XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them. This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's. Thanks for taking to time to support our military!

Q and A - Post 911 Bill

The new post 9/11 G.I. Bill allows you to let your dependents use this benefit.

Student veterans struggle as they wait for GI Bill benefits

Jason Andrade, 35, is a senior in photojournalism at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He's still waiting after filing for GI Bill benefits in early May. Some struggling students may face eviction from their apartments, a Metro State official said. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/frontpage/ci_13510567#ixzz0ZhNXniNt

Veterans Affairs at the Subcommittee

GW student and Iraq war veteran Brian Hawthorne testified before Congress Thursday in front of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs at the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity's Education Roundtable.

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2009/12/07/News/President.Of.Gw.Veterans.Testifies.Before.Congress-3846657.shtml

Requesting Outside Opinions

Hello everyone,

I have been relatively quiet for awhile. I have been fisting the SOP manual for my transitional housing project. I have come to a point where I have a draft version that I thought would be excellent to introduce to you. If you have time and are interested I would greatly appreciate you viewing the document, answering a short feedback form and let me know how it looks.

I want to know how feels to Vets, the language of the SOP is purposely non-standard. It is 29 pages so it will eat up your print cartridges like no other, but i certainly look forward to any suggestions and opinions. I have a thicker skin than most so if it totally blows, let me know.

The link for the SOP Manual

The Link for the SOP Feedback form

Also if you would leave a comment below letting me know you have accepted this task it help my anxiety, thanks.

President Obama Launches Major Veterans Employment Initiative

A governmentwide Council on Veterans' Employment will be chaired by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. The order calls on each federal agency to establish a veterans employment program office designed to help veterans get through the maze of paperwork as they apply for positions in the federal work force and mandates that agencies train personnel specialists on veteran employment policies. [more]

via: whitehouse.gov

Projects

Thanks to all of you who are getting involved in projects, please keep up the good work and send in your project reports so we can get them logged, Mark

CWU veterans center now open to students

by Erin Snelgrove
Yakima Herald-Republic

ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- Student veterans now have access to a new Veterans Services Center at Central Washington University.

The center officially opened last week in Room 463 of the Psychology Building. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, CWU President James Gaudino, First Gentleman Mike Gregoire and John Lee, director of the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke on the center's importance. [More]

via: Yakima Herald