1st Annual Northern Shenandoah Community Event “Remembering & Recognizing our Men and Women in Uniform”
June 1, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Shenandoah University, School of Pharmacy
1775 N. Sector Court, Winchester, Virginia
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA (May 28, 2010) – The Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing held our 1st Annual Northern Shenandoah Community event to honor and to thank our men and women in uniform. The event is to bring awareness of the challenges they face each and every day for protecting our neighborhoods and our community. The event was held at Shenandoah University’s School of Pharmacy, Winchester, Virginia. There will be many dignitaries on hand to “Meet & Greet” and great entertainment.
Many of our local community dignitaries at the event had taken their time to meet and greet members of the local community, such as Mayor’s from Winchester, Berryville, Front Royal, Stephen City, Middletown and also our local Police, Fire and Rescue Chief’s. We ask that you think about the sacrifices of our police, fire fighters, rescue personnel and all others in uniform as they all warrant our respect and gratitude for our safety. Mayor Elizabeth Minor proclaimed this day officially as “Remembering & Recognizing our Men and Women in Uniform Day”.
Want couldn’t have had the success that we had for this event without thanking our Keynote Speakers, James A. Thur, Northern Virginia Wounded Warrior’s Program and Christopher M. Price, Executive Director, Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission and our Special Guests, Chinah Helmandollar, Miss Virginia 2009 and Shannon Beam our very own Miss Apple Blossom 2010, and Ms Sherry Allen, Valley Health Wellness Services, whose father was a Prisioner of War in World War II. We also want to thank Brianna and Tyler Hudnall of the Life in the Word Church of Jesus Christ, Inc., Day Care for their outstanding tribute to our men and women in uniform, and to United States Marine Corps Recruiters, Mr. Jeffrey Hartman, Handley High School, and Mr. DeRian Mize, Front Royal, Virginia.
As in all great community events there are people behind the scenes that make all events such a success and they are merchants and vendors that help our event with donations and we want to thank them for making this event a great success:
Wal-Mart Superstore #3344, Winchester, Virginia 22603
Wal-Mart Superstore #1406, Winchester, Virginia 22601
Target Store #T-1234, Legge Blvd, Winchester, Virginia 22601
Flowers by Snelling, Winchester, Virginia
Smalt’s Flowers, Winchester, Virginia
Winchester Floral Shop, Winchester, Virginia
Martin’s Food Stores, Rivendell Court, Winchester, Virginia
Martin’s Food Store, Pleasant Valley Rd., Winchester, Virginia
Stroehmann Bread Company, Winchester, Virginia
Olive Garden Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Red Lobster, Winchester, Virginia
Perkins Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Popeye’s Chicken, Winchester, Virginia
Cracker Barrel, Old Country Store, Winchester, Virginia
Chinatown Kitchen Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Applebee’s Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Shoney’s Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Violino Restorante, Winchester Virginia
Venice Italian Restaurant, Winchester, Virginia
Golden Corral, Winchester, Virginia
Panera Bread, Winchester, Virginia
Heavenly Hams, Winchester, Virginia
Pizza Hut, Winchester, Virginia
Papa John’s Pizza, Winchester, Virginia
Anthony’s Pizza, Valley Ave, Winchester, Virginia
Domino’s Pizza, Wilson Boulevard, Winchester, VA
Coca Cola Beverage, Hagerstown, MD
B.J. Sagers, Inc., Winchester, Virginia
Hershey Ice Cream, Winchester, Virginia
Garber’s Ice Cream, Winchester, Virginia
Da Da’s Ice Cream, Winchester, Virginia
As with all great events we have to have sponsor that contributed to help in the arrangements for our event and I want to especially thank the following for all their help in making this event so successful:
Grand Home Furnishing, Winchester, Virginia
R. L. Seely Homes, LLC, Woodford, Virginia
Dr. Melissa Seely-Morgan, DeKalb Medical – Hillandale Campus, Atlanta, GA
The George Washington Hotel, Winchester, Virginia
Apple Federal Credit Union, Fairfax, Virginia
Shenandoah Motors, Front Royal, Virginia
Winchester Printers, Winchester, Virginia
The Green-Men Landscape, Winchester, Virginia
A Special Thank You to the FAITH Network, Woodstock, Virginia
Ron, Melanie, Christie
The Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing can’t begin to thank the many volunteers that took their time to help us make this event such a success, we can’t begin to tell you all their names but they were there and did whatever was asked of them. Our gratitude to each and every one of them for a job well done.
Please see our WEBSITE: www.DVCHVets.org, to see all the photo’s of our event and we are having a special honor by the FAITH Network, that filmed the entire event and we will have a DVD available soon of the day of friendship and a express of gratitude to all of our Men and Women in Uniform.
We all at the Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing are working feverishly with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Eric Shinseki’s mandate given in 2009 to end homelessness among veterans and their families. We ask that you think about the veterans and their family’s for their sacrifices they made for our families for the safety or our Nation and our communities safety. (There are reports of over 131,000 homeless veterans in the United States).
If you know a veteran that is homeless or has needs please contact us at 540-877-1252 or send an email to DVCH123@gmail.com. You can see all the services that the Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing offers can be seen on our website.
