VAST Texas

Our team was honored on TV! Special thank you to the amazing Patricia Acuna, Property Manager of Cloudbreak-Houston who honored our teams hard work by recognizing them at the Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Memorial service! With the exception of our godsend Chaplain Tom Kane these heroes have thrived living at Cloudbreak Houston. Celeste Aurore Martin , Author Jason Hruska

We were recognized on a National level! the magnificent National Coalition for Homeless Veterans D. C Conference for our work in Texas! Thank you to Karen Christian of Nchv Comm .
Cloud break Houston Brad Bridewell, Ralph Cooper is the Founder of the NCHV!

PDG Mark Roth donated a wheelchair to the deserving residents at Cloudbreak-Houston !!! Our Peer Mentor Celeste Aurore Martin received the gift for the Campus!

Amazing organization for Women veterans! They give you free business clothing , even shoes. The best part is you become part of their family.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Join us for the Kickoff on January 17th! Please email [email protected] to learn about the Women Veterans Program. . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Join us for the Kickoff on January 17th! Please email [email protected] to learn about the Women Veterans Program. . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

We celebrated Veterans Day at the Degeorge!! Congratulations to the City of Houston Dr Lashandra Jones who did a great job hosting and Hector R. Giron who got the food! Very deserving veterans got celebrated! our Nicole Rhyan Ofallin in full uniform accepted for the hospitalized veteran.

We delivered 350 veterans / non-veterans a television!

Special thank you to the Director of the VA Mental Health Dr Laura Marsh for donating this huge television to the Cloudbreak-Houston! The Cloudbreak staff loves and cares for their people. VAST Texas

We helped Cloudbreak-Houston and the VA save the life of a female veteran.!

The amazing Property Manager Patricia Acuña introduced us to a veteran who was going through a severe mental health crisis! We reached out to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Director of Mental Health Dr Laura Marsh, who got that veteran moved to a VA hospitalization within a day! People who care save lives! VAST Texas Cloudbreak Communities

Veterans in the Houston area, join us for our next orientation, on Wednesday, March 27, from 12-1pm. It is the first step to join our Veterans Program, which will give you access to a series of events, services, and classes to:
Feel camaraderie and connect
Find a network of support
Build professional relationships
Get connected to community resources
And get empowered!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/5n6mr3at

Please share the Michael e DeBakey free monthly food program!

The Oasis of Love foundation from Joel Osteen's church came out to Cloudbreak-Houston to serve our veterans with food boxes! This included meat, bread, milk, dog treats and cat treats as well. This included about 150 veterans or so. VAST Texas, Houston Montrose Lions Club.

Incarcerating veterans getting the help they need versus just punishment. The largest incarcerated veteran pod in the United States is the Harris County Brothers in Arms! Congratulations Heide Laser!

UHD criminal justice Crew threw them a pizza party for Veterans Day!! We were proud to attend! VAST Texas

I received two Congressional certificates from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Randy Weber yesterday! I was most proud to see Ann M. Henderson and her husband Jack, received Congressional thanks for their work at the Rainbow of Hope Texas ! Special thanks to the city of Houston's Dr LaShondra Jones for coming out to support our veteran community!! 💕👍🏾

It was so beautiful to see previously homeless and homeless veterans on a ranch fishing, playing with horses and enjoying some camaraderie over games like dominoes, and chess with Ann M. Henderson and the Rainbow of Hope Texas! VAST Texas 2-S2 Lions Events

We are excited to be parting with other Lions clubs from MD2-S4 and MD2-S2 to make this event a success! Congratulations to our VP Ann M. Henderson for opening up her ranch to 200 Veterans. May they see how amazing Rainbow of Hope Texas is!

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Today was my first opportunity to speak to the justice involved veterans @ 1201 Franklin Criminal Courts and it turned out a success. It was truly amazing being able to inspire change through my own lived experiences. As I travel down this journey of keeping our communities clean with @ XLR8 Pressure Washing Services, LLC and safe through @ VAST Texas and @ Combined Arms Christians Group, I ask that you all keep me in your prayers. God is leading and directing my life into being a blessing to other people while at the same time blessing me. For that, I am truly Grateful !

When a lot of hard work pays off with a Proclamation for the City of Houston!

VAST's work in the community is paying off! From Robert Green:

"After a long week of training for 8 hours a day, and a weekend with my head stuck in a book. I am proud to say that I have become a certified Mental Health Peer Specialist. I want to thank Valerie James with VAST Texas for embracing my change and helping assist me in reaching new heights. The effort and energy Valerie has put into helping my transformation has truly been remarkable. Through my own lived experiences I’m excited about all the lives we are about to CHANGE."

After a long week of training for 8 hours a day, and a weekend with my head stuck in a book. I am proud to say that I have become a certified Mental Health Peer Specialist. I want to thank Valerie James with VAST Texas for embracing my change and helping assist me in reaching new heights. The effort and energy Valerie has put into helping my transformation has truly been remarkable. Through my own lived experiences I’m excited about all the lives we are about to CHANGE.

Our VAST team taking the first step to becoming a state certified Mental Health Peer Specialist! Robert Green is just such a hero. We are too proud to have him on our team serving the veteran community.

Veteran Advocate Services and Training, with the help from the DeGeorge, and the Houston Lady Lions helped to save a woman's life today.
Veteran Advocates Services and Training got a call that a woman veteran is homeless on the street. I've lived homeless as a veteran and I knew the danger her life was in. I reached out to the Houston Lady Lions, the board voted to pay a night in the hotel for her. Today VAST did what we do best. We met the woman and got her permanently housed. She is pictured here holding my hand.
VAST and the DeGeorge, serve the veteran community, and thank God where there's a need, there's a Lion.

Wow VAST Texas , was able to get another homeless veteran family of the street today! Thank you to our Houston Lady Lions: Adele Green , and Ronetta who stayed up with me till 11 pm to pull together the resources. A special thanks to HLLC VP Pastor Michelle Sterns and her husband Apostle Reggie Sterns of Joseph House Community Outreach Center for providing some life saving food to a starving bunch of heroes.

Serving our community. Veteran Advocates Services & Training met with Inprint to formalize our collaboration for the mental health our creative writing project with the incarcerated veterans of the Harris County Stars & Stripes program. My heart broke when I found out that during COVID the veterans were isolated from humanity for 2 years. Can't wait to have them write their pain out for a healthy release.

Respect for those engaging in sober living during the Rodeo celebration! These amazing organizations have come together to create fun event with no alcohol. Feel free to share.

I have attended this event and you are promise a great time. Please get this out to veteran families. 💖

Plenty of free toys, food, fun for the whole family. Pictures with Santa, the grinch, door prizes and raffles and all at no cost to you.

Thanks to all the sponsors who made this possible! 💪

Well see y’all there! 🎅

Christmas for veteran children.
If you are a veteran, we have 20 slots for 12 and under children to go shopping tomorrow evening. Please register ASAP before these last 20 slots are gone. Thank you Ron Garmon

Veteran Advocates Service and Training received a Proclamation from the City of Houston. Special thank you to City Council Member Amy Peck and Mayor Sylvester Turner. I'm pictured with two of the reasons for VAST success. Our Chairman of the VAST Board Ryan Elkins and our Director of Marketing and Fundraising Amy Singletary. We are so honored to have you both as part of our mission to serve veterans.

Veteran Advocates Services & Training serves our veterans community by getting heroes housed from the streets or jail or getting us vital assistance with mental of sober health. We are so proud to be asked to give services to the heroes in the rural area of Cleveland Texas, were services are very limited.

VAST is sharing $20 an hour job opportunity to hire veterans. Here is the link and contact
Christine Corte
Recruiter, Veteran Staffing Network
P 301.920.9722
[email protected]
https://buff.ly/3dcoguU
VSN Job Board
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Come join us at City Hall as Houston recognizes VAST for supporting local veterans through extensive partnerships for needs such as housing, transportation, food, therapy, outreach, spiritual enrichment, and job preparation services. We would love to see you there!

Who: Open to the Public
Where: Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002
When: Tuesday, November 16th at 1:00 PM

No RSVP is needed for the event.