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The AVTT Traveling Vietnam Wall will be on display at the Eagle's Healing Nest in Sauk Centre starting at noon on July 14 until 3 p.m. July 17. There will be events each day.
Eagle's Healing Nest
310 US Highway 71 N
Sauk Centre, MN 56378
(320) 351-5678
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WHAT: Project
Backpack is a program available to Minnesota Military children. This program prepares Military children for their upcoming school year by providing them with the
school supplies needed for a successful year!
WHO: Kindergarten to 12th grade children whose parents
are currently deployed, recently returned (within 12 months), wounded, disabled
or MIA / KIA, and children from a Gold Star Family or a Family of the Fallen
are eligible to receive a backpack. College students are not eligible for this program.
HOW: Using the
child's school supply list, a parent or guardian completes the online
application, and we will pack your son or daughters backpack with the school
supplies on their list so that they will have what they need to start the new
school year.
To apply, please fill out the online application.
*****Applications will be accepted through midnight on
July 21st.
*** All questions should be directed to ask@mvfs-mn.org
The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans will be hosting
the following events:
Veterans can now work directly with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to resolve debt collection issues resulting from inappropriate or delayed Choice Program billing. A Community Care Call Center has been set up for Veterans experiencing adverse credit reporting or debt collection resulting from inappropriately billed Choice Program claims. Veterans experiencing these problems can call 1-877-881-7618 for assistance and press 1 at the prompt.
There is a monthly meeting for Native American Veterans from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the Minneapolis American Indian Center.
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June 30, 2016—ST. PAUL, Minn.— Twelve Minnesota leaders have been identified by the
Minnesota Humanities Center’s Veterans’ Voices program to lead community
discussions in the fall of 2016 for its Echoes
of War project. Echoes
of War asks
Veterans and members of the general public to consider how Americans memorialize
war and military service in public, and how that relates to the way war gets remembered
through the personal stories and life experiences of Veterans.
As part
of this project, the Humanities Center will train community discussion leaders
who will host a public discussion series on war and memory that will run
simultaneously in St. Paul and Northfield this fall. The Echoes of War
Discussion Leaders are Veterans, civilians, and current military service
members, including:
Joseph
Buhain, Prior
Lake
Todd Kuikka, St. Cloud
Vance Gellert, Minneapolis
John Lally, South St. Paul
Scott Glew, Elk
River
Daniel Reiva, Brooklyn
Park
Kim Heikklia, St.
Paul
Bruce Richardson, St. Louis Park
Kathy Henderson, St.
Paul
Rachel Robinson, Minneapolis
Matthew Idzik, St. Paul
Blake Rondeau, St. Paul
Echoes of War features a five-day, immersive,
residential training program for these selected discussion leaders that will be
co-led by Dr. Susannah Ottaway, Echoes of War co-project director
and professor of history at Carleton College, and Trista Matascastillo, the
Humanities Center’s Veterans’ Voices Program Officer and herself
a Veteran. “We are honored to have such a dynamic group of Veterans, civilians,
and current military members included as part of our discussion series, Echoes
of War,” notes Trista Matascastillo. “The collective knowledge of
each of these discussion leaders will add to the richness of the content and be
able to draw personal connections to war literature and experience connected to
memorials as we engage communities during Veterans’ Voices Month
in October.”
As a part of their training, these 12
discussion leaders will engage with both war literature and war memorials at
the Minnesota State Capitol mall. Leading scholars and voices from Minnesota’s
Veteran communities will work with the Humanities Center’s Echoes of War
project to train them and use “Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian,” an
anthology published by Great Books Foundation, as the core literary
resource.
After their training, discussion leaders
will lead a series of four public conversations about history, collective
memory and war memorials, and explore how these themes relate to Veterans’
experiences of war. These Echoes of War public discussions will
be held simultaneously in St. Paul at the Humanities Center and in Northfield
at Carleton College on Tuesday evenings this fall—October 11, 18, 25, and
November 1—to coincide with Veterans’ Voices Month in October.
The Echoes of War project
is part of a grant from a new National Endowment for the Humanities grant
“Dialogues on the Experience of War,” which brings a humanities perspective to
the war experience through conversation-based Veterans programming.
The Minnesota Twins have announced that DAV State Commander, Michael (Mick) Aguirre has been selected to throw out the 1st pitch at the Twins game against Cleveland on Sunday September 11. Commander Aguirre was elected DAV State Commander in May 2016 and serves as the leader of the more than 18,000 member organization here in Minnesota. Aguirre, a member of St. Paul Chapter 2 of the DAV, is a former Marine who served in Vietnam. Mr. Aguirre's family has been honored in St. Paul for a long history of service in the Armed Forces. He will be joined on the field with his immediate family.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will be hosting a Statewide
Veterans Conference. Individuals and organizations who work with
Veterans are encouraged and share best-practices, network with other
professionals, and either attend or present at one of the break-out
sessions.
If your organization would like to present at the conference, proposals are being accepted through July 29.
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Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (MnAMP) colleges can offer Veterans:
Training for jobs in Machining, Mechatronics, and Welding
Start with a manufacturing core curriculum, which leads to career pathways and industry recognized credentials
Credit for Prior Learning
Earn college credits for military experience. Use the MnSCU VETS system to instantly identify credits.
Dual-Training & Apprenticeship Opportunities
- Build on prior military service and work experience
- Gain year-round employment while going to college
- Master skills and earn wages with a company during training
Find your MnAMP college here
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