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A $69 million affordable housing project for veterans is one step closer to reality in Ventura. Ventura Springs, a project comprised of 122 units for veterans on 9.68 acres, kicked off with a groundbreaking on Wednesday. The development, located on 10795 Cosmos Drive, with a cross street of Telephone Road, will have 120 units for low-income veterans and their [...]
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By Alexander G. Deraney, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) and GCVF “Mobile Veteran Outreach” Team Member Many are hopeful that 2022 will put the gray days of the previous two years in the rear view mirror. New antiviral COVID-19 pills show near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients. International supply chain […]
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By Vince Gangi, U.S. Air Force veteran and GCVF volunteer Here she comes: Ms. Veteran America 2021. What, Ms. Veteran America? Yes, Ms. Veteran America is a yearly event hosted by Final Salute Inc. to raise awareness for homeless women veterans. Final Salute Inc. is a nonprofit set up by retired Army Maj. Jaspen “Jas” Boothe in 2010 to […]
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By Laura Thomas – mom of an active-duty servicemember; wife, mother-in-law and sister of veterans; and GCVF volunteer When addressing the topic of veteran homelessness, former President Barack Obama referred to our obligation to take care of our nation’s veterans as a “moral imperative.” I believe this obligation is best fulfilled long before a veteran […]
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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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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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Source: CBS Los Angeles from March 9, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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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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By Vince Gangi, U.S. Air Force veteran and GCVF volunteer. “And the winner is…” Those are the words the 25 finalists in the Ms. Veteran America Competition had worked so hard over the past year to finally hear. Many of them wondered if all the efforts of fundraising, physical conditioning and speaking engagements had been […]
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