State program reaches out to veterans who need help
January 7, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
Richmond Times Dispatch By Michael Martz Since terrorists struck the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, more than 230,000 troops have been deployed to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from Virginia military bases. Now, a state program is trying to help those coming back to find help for problems they might not even want to [...]
Shining light: Two local families given a brighter Christmas
January 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Alex Bridges – abridges@nvdaily.com WINCHESTER — A little more Christmas cheer came to a couple of local families this year thanks to a veterans advocacy group and the Virginia Employment Commission. The Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing and the Virginia Employment Commission joined efforts to assist two families — one nearly homeless and another [...]
Quadriplegic veteran will get special home in Chesterfield
October 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Persian Gulf War veteran James W. Moore, a Bronze Star recipient, had just finished his three-year tour of duty when his life was irrevocably changed. Three days after returning to base in Germany from Iraq in 1991, an automobile accident severely injured the first lieutenant’s spine, leaving him a [...]
Flag-raising honor veterans home
October 8, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Northern Virginia Daily By Alex Bridges — abridges@nvdaily.com Winchester — John S. Lewandowski lives in special house. But the wheelchair-bound, disabled veteran say many others like him need these kinds of homes and cannot afford them. On Thursday, local veterans appeared for a flag-raising ceremony held by the Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing to commemorate [...]
Nonprofit helps find homes for Disabled Vets
November 21, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Val Van Meter Winchester Star Life Reporter WINCHESTER — John S. Lewandowski wants to go into his kitchen and cook a meal for his wife. But with three failed knee surgeries, the retired Army staff sergeant needs a wheelchair to move about and his National Avenue house wasn’t built with a wheelchair in mind, so [...]
