Oct 19, 2011 Meeting Invitation to the Napa and Solano County Collaborative for our Military and Their Families

Oct 19, 2011 Meeting
Invitation to the Napa and Solano County Collaborative for our Military and Their Families
Where:
Employment Development Department
320 Campus Lane
Fairfield, CA 94534

Wednesday October 19, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM PDT

Greetings!
You are invited to the Napa and Solano County Collaborative for our Military and Their Families meeting.

The Napa and Solano County Collaborative is an open forum promoting the exchange of information and resources for the care of military, veterans and families. We support building fully integrated partnerships of Federal, State, Local, and Community Services.

Please feel free to invite someone and to forward this invitation. We appreciate community support to get the word out for our Collaborative and expand our knowledge of veterans' services and resources in Napa and Solano County. Thank you for your help in spreading the word about this great networking opportunity.

Following our guest presentations, we invite all attending to briefly introduce their organizations, announce upcoming events, services, programs and resources. Please bring at least 30 business cards and brochures to offer to other attendees.

Lunch Provided

For questions or to RSVP, please email napasolanocollaborative@gmail.com or contact Lisa Rich at 707-260-9749

Sincerely,
Lisa Rich
Napa and Solano County Collaborative for our Military and Their Families
napasolanocollaborative@gmail.com
707-260-9749 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 707-260-9749

Upcoming Veterans Community Support Network Event

The next educational event planned for Sacramento is called, "Returning Home, from Combat to College and Beyond", to be held at Sacramento City College on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. This will be an all-day event to help educate, inform, and sensitize the educational community to the unique needs of veterans.
As our young men and women return home to higher education, their military training and experiences must be taken into consideration in the classrooms. VCSN, in partneship with Sacramento Valley's community colleges, has been participating in and assisting in organizing similar events since 2007. Particular focus will be on signature conditions of most recent wars: post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and suicide prevention.
These day-long conferences have already proven to be successful in drawing educators from community college and universities, public and private, from California and Nevada together to learn about the special needs of veterans. Target audiences include educators, families, community advocates, and other students who contribute substantially to the re-entry experiences of our returning veterans.
There is also encouragment for colleges to form Veterans Clubs and students to join them. These often prove to be the most effective support group returning veterans can find due to their accessability and connectedness with other veterans in the club. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in joining our all-volunteer group or participating with us in this event, please contact VCSN volunteer President and Co-Chair of the event, Jan Wald at 916 622-7360 or email waldj@saccounty.net. Thank you, we need community support from YOU!