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Honor with a Tribute

Honor with a Tribute

Our planning for Veterans Day Weekend is well under way. What are your plans to honor the service of our veterans?Beginning 11 November, and throughout the holiday weekend, Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services will be participating in events across Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, and communities in many other states. Our team members will be serving as speakers, volunteers, guests, vocal advocates, hosting families and friends in our homes, and making donations. In other words, our team members will be honoring those who served – with tributes.Veterans Day Weekend is when we kick off our annual end of year giving campaign. This campaign provides people with a way to recognize the service of a veteran. Honor them with a tribute by making a memorial or honorary tribute.  It will make you feel good and have an impact by making the lives of veterans and their families better.

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Welcome Eileen Greenlay, Manager, Donor Relations & Grants

Welcome Eileen Greenlay, Manager, Donor Relations & Grants

Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services welcomes a new member of our team. Eileen Greenlay, Manager of Donor Relations and Grants, brings a wealth of experience in resource development and a dogged determination in ensuring Dixon Center’s ability to make the lives of veterans and their families better.   As the needs of veterans and their families continue to evolve, Eileen realizes that the resources required to support our work continues to evolve as well. 

Eileen is focusing on seeking additional resources and new partners. Her background and focus on donor relations will have an immediate impact on our work. At Dixon Center, we always work on reinforcing success, Eileen will allow us to do this.When asked how she felt about joining the team, Eileen said, “I am very excited to be a part of the passionate and talented team at Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services. The work and mission of this organization deeply resonates with me as I want every veteran and their family members to rightfully achieve their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. They have so much to offer, and we have so much to learn from them. It will be an honor to show the men and women who have served, or are currently serving, and their families how much we appreciate them.”  If your organization is interested in positively impacting our Nation’s veterans and their families, please consider discussing a long-term relationship with Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services by contacting Eileen at egreenlay@dioxncenter.org.

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One Year Later Summit Attendees Continue Commitment

One Year Later Summit Attendees Continue Commitment

One year ago, our team planned and convened a 3-day intense and immersive Vision Summit. The event was designed to inform over 100 influencers, leaders, and major donors that desired to learn more of Dixon Center’s work and plans for expanded operations over the next 5 years.  Today, we celebrate the success of those efforts, Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services increased access to resources and strengthened our financial position ensuring our continued presence as a national organization with staying power. These influencers, leaders, and major donors have shared their experience and knowledge with like-minded friends and colleagues continuing to grow our vast network of support.  Would you like to join and our supporters?  Your generous, tax deductible donation to Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services is simple and quick.  Most importantly it is making a positive difference in the lives of veterans and their families. These generous donors didn’t just make an investment. They are having an impact. And again, thank you to our nearly 2,000 donors.  

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Donate for a Duffle Bag

Donate for a Duffle Bag

Donate $250 or more and receive our popular Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Duffle Bag. Limited supply but there is still time if you act quickly! Your generous donation will assist us in creating positive outcomes for Veterans and Military Families across the Nation.  Visit our donate page, or scan the QR code to give. You can also contact Vanessa Stergios at vstergious@dixoncenter.org for more information. 

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Addressing Basic Needs

Addressing Basic Needs

Recently Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services, and several of our command council members and veteran advocates were honored to join Soldier On in Pittsfield, MA to visit the Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community.Soldier On is one of our partner organizations addressing the basic needs of veterans.

Basic needs are a minimal list of elements that people need to fulfill basic requirements and achieve a decent life. Typically, the list includes housing, basic commodities, such as food, clothing, and shelter, as well as essential services, such as access to drinking water, to sanitation, to education, to healthcare facilities, and to public transportation. We are focused on support for food security, safe housing, public health, and crisis relief.

For the past 10 years we have been working with Soldier On to help build capacity, share resources, and promote their work, so together, we can enable veterans and their families into a secure, safe and permanent home of their own. Not just a dwelling place, but a home in a community that values their potential.Thanks to all our partners for their commitment to those touched by military service.  

 

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Laying a Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery

Laying a Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery

Last week, Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services was honored to join the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The invitation came from Frank Christensen, General President of the IUEC, who has been a friend for many years with his emphasis and leadership in veteran economic empowerment.

It was a special invitation because Frank knows how much respect we have for that space. He knew we would be proud to lay a wreath on behalf of the people with whom we served and for whom we now serve. For years, we have wandered the sacred paths of Arlington National Cemetery. It is our destination for peaceful reflection and solace. Stepping through the gates to these hallowed grounds gives us a feeling of comfort.

After the wreath laying, we spent the next few hours visiting Sections 7,13,15E, 30, 31,45, and 60. These sections are in very different parts of Arlington, allowing opportunity to reflect on the lives of those interned on our route.

Arlington is a special place for us, and being asked to join friends in a wreath laying at the Tomb is an honor. Standing at the top of the steps waiting for the ceremony, spending the day walking through the grounds and visiting specific graves, our thoughts and stories turn to all those who serve. Those thoughts turn to specific reflections shared with the nearly 20 family and friends who accompanied us.

These reflections include:

  • Inspiring Others to Action
  • Individual and Team Success
  • Leading by Example
  • Relationships and Trust
  • Indirect Versus Direct Leadership
  • Decisions-Making

Thanks to all of them for their leadership and to the IUEC for their commitment to those touched by military service.

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Fun Ways to Contribute to Our Mission

Fun Ways to Contribute to Our Mission

Together, we are Reaching America.  That isn’t just our tagline, it is a fact.  Every dollar that supports our work was donated by American patriots like you. Donations and support come in all shapes and sizes.  This coming weekend, September 17, our friends from the Great Falls, Virginia Rotary are hostingthe “Sean Plunkett Memorial Bocci Tournament” with proceeds benefiting our work at Dixon Center for Military and Veteran Services. This event is a family-friendly, ten-team bocci tournament and an offers an afternoon of fun enjoying the tournament, listening to music, and supporting Great Falls Rotary and Dixon Center. The event is on the 17th of September, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., on the Village Green in Great Falls, Virginia. The tournament honors the former memory of Great Falls Rotary Club President, Sean Plunkett. If you would you like to host an event benefiting Dixon Center for Military and Veteran Services  contact Vanessa Stergios, our Director of Development at vstergios@dixoncenter.org to learn more. 

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Remember Not to Forget

Remember Not to Forget

The world changed after the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001.  Many of our service members and their families saw their realities swept away with the attack.  The era of routine deployments and a reasonably predictable battle rhythm was destroyed and replaced by two decades of intense sacrifice and chaos both on deployment and on the Homefront.

Today, many of our service members were not even born when 9/11 occurred.  They still live in the environment brought forth from the attacks but for many it is a memory shared digitally through news stories every anniversary of the attack. Do you remember where you were on that awful day?

Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services asks you to remember. Remember that day and the actions taken by our brave men and women to counter that threat and ensure that our nation was protected. Our military and first responders amazed the world by their actions and dedication and continue to do so today.
 
Challenges remain for some of our veterans and family members that struggle with their reintegration into local communities after exposure to the vileness of warfare. Dixon Center works with organizations that provide services in these communities to address the unique challenges facing these veterans and their families.
 
If you would like to learn more about Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services work with organizations assisting Post 9/11 veterans and their families contact our President, Col. Duncan Milne, USMC(Ret.) at dmilne@dixoncenter.org.

 

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Heal with Honor Update

Heal with Honor Update

An Update on how Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services is helping Veterans and their Families Heal with Honor.On August 10, 2022, 5 million veterans became eligible for benefits and increased services from the VA when the PACT (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics) Act was signed into law.

This is what it means to impact the lives of veterans and their families and is but one example of Dixon Center’s work under our focus area, Heal with Honor—developing solutions that focus on the eight dimensions of wellness: mental, physical, social, environmental, occupational, spiritual, intellectual, and financial; ensuring that veterans and their families not only survive, but thrive.

In recent months, along with working with other partners in passing groundbreaking legislation, like the PACT Act, Dixon Center: has placed a spotlight on the importance of wellness during the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s GotYour6 Summit in New York City; led a convening of organizations who are partnering with Easterseals Greater Houston in delivering wellness services to veterans and their families throughout southeastern Texas; successfully advocated for keeping open a vital VA medical center in western Massachusetts; and assisted organizations develop proposals to Mission Daybreak, the VA’s program to develop suicide prevention solutions that meet the diverse needs of veterans.

Our emphasis is on the positive. We are working with organizations able to support veterans heal with honor. We partner with local and national organizations to help them find and focus on the overall well-being of veterans and their families. We help them develop programs that work, making them even more impactful.Deploying influence, ideas, and actions, we assist those organizations scale their impact and ensure that the right services reach veterans and their families at the right time.To learn more about increasing impact and assisting veterans Heal with Honor, please contact Colonel (Ret.) Sam Whitehurst, VP, Programs & Services, at swhitehurst@dixoncenter.org.

 

Photo One: Rosie Torres, Burn Pits 360, at a press conference supporting veterans exposed to burn pits.

Photo Two: COL (R) Sam Whitehurst, Dixon Center, at the GY6 Summit.

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Working Together for Our Veterans

Working Together for Our Veterans

At Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services we work with thousands of organizations and individuals nationwide who assist with our noble purpose of making the lives of our veterans and their families better.
 
One of the most impactful organizations we work with is our very own, The Fedcap Group, and its array of top-tier nonprofit agencies dedicated to advancing the economic well-being of people with barriers. Dixon Center works every day with the companies of The Fedcap Group to help them integrate veterans and their families into their vast offering of capabilities focused on knocking down economic barriers.

Just recently we focused efforts on helping Fedcap Serving Maine stand up their new organization, Veterans Forward, an organization designed to provide critical assistance to create a sustainable future for Maine’s veterans, service members and their families.
 
Dixon Center continues to work with Community Work Services to assist in the integration of veterans of the Boston area into their programs so that veterans may gain a level of economic security and opportunity.
 
These are just a few examples of how Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services works across The Fedcap Group to ensure that veterans and their families can succeed in the communities where they live.  If you would like to learn more about our work within The Fedcap Group or with other organizations across the nation, contact our President, Retired Marine Colonel, Duncan S. Milne at dmilne@dixoncenter.org.

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