Gather the Troops!

"Stand Down Fall 2008"

NASA will sponsor the next Stand Down for Veterans on November 10 and 11, 2008 at YMCA Camp Algonquin, 1889 Cary Road, Algonquin, IL 60102.

This will be NASA Education's fifth semiannual, two-day Stand Down. At the Spring 2008 event, 227 newly discharged, displaced, disabled, homeless, unemployed, elderly and other veterans in need received services. We expect a record attendance at the next Stand Down! U.S Department of Labor's, Patrick Winfrey, Illinois Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, and McHenry County board member Mary Donner were keynote speakers at the Spring Stand Down.

The Stand Down for Veterans is an ambitious undertaking that takes many hands to produce, but it's a joyful one because the entire community pitches in to help our nation's heroes.

Services to be provided to the veterans include meals and accommodations for the two-day event at beautiful YMCA Camp Algonquin. Representatives will be on hand to assist with employment services, legal counseling, medical screenings and on-site registration for VA medical care, assistance in registering for VA benefits, DD214s and other programs, referrals for housing assistance and food vouchers, referrals for free dental and eye care. There will be information and applications for housing/vocational rehabilitation programs, information about community substance abuse, mental health and other programs, free haircuts, therapeutic massage, Healing Touch Therapy, a distribution of clothes, coats, new underwear, shoes and toiletry items, entertainment and more!

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For more information about NASA Education, contact Amy Johnson, Program Director, at 866-EDU-4YOU (866-338-4968) or send an email to Amy_Johnson@nasaeducation.org