GCVF in the News Archives - Gold Coast Veterans Foundation

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March 16, 2021

ABC News Solutions on Gold Coast Veterans Foundation

By Phillip Palmer, Anchor | ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) — The Gold Coast Veterans Foundation in Ventura County has an ambitious goal: to end homelessness and anything else that causes suffering to our vets. Founded in 2006 as a way for the 45,000 military veterans in Ventura County to learn about benefits all in […]

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March 15, 2021

VC Star: Ending Veterans Homelessness in Ventura County Is Goal of Planned ‘Veterans’ Village’

By Mike Harris, VC Star Reporter One of the Gold Coast Veterans Foundation’s many goals is a lofty one: to end veterans homelessness in Ventura County. Toward that end, the Camarillo-based nonprofit is planning a 20-acre “Veterans Village” in unincorporated Oak View. The complex will provide homeless vets with interim “bridge” housing such as huts […]

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March 9, 2021

CBS Los Angeles: On Your Side: Veteran’s Voices

Source: CBS Los Angeles from March 9, 2021

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March 5, 2021

KCLU NPR: South Coast Veterans Group Announces Plans To Build Village Focused On Helping Homeless Veterans

KCLU’s Lance Orozco looks at a non-profit veterans group in Ventura County with ambitious plans to build a village focused on helping homeless veterans. The pandemic has been rough on lots of us. But, for Army veteran Todd Gessel, it’s been especially tough. He lost his job, and housing, so the streets of Ventura County […]

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February 1, 2021

VC Star Veterans Column: Ventura County Veterans Lose Friend, But Legacy Still Burns

By Alexander G. Deraney, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) and GCVF “Mobile Veteran Outreach” Team Member President Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, implored the American people to increase their devotion to the cause for which our fallen servicemen gave the last full measure of devotion. Whether a member of our armed forces served in […]

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January 29, 2021

Woodburn: Kindness by and for Two Military Vets

By Woody Woodburn, VC Star Columnist Having a column is a lot like owning a pickup truck — friends are constantly asking for help moving a couch or bulky dresser, or suggesting a topic they “just know” will be moving to readers. My aging back does not miss my Datsun pickup. As for pitched column […]

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January 8, 2021

ACORN: County’s First Veterans’ Village in the Works

Community will give shelter, support to homeless vets By Brooke Stanley | brooke@theacorn.com Bob Harris, who’d recently lost his veteran father to the effects of post-traumatic stress, and Rafael Stoneman, a formerly homeless Army veteran, stood in Ojai Presbyterian Church and prayed. It was Dec. 8, 2019, and the two men, who both work at Gold […]

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December 31, 2020

Dodgers Legend Vin Scully Lends a Voice to Homeless Veterans

Vin Scully, Veterans Village, Vin Scully Veterans

Legendary announcer records narration on Christmas Eve to house homeless veterans At age 93, baseball legend Vin Scully completed an emergency recording session on Christmas Eve, to provide narration for a highly anticipated new veteran housing initiative. The game’s longest-serving announcer volunteered his instantly recognizable golden voice to introduce Gold Coast Veterans Foundation’s ground breaking […]

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November 23, 2020

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation Among 5 Organizations Awarded MB&T’s Michael Towbes Community Impact Grant

Santa Barbara, Calif. – Montecito Bank & Trust kicked off the holiday season on Monday November 23, 2020, with a special annual tradition and a new twist – a virtual Community Dividends celebration. Now in its 18th year, this unique giving program has granted a total of $18 million to local Santa Barbara and Ventura County […]

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November 9, 2020

From Serving our Country to Serving Those in Need

By Brooke Stanley | brooke@theacorn.com Rafael Stoneman has put 30,000 miles on his blue Toyota RAV4 in the past year. Yet, even with all that mileage, the 49-year-old Army veteran who travels with his 165-pound husky-malamute mix, Leo, is doing most of his driving in Ventura County. He spends much of his time looking for homeless […]