VVSD NewsThe latest news and information about VVSDSeptember 13, 2010 - Del Mar, Solana Beach Rotary Cools Down Stand Down The Del MarSolana Beach Rotary Club recently handed out over 6,000 bottles of chilled water at the "Rotary Water Tent" to veterans and volunteers at the Stand Down 2010 event. North County Times.September 10, 2010 - Vietnam Vet to Head SD County Veterans Court Organized by VVSD board member Steve Binder and longtime San Diego Superior Court Judge Roger W. Krauel, San Diego County's first veterans court will be up and running, probably in a few in months. Rick Rogers, North County Times. September 5, 2010 - VVSD Mentors Oroville Veterans Treatment Center The nonprofit Oroville Economic and Community Development Corp. that owns the treatment program has started work on Victory Village to treat veterans with substance abuse issues in Northern California. Oroville Mercury-Register. August 25, 2010 - Why So Many Homeless Vets in San Diego? Because of good weather and a high cost of living, San Diego has a lot of homeless people. There are 8,500 homeless people in the county and 35 percent of them (3,000) are veterans. The relatively high proportion of veterans among San Diego's homeless is probably due to our proximity to military bases. Dylan Mann, Voice of San Diego. August 4, 2010 - Thomas Jefferson School of Law at Stand Down 2010 Dan Hall stood before Superior Court Commissioner Adam Wertheimer, where Family Court was in session Friday July 16, on the handball court at San Diego High School - the site of the 23rd Annual Stand Down event for veterans, organized by Veterans Village of San Diego. July 29, 2010 - AmeriCorps Legal Fellows Serve Veterans in Stand Down Equal Justice Works staff and AmeriCorps Legal Fellows had the opportunity to serve in the Stand Down through the gracious invitation of Steve Binder of the San Diego Public Defender Office. Equal Justice Works. July 19, 2010 - Stand Down 2010 for Homeless Veterans Organizers say a record number of vets sought help this weekend, and those numbers were boosted by Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans. Jod Soderman, KUSI News. July 17, 2010 - Active Duty Service Members Help San Diego-Area Veterans During Stand Down 2010 Dozens of San Diego's homeless veterans got a helping hand from active duty service members July 16-18 during the Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) Stand Down 2010. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) James R. Evans, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West July 16, 2010 - Homeless Veterans Get Social Services At Stand Down Hundreds of homeless veterans are going to get help with medical care, counseling, food, clothing and other social services today as part of the annual three-day Stand Down at San Diego High School. Dwayne Brown & Nick Stoffel, KPBS Radio. July 16, 2010 - Addict and Stand Down Won a War His first year at Stand Down, the annual gathering of San Diegos homeless veterans, Kenneth Atkins was cornered by Marilyn Cornell. Your life is important, Cornell, one of Stand Downs leaders, told the heroin addict. This addiction is killing you. Pete Rowe, San Diego Union Tribune. July 16, 2010 - Stand Down for Homeless Veterans Begins The three-day event, hosted by Veterans Village of San Diego, is being held at San Diego High School's athletic fields, where more than dozen military-style tents will be erected to house and help the hundreds of homeless veterans who are expected to participate. San Diego City News Service. June 20, 2010 - Iraq War Veteran Shares Her Ordeal Of Living With Traumatic Brain Injury Story about Sage Byrd, an Iraq veteran and former VVSD resident who suffers from TBI. Alison St. John, KPBS. VVSD Receives $50,000 Donation On March 30, 2010 the Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) announced that it would donate $50,000 to the Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD) to help fund their employment and training programs offered to homeless veterans in the San Diego area. VVSD is the only program of its kind in the United States and is nationally recognized as the leader in serving homeless military veterans. Learn more Jan. 30, 2010 - VVSD Residents Graduate - Offered Jobs Bayer HealthCare Donates $56,000 to Keep Veterans Winter Shelter Open  Veterans Village of San Diego received a very generous donation of $56,000 from Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, which will be used to keep our Veterans Winter Shelter open through the end of March. Last December, we kicked off the "Vets Out of the Cold" fundraising campaign because VVSD needed to raise at least $56,000 to keep the shelter going.
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