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Community Calendar
January 15, 2025
Women Veteran Wednesdays, Virtual
VA Wellness Wednesdays, Virtual
Winter Job Fair, Gaithersburg
January 16, 2025
Thurmont Veteran Coffee Social
Women Veterans Virtual Learning Lounge: Live Whole Health
January 17, 2025
Middletown Veteran Coffee Talk
January 21, 2025
Prince George's County Veterans Book Group
January 23, 2025
Emmitsburg Veteran Coffee Talk
Veteran & Military Spouse Virtual Job Fair
January 24, 2025
Frederick Veteran Coffee Social
Women's Veterans Breakfast, Lexington Park
January 25, 2025
MOAA Monthly Meeting Invitation, with presentation by DVMF, Ellicott City
Southern Maryland Veterans Empowerment Expo
January 29, 2025
Hiring Our Heroes Virtual Career Summit
Community News
Veterans Growing America Marketplace has a new location in Clarksburg. Flier
Information on the Greenwell Foundation's Veteran Recreational Therapy Retreat Program - Flier
Gold Star Gamers - January Newsletter
JYCC 2025 Adaptive Tennis Events Schedule
What’s New This Session?
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Updated Saturday Times:
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Para Standing Tennis: 12:30–2:00 PM
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Veterans Practice & Play: 2:30–4:00 PM
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Adjusted Schedule: Due to court availability, there are a few additional cancellations and breaks in the schedule compared to previous sessions.
Please carefully review the schedule below for specific class dates. To help keep everything clear, registered players will receive calendar invites during the first week of classes.
Register Now for Session III
Listen to the Veterans SITREP podcast. Every Thursday at 6:30 PM, host Colonel Bill Montgomery (U.S. Army, Retired) will interview featured guests. The program will be broadcast live on WHFC 91.1 FM, live streamed, and become available on the WHFC Podcast webpage and available on Spotify.
Project Opportunity offers free entrepreneur training for Veterans in the Spring:
Howard County (orientation scheduled January 30th - flier)
Entrepreneur Training for Spouses of Veterans, Active Duty & Guard/Reserve Personnel, Aberdeen (orientation scheduled for February 19th - flier)
Prince George's County, (orientation scheduled February 20th - flier)
Montgomery County (orientation scheduled for February 24th - flier)
Please join us for Blue Star Families' Spaces for Belonging discussion session for youth and parents with:
Guest Speaker: Shawn G. Skelly, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Biography
Date and Time: January 15, 2025 from 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Red Cross Headquarters, 430 17th ST NW, Washington, DC
Join us in-person or virtually for this important discussion to hear more about Ms. Skelly’s experience, time in active service, and her current work in the Office of Personnel and Readiness. She will share her perspective and answer your questions.
As always, our goal with the Spaces for Belonging program is to provide a safe space for LGBTQIA+ young people and their military affiliated parents to have open conversations and find community,
Please register here:
Spaces for Belonging: Family Discussion Session | Blue Star Neighborhood
Future Events: Save the Date
February 4, 2025: Operation Annapolis
February 10, 2025: Resilience in Action: How Yoga Can Help First Responders
March 30, 2025: Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration sponsored by Gilchrist
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