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Grand Rapids Veteran Expo

Submitted 07-16-2014 under

The Grand Rapids Veteran Expo will be a "one-stop shop" for veterans and their families looking for information on employment and education opportunities, healthcare screenings, benefits counselors, recreation programs and other resources...

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Catalyst Radio: New organization helping veterans get their health care benefits

by (Catalyst Radio)

Submitted 07-12-2013 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this edition of Catalyst Radio, we learn about a new organization working to connect military veterans with their health care benefits. With Michigan...

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Honor and protect our military veterans

by (Until Love Is Equal)

Submitted 11-07-2011 under NONPROFITS

My name is Michael Tuffelmire and I served this country in Kosovo, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operational Enduring Freedom (OEF) as a Infantry Team Leader. As a United States military veteran you tend to bond quickly with other...

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Community Foundation Grants Help Veterans and Chronically Homeless People

by (GRCommFound)

Submitted 02-16-2011 under NONPROFITS

The Board of Trustees of Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently approved two grants. The Friends of Michigan Veterans Home, Inc. will receive a grant award for $35,000 to help provide live video feeds into the Grand Rapids Home for...

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Veterans Day - Wealthy Theatre style

by (wealthytheatre)

Submitted 11-08-2010 under NONPROFITS

We've always wanted to do something proper on Veterans Day at Wealthy Theatre - a tribute that honored Grand Rapids' active and retired military. But we never got it together in time. This year we connected with U.S. Veteran Michael Tuffelmire (a...

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American Legion Post 459

by (American Legion...)

Submitted 11-03-2009 under NONPROFITS

The date was January 1946. America was just coming out of World War II. The young men and women called to serve our country were either recently home or on their way back to see their loved ones. The Northeast side of Grand Rapids...

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