DAV Van Drivers Volunteer DAV Van Drivers are needed in Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint and Spokane. If you can donate one day per week to drive disabled veterans, contact at (509) 434-7019 for more information. Email: spovolunteersvc@va.gov Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center Building 6-A 4815 North Assembly Street Spokane, Washington 99205-6185 Phone: 509-434-7019 Newby-ginnings of North Idaho, Inc. Newby-ginnings […]
Category Archives: Volunteer and Organization Stories
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It’s early Saturday morning, the final full day of our retreat. A few vets are sipping coffee in the dining room quietly talking; others sitting together in silence while journal writing. Down the hall in the great room, there is artistic chaos strewn over and under the tables after 3 days of creating under the […]
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Mar
Mar
Public Announcement The Spokane Mobile Vet Center is coming to your area! We are the people in VA who welcome home war Veterans with honor by providing quality readjustment counseling in a caring manner. Vet Centers understand and appreciate Veterans‘ war experiences while assisting them and their family members toward a successful post–war adjustment in […]
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Mar
As debate swirls around the topic of expanding VA health care, and whether “privatization” of VA will become a reality as Veterans choose between VA and a Care in the Community (CITC) authorized provider, VA Telehealth options are becoming more popular for Veterans. This is in part because, “Telehealth is critical to the future of […]
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Mar
LIGHTBENDERS Institute of Photography Presents Free Photography training for therapy and fun ACCEPTING STUDENT APPLICATIONS NOW LightBenders Institute of Photography is currently accepting student applications for its 2019 season. In its third year of operation, LightBenders is an alternative therapy program which uses photography as a creative approach for veterans struggling with PTSD, MST and […]
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Jan
Jan
Post Falls resident and veteran Dean DeVitto recently got a new start in life thanks to help from veterans groups, generous volunteers and other supporters in Washington and Idaho. After a series of layoffs and financial struggles while living in California, Dean moved to Spokane. Unfortunately, though, he ended up homeless and living in a […]
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Spokane resident and Gold Star grandma Barbara McCormick recently surprised 12 veterans in her neighborhood with handmade personalized quilts for each of them. The 83-year-old presented the Quilts of Valor at Stone Crest’s annual community picnic on Sept. 8. The quilt-making effort began in February when McCormick attended a group sewing class at the Garland […]
Volunteer and Organization Stories
Newby-ginnings Founder Inspired to Help Veterans After Son’s Death
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Jan
Jan
On July 7, 2011, Theresa Hart’s son, 20-year-old SPC Nicholas Newby, was killed in Baghdad, Iraq by an armor-piercing bomb. In October 2013, with the help of her husband, James, and friends, Theresa opened Newby-ginnings of North Idaho, a nonprofit that serves active military, veterans and Gold Star families. Newby-ginnings allows Hart to honor her […]
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Jan
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Spokane County Regional Veterans Service Center Spokane County Regional Veteran Services is responsible for providing emergency financial services to indigent veterans, widows and their families. Funding for these programs are mandated by law and comes from a small portion of each county’s property tax revenues. Emergency relief assistance is provided in voucher form to a […]
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Jan
Veterans Help Net “Helping Veterans find Hope and Help” VeteransHelpNet is a volunteer Veteran Support Organization that started in the Northwest and serves North Idaho and Eastern Washington Veterans. Our mission is to increase awareness of little known or forgotten benefits and services available to veterans and their families. One of our projects led to the […]
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