Tag: veterans
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Poetry Heals helps people find personal words for trauma, homelessness and pandemic stress
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The pandemic has been a time of stress for people everywhere. And Poetry Heals has reached out with ways for people to express in writing how they’re feeling, for them to know that’s OK. During this time of uncertainty and fear, the trauma- therapy nonprofit…
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NEWS | Seniors at Aurora long-term care facility receive COVID-19 vaccine
Residents of the Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons in Aurora, Colorado were among the first seniors in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. (Video by David Mullen)
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Fallen veterans to be honored across El Paso County in scaled-back Wreaths Across America events
More than 9,000 veterans interred in cemeteries across El Paso County will be commemorated by volunteers and community organizations in scaled-back wreath-laying ceremonies Saturday. It is part of the annual National Wreaths Across America Day, which each December coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and at more than 2,100 locations nationwide, at sea and…
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Fallen veterans to be honored across El Paso County in scaled-back Wreaths Across America events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 9,000 veterans interred in cemeteries across El Paso County will be commemorated by volunteers and community organizations in scaled-back wreath-laying ceremonies Saturday. It is part of the annual National Wreaths Across America Day, which each December coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery…
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Bingo World: Military Order of the Purple Heart
A glimpse inside Bingo World, a Colorado Springs bingo hall hosting games every Wednesday ran by The Military Order of the Purple Heart veterans. (Video by Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Jobs training bill for veterans supported by Bennet, Gardner passes committee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill that would establish a training program for veterans entering careers in the energy industry passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner were co-sponsors of the Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act.…
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Jobs training bill for veterans supported by Bennet, Gardner passes committee
A bill that would establish a training program for veterans entering careers in the energy industry passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner were co-sponsors of the Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act. The primary sponsor, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is a…
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Colorado’s Crow to lead sunrise run for proposed military memorial
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Rep. Jason Crow will join fellow Congressman Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., to lead a run on the National Mall, raising awareness for a proposed new military memorial. Crow and Gallagher, both veterans, introduced the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act earlier this week, authorizing…
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Colorado’s Crow to lead sunrise run for proposed military memorial
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow will join fellow Congressman Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., to lead a run on the National Mall, raising awareness for a proposed new military memorial. Crow and Gallagher, both veterans, introduced the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act earlier this week, authorizing three possible locations in Washington, D.C., for the location of…