Veterans Voice

It’s back-to-school time, and for many students, there is a local after-school storytelling program that partners students with veterans. The non-profit Veterans Heritage Project (VHP) will celebrate its 20th year of Connecting Students with Veterans. (trademark symbol here, please) The program develops students’ leadership, confidence, character, and 21st-century skills while honoring veterans’ service and preserving …

Local nonprofit’s after-school program connects veterans with students. Read More »

Thanks to a special grant under Prop 202, Chrysalis Veterans Services, Inc. can now provide immediate financial assistance to cover the necessities and more to help veterans increase their likelihood of success. “Meaningful and sustainable employment is a significant factor in creating and maintaining housing stability which, in turn, is a crucial component of job …

Chrysalis Aims to improve veterans’ job readiness. Read More »

On July 27, many Korean War Veterans paused momentarily to remember the Korean War Armistice Day. After all, it is a national day of recognition to commemorate the more than 35,000 U.S. Service members who lost their lives during the Korean War. The war began on June 25, 1950, when the North Korean People’s Army …

Korean War Veterans will gather for camaraderie on Sat. July 27 Read More »

Volunteers from USAA, Bank of America, Mayo Clinic, Humana, AirGas, Scout Troop 531, Scout Pack 323, and many others joined in on Saturday morning, June 3, to assist the nonprofit Honoring America’s Veterans in gathering tens of thousands of flags from the internment sites at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. After the flags were …

Tributes build a thankful spirit and camaraderie for veterans Read More »

Honoring America’s Veterans (HAV) is hosting the “Honor Our Heroes” Veterans Grand Marshal Competition again. Winners of the Competition will be honored as the veteran grand marshals at this year’s Phoenix Veterans Day Parade set for 11 a.m.,  Saturday, November 11, 2023. This year’s parade theme is “Never Forget. Forever Honor.” “The Parade is such …

Honor Our Heroes Veterans Grand Marshals Competition is now open through July 14 Read More »

We sent emails, posted on social media, disseminated a news release, and prayed. We had a tough assignment facing us. It was the first year our nonprofit Honoring America’s Veterans had taken over the responsibility of gathering enough volunteers to place small American Flags at nearly 60,000 internment sites at the VA National Memorial Cemetery …

Community Support of the Memorial Day events is inspiring. Read More »

There’s a great program in Arizona for high school students and veterans to get together to know each other. It’s called the Veterans Heritage Project, an after-school program where students meet and conduct interviews with veterans from every era to learn more about their service to our country. Thousands of high school students participate in …

Since You Asked, the community reception and book signing will take place on May 28 Read More »