Mission Reports for Greenville, Spartanburg, and Tri-County Greenville We hosted a Veteran Coffee Meet-up on March 14 and April 11 at Grateful Brew from 8-9 a.m. We will continue to hold these events on the second Thursday of every month. No RSVP will be required. We hope to see you there! Aspen Dental provided free […]
On Friday, April 12, our Prisma Health-Upstate Fellow (I.E., in our year-long Fellowship program) and Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Theresa Totherow received a donated, mortgage-free home for her and her family from the Military Warriors Support Foundation. Military Warriors Support Foundation donated the house through their Homes4WoundedHeroes program, which they were able to do […]
On Wednesday, April 10, some of our Upstate Warrior Solution team went for a walk down Reedy River Falls Historic Park to check out the area for the UWS and Friends Lunch, which will be hosted by our Outdoor Adventure team on Wednesday, April 17. We met at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and walked […]
On Friday, March 15, community members and Stand Down leaders gathered at the USC Upstate University Readiness Center to provide a day of free services and resources to homeless veterans, veterans at risk of homelessness, and any veteran in need, as they defined their need. About the Stand Down The annual event is planned in […]
Mission Reports for Greenville, Spartanburg, and Tri-County Although February was a short month, we remained busy. Not only did we have 109 new warriors connect with us, but we resolved 107 warrior concerns. In addition to taking in new veterans and resolving their concerns, we participated or will participate in several events: Greenville We hosted […]
Vietnam Veteran Wilbur Ochiltree, Jr., who suffers from COPD due to his exposure to Agent Orange, connected with our Greenville Case Coordinator Janice Oliver through the VA. His house did not have hot water and had mold and rot from the roof leak. Because of the rot and mold, he used a sponge and a […]
On November 1, 2018, a few of our Upstate Warrior Solution (UWS) team had the honor of joining one of our Family Support Programs, Higher Ground Hikers (HGH), on their November trip to Sky Top Orchard in Flat Rock, NC. The group met in their usual spot, the parking lot of Walmart in Travelers […]
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We had the privilege to sit down and talk to Volunteer Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) Mentor Mindy Williams and one of the veterans she mentored. They told us about their military backgrounds, their perspectives of the Greenville VTC program, which was started five years ago by the 13th Circuit Court, serving Pickens and Greenville Counties, […]
On August 14, there was a check presentation for the money raised from the Annual Memorial Day Golf Tournament.
