Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Veteran's Day is Approaching

As many of you know, Veterans Day is approaching. We have added a new temporary page to the site that has a list of various activities and of course places offering free meals for veterans. The list will be updated as needed.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Updated Webpage

If you have not noticed, the webpage has changed. We recently added some features to the page. First off there is now a Volunteer Tutoring page where you can sign up to be a tutor or find people willing to tutor for various courses. Second, there is new information under the links page to include links to Ohio unemployment, the Ohio Veterans Bonus site, and Show Your Stripes for job searches to name a few. Lastly we added a pictures page so you can see the different things we do. Plans for the future is another page for for signing up for volunteer and fundraising events and possible RSVP for events that require a head count via the website.

This is in an effort to centralize all information into one place. The calendar is up to date through November, but is always being updated. If you have any ideas, please email them to us here, and please put "webpage ideas" in the subject line.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Updates on Upcoming Events

Good Afternoon Everyone;

Vets 4 Vets has been busy working on a few different projects. We are currently working on two different service projects, a fundraiser, and as always working to improve the lifestyle of Student Veterans at The Ohio State University.

The first is volunteering with the Honor Flight of Columbus for their reunion. We are also working with Toys 4 Tots by setting up collections for their campaign this year. While helping others, we cannot forget about ourselves, if we cannot operate, then how can we help others?

So to keep Vets 4 Vets going, we are having a fundraiser by having volunteers work at the Highball Halloween Party here in Columbus, Ohio. We will be selling wrist bands and raffle tickets, for doing this our volunteers will earn around $10 an hour for Vets 4 Vets.

Between volunteering, fundraising, and homework we need to unwind too. For unwinding we are having a tailgating event for the Columbus Crew Game on Sunday October 27th. It’s time to have a few cold drinks and a great time while we cheer on the Crew. Tickets for this are $15 with the group discount.

After being all over Columbus, we need to come back to campus. The Officers of Vets 4 Vets are working hard to improve the quality of life for the Student Vets at The Ohio State University. We currently have an appointment with the President and General Manager of Campus Parc to see how we can improve on parking for Veterans. We are also working diligently on getting the requested items for the Veterans Lounge, and with the Veteran Ambassadors on how OSU can improve.

If you have any ideas, want to stay up to date, or see out not so beautiful faces, out next Vets 4 Vets meeting is Monday October 21st at 6:00 PM (18:00 for the motivators) in the Veteran’s Lounge (Smith Labs room 1132). Stop by and say hello if you are in the area.