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Happy Holidays to all! Join us next Wednesday morning, December 11 at our year-end Holiday Celebration Veterans Coffee event hosted and facilitated by Veterans Bridge Home & Richard Childress Racing. As usual, all Veterans, surviving spouses, family members, Gold Star family members, ACTIVE MILITARY and Veteran supporters are welcome to join us at our Veteran Coffee events. In addition to a full “flap jack” breakfast and our regular Veteran Coffee festivities, we are hosting a Reunion of Veteran participants, Guardians and Volunteers of the “Triad Honor Flight” program. There will be music by the Moravian Band and Erinn Dearth, Veteran support and benefits information, opportunities to send another Veteran to Washington DC and a morning of fun. Doors open at 8:00, the program begins at 9:00. Come early, have breakfast and get settled in for a meaningful morning. Please consider bringing a new un-wrapped toy or more to donate to the “Toys for Tots” program. If you have worn American Flags that need to be respectfully retired, please bring them with you. We encourage you to register to help us plan for food, but it is not required. Join us if you can and bring family members and/or a Veteran friend. REGISTRAION LINK https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/3y6zxn6/lp/6a947500-a7ae-4965-aba3-17cbcfb22cfa Logo Description automatically generated Don Timmons, Veteran & Community Engagement Manager dtimmons@veteransbridgehome.org Direct: 336 403-1964 www.veteransbridgehome.org December 4, 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY Veteran Crisis line: 988 Press 1 ---------------------------------- If you, or a Veteran you know, needs support of any kind, leave our Care Coordination Team a message at 866-425-8838 and you will receive a return call within 48-72 hours. Veterans Bridge Home is a proud member of the NCServes network of providers serving Veterans, service members, and their families with tailored, coordinated care across the Carolinas. www.veteransbridgehome.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Women Veterans, visit “Center for Women Veterans (CWV) - Veterans Affairs”. You can find information relevant to you and can register for the (CWV) newsletter. Please share this information and website link: Women Veterans Call Center – 855 829-6636 https://www.va.gov/womenvet -------------------------------------------------------------- ***Richard Childress Racing*** Veterans Coffee event at Richard Childress Racing Please share this information and bring a Family Member and/or a Veteran with you. Wednesday morning, December 11, 2024 Doors open at 8:00 am, arrive early enjoy breakfast and to get settled in. All Veterans, surviving spouses, family members, Gold Star family members, ACTIVE MILITARY and Veteran supporters are welcome to join us at our Veteran Coffee events. Join us for our Monthly Veterans Coffee at Richard Childress Racing, RCR Headquarters building 425 Industrial Dr. (Follow the “Veteran Event” signs). I will be there, along with the Richard Childress Racing and Veterans Bridge Home teams, for this very special morning. The Richard Childress Racing Museum will open for our attendees to visit at no charge after our meetings. There will be Veteran Resource organizations, including the VA, with us to provide information about benefits, support resources and activities available to Veterans and family members. Co-sponsored by Healthteam Advantage. As always these events are FREE. Please bring another Veteran, family member or friend with you. Join us if you are available. Special Request We are supporting “Toys for Tots” again this year. Please consider bringing new unwrapped toys to our RCR Veterans Coffee Event on December 11. They will be distributed by local Marine Corps League Detachments to Children in our area and Western North Carolina. ALL Veterans and Veteran supporters are welcome at our Veteran Coffee events. December 11 – Our Annual Holiday Veterans Coffee 2024. We will be hosting a Triad Honor Flight REUNION. If you have participated in the THF program as a Veteran, Guardian or Volunteer join us on December 11 for a FLAP JACK breakfast, information, comradery, and fun. As usual, please consider bringing toys for the “Toys for Tots” program. The Moravian Band will be warming us up with classic Holiday Music, Erinn Dearth will be with us singing and dancing! Proceeds from our (very special raffle) buy lots of tickets that morning will go to help fund a Veteran on the April 30 flight to Washington DC. If you have worn American Flags that need to be respectfully retired, please bring them with you. More information to follow. (Registration recommended but not required) REGISTRAION LINK https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/3y6zxn6/lp/6a947500-a7ae-4965-aba3-17cbcfb22cfa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There will be NO VBH Veterans Coffee event at Richard Childress Racing in January.