Dear UVC Friends,
SHORT NOTICE SPECIAL EVENT:
On Wed 17 Apr 2013 at 0900 in the West Foyer of the Colorado State Capitol, the US Navy Expeditionary Combat Command will present the Navy and Marine Corps Medal to a former sailor, EOD1 Corey Baughman, who now resides in Denver. The Commander of US Navy Expeditionary Command, Rear Admiral Michael Tillotson, will be flying into Denver for the Medal presentation.
EOD1 Corey Baughman left his former mission station in Japan to return to Denver to care for his mother who had terminal cancer. He is receiving this award for heroism due to an climbing incident on Mt. Fuji in Japan. He was climbing with friends on the North Face of Mt. Fuji when they witnessed a Japanese man who was also climbing near them suddenly fall several hundred feet below their location. They were sure he had perished but immediately stopped their ascent and began climbing down to reach the man. When they finally reached him, although he sustained significant injuries, he was still alive. A large snow storm had moved in around them and they could no longer descend to reach emergency assistance. They found a small climbing hut near their location and moved the injured climber to get him out of the storm. They stayed with him and kept him alive until rescue crews could arrive at the hut more than a day later. EOD1 Baughman now lives in Denver with his family.
Due to the short notice of this ceremony, no formal invite was created. Please advise our office as soon as possible if you plan on attending the ceremony.
We hope you are able to join us on Wednesday.
Janelle Darnell, Chief of Protocol
Office of The Adjutant General
Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
6848 South Revere Parkway
Centennial, Colorado 80112
720-250-1462 office
250-1462 DSN
720-250-1519 fax
303-941-6745 cell
Janelle.darnell@dmva.state.co.us
Sincerely,
Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Veterans Appreciation Breakfast, and Project Sanctuary update
Dear UVC Friends,
Unfortunately, due to the weather cancellation, the Rotarians did not get a chance to pass out their flyers about the SEVENTH ANNUAL VETERANS APPRECIATION BREAKFAST (click for flyer), at the Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum on 11 May 2013, from 8:00 am to 10:00am, located at Hanger #1, Lowry Town Center. This event is FREE to all veterans, their families and friends. It is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast.
Registration is on line at www.militaryevents.us; EVENT CODE: RCSD511.
The key note speaker will be George H Brauchler, District Attorney for 18th Judicial District, comprised of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties. George is a Lt Col in the US Army Reserve JAG Corp, and currently serving as the Regional Defense Council for the Central States Region. Lt Col Brauchler is responsible for teams of JAG officers covering seven states.
If you have any questions, e-mail Lester Johnson, Col USAF at lmj.2006tiger@yahoo.com, or call his cell phone at 720-883-6531.
Lester M. Johnson, Col USAF Ret'd
Member Veterans Committee
Rotary Club of Denver Southeast
7865 Vallagio Lane, #202
Engelwood, CO 80112
_________________________________
Spring into action in 2013!! Please visit the Project Sanctuary Newsletter. There are ten more retreats planned for this year. They are now booking 13 months out! That means they need to step up the donations AND the volunteers. Any military family (active duty or retired) that could benefit from a Therapeutic Retreat is invited to apply. Those on their wait list the longest will get first choices.
Sincerely,
Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary
Registration is on line at www.militaryevents.us; EVENT CODE: RCSD511.
The key note speaker will be George H Brauchler, District Attorney for 18th Judicial District, comprised of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties. George is a Lt Col in the US Army Reserve JAG Corp, and currently serving as the Regional Defense Council for the Central States Region. Lt Col Brauchler is responsible for teams of JAG officers covering seven states.
If you have any questions, e-mail Lester Johnson, Col USAF at lmj.2006tiger@yahoo.com, or call his cell phone at 720-883-6531.
Lester M. Johnson, Col USAF Ret'd
Member Veterans Committee
Rotary Club of Denver Southeast
7865 Vallagio Lane, #202
Engelwood, CO 80112
_________________________________
Spring into action in 2013!! Please visit the Project Sanctuary Newsletter. There are ten more retreats planned for this year. They are now booking 13 months out! That means they need to step up the donations AND the volunteers. Any military family (active duty or retired) that could benefit from a Therapeutic Retreat is invited to apply. Those on their wait list the longest will get first choices.
Sincerely,
Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary
April 17 Colorado Student Veterans Forum
Dear UVC member organizations and those who attend UVC meetings,
Please see the agenda link below announcing a special UVC meeting hosted by the UVC Veterans in Higher Education Committee, schedule for April 17 2013, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Tivoli Center Room 320B, Auraria Campus, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80204. This is an excellent opportunity for veteran service organizations, agencies that assist veterans, and Congressional offices to meet and interact with younger veterans. This is also an opportunity for UVC to meet in April, as our regularly-scheduled meeting for this month was cancelled due to weather. Please plan to attend.
Thank you and see you at the Tiv,
Ralph Bozella
UVC President
The agenda can be downloaded:
(click here for UVC formatted agenda)
CLICK HERE for the event flyer.
Please see the agenda link below announcing a special UVC meeting hosted by the UVC Veterans in Higher Education Committee, schedule for April 17 2013, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Tivoli Center Room 320B, Auraria Campus, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80204. This is an excellent opportunity for veteran service organizations, agencies that assist veterans, and Congressional offices to meet and interact with younger veterans. This is also an opportunity for UVC to meet in April, as our regularly-scheduled meeting for this month was cancelled due to weather. Please plan to attend.
Thank you and see you at the Tiv,
Ralph Bozella
UVC President
The agenda can be downloaded:
(click here for UVC formatted agenda)
CLICK HERE for the event flyer.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Meeting Cancelled....
THE MEETING ON APRIL 9, 2013, HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO PREDICTED BLIZZARD.
Thank you to all who made the banquet such a success yesterday. A special thanks goes out to Governor John Hickenlooper and our keynote speaker VA Assistant Secretary Jose D. “Joe” Riojas.
We look forward to seeing you in May! Please check the calendar at www.unitedveteranscommittee.com on the "events" link. I am currently updating.
Jenn Latini, Secretary.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Dear UVC Friends,
The Banquet
As the banquet rapidly approaches, we are making the final days' push to sell raffle tickets for two $250 gift certificates from Frontier Airlines. Raffle tickets are $5, and the winners need not be present. If you want to purchase and/or sell raffle tickets, and do not have any, please contact UVC's Banquet Chairman Ken Melcher at kcmelcher@juno.com or call me (secretary) at (408) 800-2862. Your call will be returned within a day if I can not answer.
The Agenda Tuesday, 09 April Please review and/or print your agenda prior to coming to the meeting. From a friend of Combat Vets - TRYING TO FIND A VET WITH BOTH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND EPILEPSY. Read on why: (From Ann Marie Bezuyen) I am the director of a program called Heads Up For Vets. It is about TBI, but TBI resulting in epilepsy. I work for the Anita Kaufmann Foundation. Here's the website: http://www.akfus.org/. Look in the program tab and you can see my program. We have collaborated with the VA and I developed the educational materials. What I've been looking for is a Veteran with TBI and epilepsy who is willing to talk about it. So far, no takers. TBI is an awful diagnosis and adding epilepsy to the mix is an unbelievable challenge. What we are afraid of is the soldiers being released with a TBI, knowing they may have a seizure, but they (and their families) really don't know what one can look like. It's not always convulsive. If you can be of help, please contact Jenn Latini by clicking this link: jennlatini@gmail.com.
Also from Combat Vets: One of our long-time members has been laid off and seeking employment for quite some time. This man is a leader in CVMA, Patriot Guard Riders, active with New England regional Veteran-oriented organizations (VSO’s, VA related, etc), and this man is the kind that would give the shirt off his back to a Vet in need. On Easter Sunday, he lost his father to sudden illness that has been deemed service connected, cancerous tumors due to Agent Orange. He is driving to Texas on Tuesday, April 3, to settle his father’s affairs as executor of the will, and escort his body to Arlington National Cemetery. If you can chip in, please visit CVMA Colorado’s web home page and click “Donate.” You can use this paypal button or write Ruffian. (That's Jenn Latini) Toward the end of your transaction (I think it’s the last page you go through) you may designate "Bob" and the funds will be seen to him ASAP. Sincerely, Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary
The Agenda Tuesday, 09 April Please review and/or print your agenda prior to coming to the meeting. From a friend of Combat Vets - TRYING TO FIND A VET WITH BOTH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND EPILEPSY. Read on why: (From Ann Marie Bezuyen) I am the director of a program called Heads Up For Vets. It is about TBI, but TBI resulting in epilepsy. I work for the Anita Kaufmann Foundation. Here's the website: http://www.akfus.org/. Look in the program tab and you can see my program. We have collaborated with the VA and I developed the educational materials. What I've been looking for is a Veteran with TBI and epilepsy who is willing to talk about it. So far, no takers. TBI is an awful diagnosis and adding epilepsy to the mix is an unbelievable challenge. What we are afraid of is the soldiers being released with a TBI, knowing they may have a seizure, but they (and their families) really don't know what one can look like. It's not always convulsive. If you can be of help, please contact Jenn Latini by clicking this link: jennlatini@gmail.com.
Also from Combat Vets: One of our long-time members has been laid off and seeking employment for quite some time. This man is a leader in CVMA, Patriot Guard Riders, active with New England regional Veteran-oriented organizations (VSO’s, VA related, etc), and this man is the kind that would give the shirt off his back to a Vet in need. On Easter Sunday, he lost his father to sudden illness that has been deemed service connected, cancerous tumors due to Agent Orange. He is driving to Texas on Tuesday, April 3, to settle his father’s affairs as executor of the will, and escort his body to Arlington National Cemetery. If you can chip in, please visit CVMA Colorado’s web home page and click “Donate.” You can use this paypal button or write Ruffian. (That's Jenn Latini) Toward the end of your transaction (I think it’s the last page you go through) you may designate "Bob" and the funds will be seen to him ASAP. Sincerely, Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)