Breaking ground on a new kind of gathering place for veterans in Minneapolis If there s a message from Every Third Saturday s new headquarters near the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, it is this: There still is hope. July 21, 2021 6:39pm Text size Copy shortlink:
When he s working with homeless or struggling military veterans at his Minneapolis nonprofit, Every Third Saturday, there s a phrase Tom McKenna uses often. That phrase is lethal absence of hope. It was coined by a Los Angeles priest who works with former gang members, and it is exactly what McKenna wants these veterans to avoid. That s where suicide occurs when there s nothing left and you have no hope, said McKenna, himself a Marine Corps veteran who has struggled with addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder from his time in the military. If you re on the street, you may not have had a shower for a few days. You may not have a change of c
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Grossmont College breaks ground on Science and Technology building project
Grossmont College
With the turning of shovels at a groundbreaking ceremony on May 13, 2021 construction has officially begun at Grossmont College on the second phase of a science, math and career technology complex, which will also house a new Veterans Resource Center.
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EL CAJON, Calif. (CNS) - Grossmont College broke ground Thursday on the second phase of a $36.2 million science, math and career technology complex, which will house a new Veterans Resource Center.
The project will expand classroom, lab and office spaces for programs including physical geography and oceanography, human geography and social sciences, math and geology.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Grossmont College broke ground Thursday on the second phase of a $36.2 million science, math and career technology complex, which will house a new Veterans Resource Center.
The project will expand classroom, lab and office spaces for programs including physical geography and oceanography, human geography and social sciences, math and geology.
Governing Board President Brad Monroe thanked East County taxpayers for supporting Proposition V, the 2012 bond measure financing the new building and other construction and renovation projects at Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges.
“This building will demonstrate to the community that their investment in our college district through the passage of Proposition V was well spent,” he said. “This building will serve tens of thousands of students in the years to come.”
Unclaimed veterans honored in a long overdue military burial
VIDEO: Unclaimed veterans honored in long overdue military burial By Vania Patino | May 6, 2021 at 10:23 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 12:35 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - On Thursday, community members from across the Panhandle came together to honor eight veterans from the Amarillo area whoâs remains were never claimed.
But despite there being no next of kin to notify, the veteran community stepped in to claim them as their family.
Still across the country there are thousands of veterans who every day die alone, whoâs ashes are often forgotten in a hospitalâs basement or nursing homeâs shelf.