Family Through Service

Veterans2Veterans Group hosted its second Flag Retirement of 2023 at The Wayside Inn & Restaurant, Bethlehem, NH. We were assisted by members of our Board of Directors, V2VG Volunteers, the local community, the Honorary Junior President of the Auxiliary American Legion, Post 22- Sadie Mullen and a representative of our local United States Army Recruitment Office- SSG Dorhman. We retired over two hundred American flags including a massive 25’x40’ flag which was rescued from from the landfill by NCES employees and Operations Manager Bruce Grover.

Chuck and Eric interview John Kimball, a USMC Veteran of the Korean War, Part 1.

Featuring the WMRHS JROTC "Spartan Battalion" and the Civil Air Patrol, Mt. Washington Squadron.

Nancy MacKay called us out for our extensive use of….sentence enhancers…ok..swearing. So…..we decided to establish a Swear Jar lovingly called our *Nancy Can. Every year we will cash out this jar and donate the…monies….to a charity decided upon by our Board of Directors and, of course, Mrs. MacKay.

Chuck and Eric interview Heaven who used to work at Project New Hope, VT and she tells us how, and why, they shut down so abruptly leaving their employees, volunteers, and the veteran families they served, out in the cold with no notice.

Yeah, even the helpers need assistance from time to time and we need to swallow OUR pride and ask for help when we need it. It's not always easy to follow our own advice, but in the end, we want to be sure that we don't ask folks to do anything we won't or, indeed, haven't done, ourselves.

V2VG's Intern Patrick interviews Heaven Lee of Project New Hope, VT about what they do, who they are, and WHY they are....also, at the very end of the video there are turn-by-turn directions on how to get to the location from 91S off of Exit 11.

Our exit interview with V2VG's first intern, Patrick McNail.

Chuck, Eric, and our Red-Headed Intern Patrick discuss some presidential...shall we call them....gaffs? Yes we chose both sides of the aisle.

Chuck and Eric on the way back from Project New Hope, VT Office after picking up food and supplies for eight (8) veteran families. To contact the PNH office in Vermont you may call and speak with Tiffany or Heaven at 802-431-0936 PLEASE CALL PRIOR TO ARRIVING!!! DIRECTIONS: (VERY near the WRJ, VT Veterans Affairs Medical Hospital) Project New Hope 222 Holiday Drive, Suite 7&9 White River Junction, VT 05001 (at the Junction of I-89 and I-91) However you need to go through TWO Roundabouts, or Rotaries, (Traffic Circles) and the road is on the right. Once you go down Holiday Drive you will see a black iron barred facility on your right, that's a secure Naval Facility, the plaza they are in is locate across from there. Once you get to the main plaza drive, you will see a flag and multiple buildings, (same red brick style) turn left into plaza and go to second set of buildings. Look for building 222, it is marked. They have a very small sign on the main entrance. Once you go through the front door you will see a closed metal door, go through that and there will be a hallway and just go straight, they are down there on the Left and Right. PLEASE CALL BEFORE SHOWING UP to confirm they are on site!!

Chuck and Eric talk about.....umm...stuff whilst driving....audio is muffled a bit, yes I forgot the lapel mics, again, but it's ok I suppose. It's a short video, maybe you'll find something interesting, maybe not. Who knows. Join our conversation!

Chuck and Eric discuss their thoughts on a potential V2VG Adjacent Thrift Store, their potential Claims Agent status, continued discussion on a Job vs. Mission, and a long conversation about firearms and self-defense.

WARNING...we may have used some foul language...((shrug)). Anyway, Chuck and Eric discuss the recent developments out of the Canadian Veteran Affairs, (VAC) where a VAC Call Center Employee gave some....."advice" to a Canadian Veteran that wasn't well received and more. for a more....interesting take on the issue please see Angry Cops at... https://youtu.be/AZq7FdkugXQ

Chuck and Eric discuss the "I'm better than you." guy we ran into as well as the IRS situation and general federal overreach that looks like is going on currently.

Held at Remich Park (Gazebo) in beautiful Littleton, New Hampshire. Chuck Bradley, Vice President- Master of Ceremonies Eric McNail, President- On the grill We would like to thank everyone who showed up to celebrate with us and, of course we’d like to congratulate our Award Winners and Honorable Mentions: Costello Award of Perseverance- David Andreesen Costello Award of Perseverance- Anonymous Survivor Grayson Award of Community Service- Anonymous Awardee V2VG Benefactor Award- Casella Waste Systems, Bethlehem NCES Division Honorable Mentions: Remich Park Staff- Caitlin Leverone Littleton Transfer Station, Eric Hometown Eye Care, Angel Emerson Boy Scout Troop 631, Bill Kaigle & Doran Metzger American Legion Post 22 (Riders), Lesia Vorachak Littleton Co-Op, Becky Colpitts Vintage Market in the Mountains, Sean Gawlik Littleton & Franconia Police Department Staff, Jamie Allaire Youth Volunteer Certificates: Andrew Ochs Cameron Metzger Collin Metzger Parker Cornell Alaina Cornell Sadie Mullen

Chuck and Eric interview the Karen and Cathy from Stable Connections about the organization, what it does and whom it serves.

What about video games is a draw for veterans and many of those who've been exposed to significant trauma.

Chuck and Eric discuss old-time favorite cartoons and more.

In support of our friends at Vouchers for Veterans.

A PDF Movie Presentation of V2VG for 2022.

Chuck and Eric discuss speak about the apparent inability of the general public to find common ground on the Abortion issue and why it's so vital to do so.

Chuck and Eric discuss some Logical Fallacies that folks use when arguing a Hot Topic, (Abortion, 2nd Amendment, Hate Speech and so on...)