GCVF in the News Archives

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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 […]

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June 6, 2020

100 Years & Three Generations of Seabees Celebrate a Victory Over Veteran Homelessness

Coronavirus veterans, vehicles for veterans

Leading veteran organization now providing vehicles to get veterans back to work Camarillo, CA June 6, 2020 – U.S. Navy Seabees from the past and present, along with the County’s leading veteran services organization, will present a vehicle to a formerly homeless veteran, enabling him to rejoin the workforce and move his life forward. “Seabees” […]

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May 11, 2020

“Highest Risk” Homeless Veterans Placed in Emergency Housing

Mobile Veteran Outreach; coronavirus homeless; coronavirus homeless veterans

A.S.A.P. program brings County, State, United Way, private foundations, and individual donors together to get “hardest-to-engage” military veterans into safe isolation during pandemic CAMARILLO, CALIF. (PRWEB LINK) MAY 11, 2020 The region’s leading non-profit for veteran services and its partner agencies, have placed 20 of the highest risk military veterans into virus-safe shelter as part of […]

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December 21, 2019

L.A. Chargers and California Resource Corporation’s “Salute to Service” Organization of the Week: Gold Coast Veterans Foundation (GCVF)

Their programs were specifically designed to meet critically important needs that are often not addressed or integrated into existing large government systems. These un-met needs leave gaps in the quality and integrity of care for our veterans, which eventually lead to homelessness, untreated physical and mental illness, PTSD, substance abuse, and recidivism. Our core programs […]

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September 20, 2019

Every Good Dog Has Its Day

RIGHTFUL RECOGNITION—At right, Nancy Frawley, a representative from State Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin’s office, presents Rafael Stoneman, and his Alaskan malamute, Leo, with a certificate of recognition for their work with local homeless people during a ceremony at the Gold Coast Veterans Foundation in Camarillo on Sept. 12. Above, Dennis Murphy, chairman of the Gold Coast […]

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September 13, 2019

Giant Service Dog to Receive Mobility Surgery

Once-Rescued Dog Now Helps Rescue Homeless Veterans CAMARILLO, CA September 13, 2019 – A service dog with a specialized skill that can help save the life of a homeless military veteran will soon be getting a surgery, thanks to Gold Coast Veterans Foundation (GCVF). The 165 pound white Samoyed mix named Leo ventures into homeless […]

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September 6, 2019

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation Awarded $12,000 by the Disabled Veterans National Foundation

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation donors; Disabled Veterans National Foundation

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation in Camarillo has been awarded a $12,000 “force multiplier” grant to provide advanced training for GCVF’s Board of Directors in high-level fundraising by the Disabled Veterans National Foundation. “Our Board members hold executive positions at big companies in this area; many of us are in an ideal position to approach major […]

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June 6, 2019

Remembering Their Faces | Eight Local WWII Veterans Take Part in the California Veterans Portrait Project

There have been numerous books and movies made about D-Day, the Allied invasion into France and Germany, and the Pacific campaign and the dropping of the first atomic bomb. But hearing the stories personally, meeting the people who were part of this overall effort to conquer Germany and Japan, is a different experience. Until you […]

Category: GCVF in the News

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

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

Woodburn: Kindness by and for Two Military Vets

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

Dodgers Legend Vin Scully Lends a Voice to Homeless Veterans

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

From Serving our Country to Serving Those in Need

100 Years & Three Generations of Seabees Celebrate a Victory Over Veteran Homelessness

“Highest Risk” Homeless Veterans Placed in Emergency Housing

L.A. Chargers and California Resource Corporation’s “Salute to Service” Organization of the Week: Gold Coast Veterans Foundation (GCVF)

Every Good Dog Has Its Day

Giant Service Dog to Receive Mobility Surgery

Gold Coast Veterans Foundation Awarded $12,000 by the Disabled Veterans National Foundation

Remembering Their Faces | Eight Local WWII Veterans Take Part in the California Veterans Portrait Project

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