Veterans Bridge Home helps Veterans and their families successfully transition after military service through identifying their education, social, employment and healthcare needs by connecting them to available community, state and federal resources.

News

Carolina Panthers Charities DO GOOD by Announcing $35K in Micro-Grants for Charlotte Nonprofits

Veterans Bridge Home was one of the recipients of a micro-grant from the Panthers. Read the full article here.

Coronavirus Death Rate Among Veterans Continues to Climb

The fatality rate among Veterans Affairs patients continues to rise, with an significantly higher percentage of veterans stricken with the illness eventually succumbing to the disease then in the rest of the general public.

Read more from this  Military Times Article  or read a full report from the  Bob Woodruff Foundation .

Community Engagement

Volunteer Opportunity

If you are looking for a way to give back to the veteran community while you are home practicing social distancing, we have a volunteer event for you.

We are asking area veterans and volunteers to help conduct commo checks with the 7,000 veterans we have served in the past 10 years. Volunteers will be asked to make calls to these individuals and make sure they know we are still open and ready to help.

To sign up, please RSVP to one of our two online training sessions this week ( Wednesday at 12:30 and Thursday at 5:30). During those sessions we will discuss the opportunity, provide training, a script, and all materials you need. #VetsGiveBack!

Virtual Ballantyne Breakfast

We are moving our May Ballantyne Breakfast on l ine! Come meet fellow veterans, share resources, and community events on May 7th at 8:00 am!  Click here to RSVP.

Daily Instagram Lunch Break

Share your lunch break with VBH! Tune in to Instagram Live for daily updates from Steve and the team, interviews with local vets and VBH leaders. We will be hosting our Lunch Break live every weekday at noon. Check it out here and don't forget to follow us @VeteransBridgeHome

Monday - Employment with Paul Bill

Tuesday - Interviews with local vets and VBH leaders

Wednesday - Community Engagement with Randi Smith

Thursday - NC Serves with Patrick Hayes

Friday - Sit Rep with Steve Cole

Virtual Happy Hour

Grab a drink and tune in to our weekly happy hour! What better way to stay social while social distancing? Just RSVP here and tune in Friday at 5:00 to hang out with other Veterans in the area.

Morning Workouts

Have you ever wanted to join the Wednesday Workout crew, but didn't want to start at 5:15am or didn't want to drive to get there? Good news! The Monday and Wednesday Workouts will now be broadcast live via Zoom at 7am. Join for the fun, fellowship, and fitness. You can sign up here or follow this link directly to tune in.

Virtual Open House

Are you new to VBH and want to know more? We are hosting our first ever virtual open house! Join us Monday, May 11th from 12-1 pm to learn about our three pillars - Services, Employment & Community . We encourage any organization, business, or individual who wants to get more involved in our work to RSVP on our web calendar for the event.

April HeroCoin Recipient: Lani Pineda

This month's recipient is US Army Major Lani Pineda. She is an Army Flight Nurse who was recently stationed in Charlotte with duty at Atrium Health. Read more.

Veteran Services

VBH 2020 Impact Report

Total Families Served: 776

New Veteran or Families 469

Returning Veterans or Families 307

 

Total Service Episodes 1,494

New Service Episodes in 2020: 1,328

Ongoing Service Episodes Continued from 2019: 166

Top needs:

Housing: 443 total service episodes

Employment: 274 total service episodes

Social Enrichment: 266 total service episodes

Benefits Navigation: 113 total service episodes

Employment

Support VBH

We are Formula Air HVAC, we provide Heating and Cooling Service, Install and Maintenance for the Greater Charlotte area. We wanted to give back to our local veteran community, so we are raffling off a 2020 Honda Grom Motorcycle with the help of Team Charlotte Motorsports off Freedom Drive and donating the proceeds to Veteran Bridge Home! We also have 4 $25 Gift cards to Texas Road House that will be rewarded to the next 4 numbers drawn! Tickets are a $10 donation and we plan on raffling it off at the May 30th Drag Racing Event at the Mooresville Drag Strip! Donations may be accepted by email to [email protected] Email your Name, Address, Phone number, and Number of tickets and we will send an invoice for the donation that you can pay online or simply visit www.FormulaAirHVAC.com to donate.

Thank you!

Adam Langevin

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