Healing of Memories Brochure
A world renowned Anglican priest is coming to the Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley to conduct a residential Healing of Memories Workshop for Veterans on May 16-18, 2014. The workshop is open only to veterans and is free of charge for them, including all meals and two nights lodging. It begins with dinner at 6pm on Friday, May 16 and ends at 2pm on Sunday, May 18. The workshop has been conducted eight times for over 120 veterans in Minnesota and Arizona. Veterans who have attended say that it was a major step in their healing from ...
Military Appreciation Night
Click on the flyer at the bottom of this document to submit your application for tickets.
PHOENIX MERCURY VS. SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS
Friday, May 23, 7:00 PM at US AIRWAYS CENTER
Hello Friends!
We invite you to join Veterans First and the Phoenix Mercury, Friday May 23 for Military Appreciation Night with special recognition of our Vietnam War Women Veterans. A plaque will be presented on center court recognizing one Women Veteran from each branch of service that served in Vietnam.
As a ticketholder, you can watch pre-game warm-ups starting at 5:30 pm. Doors open to ...
4th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY RIDE
BENEFITS SOLDIER’S BEST FRIEND AND VETERANS FIRST LTD.
4th Annual Memorial Day Ride After Party at Westgate
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Ride Start – Ceremony – Sanderson Ford – 5111 W. Maryland Ave, Glendale 8 AM – 10 AM
Party at the Plaza – Westgate Entertainment District – 6715 N. Sunset Blvd. Glendale – 12 PM – 3 PM
See attached flyer
Memorial Day 2014 Ride
Free Webinar, May 9
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hosting a free webinar on ...
AZCREW GOLFIESTA – 14th Annual CHARITY GOLF Tournament – May 1, 2015
JOIN US and HELP SUPPORT OUR WOMEN VETERANS
Friday, May 1, 2015 Gainey Ranch Golf Club
Event Schedule:
6:45am: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00am: Shotgun Start
Post Tournament Fiesta: Lunch, Silent Auction and Awards Presentation
AFTER JANUARY 31st REGISTRATION $225 PER PERSON, $900 FOURSOME
Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services And Legislative Updates
To ensure that Arizona’s veteran community is kept “up to date” on what is happening with the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services (ADVS) and legislative updates.
The ADVS offers this monthly update sent out to our veteran contacts throughout the State of Arizona.
Visit their website at www.azdvs.gov
