Local Groups & Vet Resources
Local Groups:

Alabama
Mike Rudolph (205) 249-9524
Email


Cal-Berkeley
Mike Ergo (925) 457-6238
Email


Indiana
Corey Gibson (317) 714-4500
Medical Representive
Email



Long Beach
Ozzie Lemus (562) 804-2142
Email


Los Angeles
Ozzie Lemus (310) 388-7989
Email
MySpace page



New Jersey & New York City
Aj Luna (347) 628-2674
Email


New York (Upstate)
Kevin Cottrell (518) 796-3860
Email



Pennsylvania
Anthony Canzonieri (724)-757-1063


Rochester, NY
Bob Mitchell (585) 295-7853
Email



Salt Lake
Jeff Key (310) 621-6596
Email


San Diego
Joe Sturdivant (858) 518-6133
Email



San Francisco
Mike Ergo (925) 457-6238
Email


San Jose
Will Sanchez (719) 439-0839
Email


Texas
Greater Dallas Area
Lee Cothren (469)-426-7152
Email
Greater Houston Area
Bill Grieshaber (832)-797-1084


Tucson
Vets4Vets (520) 319-5500
Email
Support group is held the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8:00pm approximately.


UC Santa Barbara
Jessie Tseng (415) 595-8283
Email


Virginia
Mary Ellen Wooten (434) 989-5769
Email


Wisconsin
Tim Bahr (715) 478-2042
Email


Womans Representative
Michelle Wilmot (706) 662-3407
Email



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Returning home from life in the military can be a difficult process for today’s veterans. Often times reintegrating into society can be a difficult process that can bring forth a sense of separation from friends and family. Reuniting with fellow veterans allows for a feeling of togetherness and camaraderie. Vets4Vets facilitates this reunification by offering free workshops and local support groups.

Leaders Manual

Vets4Vets Flyer

Veterans Administration (VA) www.va.gov
Our goal is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. We have reformed our department internally and are striving for high quality, prompt and seamless service to veterans. Our department's employees continue to offer their dedication and commitment to help veterans get the services they have earned. Our nation's veterans deserve no less.

Vet Center www.vetcenter.va.gov
Vet Centers provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to all veterans who served in any combat zone. Services are also available for their family members for military related issues. Veterans have earned these benefits through their service and all are provided at no cost to the veteran or family.


VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS

American Legion www.legion.org
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization which now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide…

AMVETS www.amvets.org
For more than 60 years, we in AMVETS have taken to heart the credo of service set forth by our organization’s founding fathers. In so doing, we endeavor to provide our fellow veterans with the type of support they truly deserve. This outreach effort takes many forms, from the professional advice our service officers offer on earned veterans benefits to our legislative efforts on Capitol Hill to the work done by our hospital volunteers…

Arizona Department of Veterans' Services www.azdvs.gov/

Disabled American Veterans www.dav.org
Made up exclusively of men and women disabled in our nation’s defense, the Disabled American Veterans is dedicated to one, single purpose — building better lives for all of our nation’s disabled veterans and their families…

Veterans of Foreign www.vfw.org
Are fraternal, patriotic, historical and educational; To preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; To assist worthy comrades; To perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; To maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its constitution and laws; To foster true patriotism; To maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; And to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies, whomsoever.


VETERAN MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS

American Legion www.legion.org
AMVETS www.amvets.org
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) www.dav.org
Iraq Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) www.iava.org
Iraq War Veterans Organization (IWVO) www.iraqwarveterans.org
Marine Corps League www.mcleague.org
Military Order of the Purple Heart www.purpleheart.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) www.pva.org
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) www.vfw.org
Veterans of Modern Warfare www.modernveterans.com
Women Veterans of America www.womenveteransofamerica.com


SERVICES FOR VETS AND FAMILIES

Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans www.coalitionforveterans.org
America Supports You www.americasupportsyou.mil
Black Military World www.blackmilitaryworld.com
Coming Home Project www.cominghomeproject.net
Give an Hour www.giveanhour.org
Grace After Fire www.graceafterfire.org
Helmets to Hardhats www.helmetstohardhats.org
Hire Heroes USA www.hireheroesusa.org
Marine Parents www.marineparents.com
Mesothelioma.com www.mesothelioma.com
Military.com www.military.com
Military One Source www.militaryonesource.com
National Veterans Foundation www.nvf.org
Operation Homefront Operation Vets www.operationvets.org
Patriot Guard Riders www.patriotguard.org
Soldiers Angels www.soldiersangels.org
Swords-to-Plowshares www.swords-to-plowshares.org
T.A.P.S www.taps.org
United We Serve www.unitedweservemil.org
Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org
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