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Veterans’ Affairs

Featured Stories

Veterans’ Affairs: Restoring Homes Through Boots for Building

October 10, 2014

A ride home from a community building project meeting at La Salle University ended up being the chance of a lifetime for Kenneth Houston. When Maureen O’Connell dropped off the former marine at his Germantown home,

Featured Stories

Veterans’ Affairs: Leadership Boot Camp

October 9, 2014

The question “if not me, then who?” is central to a new program developed by the Travis Manion Foundation. In the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, 1st Lieutenant Travis Manion was killed when his group was

Center City

Veterans Affairs: The Philadelphia Guide to Veteran Resources

October 8, 2014

With so many organizations, figuring out whom to trust for help can be difficult for Philadelphia veterans. Some services will even come to veterans directly, like the mobile resource center based out of the Philadelphia

Social Issues

Veterans’ Affairs: Five Ways You Can Help Veterans Right Now

October 2, 2014

Servicemen returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last 13 years have made the needs of returning veterans more obvious to the public. Here are five organizations in Philadelphia that assist military veterans

Center City

Center City: The Veterans Advisory Commission, a One-stop Shop for Vets

September 23, 2014

On the door to Room 127 on the ground floor of City Hall, the “5 p.m.” closing time sign is peeling off. Scott Brown, director of the Veterans Advisory Commission, leads the agency established by

Poverty

Veterans’ Affairs: Helping Veterans Advocate For Themselves

September 19, 2014

Philadelphia Veterans House, located at the western edge of University City, is equipped with a porch deck large enough to fit four vets. The front yard is complete with a twenty-foot tall flagpole flying the

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