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Governor Launches Campaign to End Veteran Homelessness

The veteran's housing initiative will include the largest, targeted investment to address veteran homelessness in state history.

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Market 32 Announces Results of Disabled American Veterans Fundraising Campaign

Price Chopper/Market 32 kicked off the fundraiser with a $10,000 donation and, combined with customer donations, raised $76,471 to go directly to DAV.

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Kiwanis Park of Honor Concludes for 2023

This year, about 300 were sold totaling $2,500 in scholarships. Janey said the students receive a Good Citizenship Award of $500 that can be used at their discretion.

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Kiwanis Club Unveils 2023 Park of Honor

The Park of Honor had its opening ceremony on Saturday. More than 100 flags were sold, totaling over $2,500 raised for scholarships that support children and grandchildren of veterans.

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Northern Berkshire Veterans Food Pantry In Need of Donations

Northern Berkshire Veterans Agent Stephen Roy said the veterans food pantry is in short supply with an increased need in the community.

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Pittsfield Holds First POW/MIA Ceremony

The inaugural ceremony was held by the Charles Persip American Legion Post 68 on National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

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Executive Office of Veterans Services Announces Statewide Logo Redesign Contest

These changes call for a logo rebranding effort to match a new vision, mission, and set of core values. As a result, the Executive Office is seeking input from the public.

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Governor Establishes Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services

The Council will complement the work that Secretary Santiago and the recently elevated Executive Office of Veterans Services are doing to assess current programs, services, and regulations for veterans and make recommendations to the Governor.

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Abbott Memorial Raises Money for Veterans Food Pantry

The Abbott Memorial School community raised $808.08 through its Penny Delay Day.

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Governor Establishes New Executive Office of Veterans' Services

Former state representative and US Army Reserve Major Dr. Jon Santiago of Boston was sworn in as the Massachusetts' first Secretary of the new Executive Office of Veterans' Services (EOVS).

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Northern Berkshire Veteran Services Holds March Food Drive

The pantry is in need of potato chips, nacho chips, popcorn, crackers, granola bars, mixed nuts, jerky, dried fruit, protein bars, water, Gatorade, tea, coffee, nonperishable cheeses, cookies, dishwasher detergent, and laundry detergent.

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Governor Makes Appointments to the Veterans' Homes Council

The Council is an advisory body that makes recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans' Services to ensure the health, well-being, and safety of residents of state-operated Veterans' Homes and access to equitable, high quality, and competent care for veterans across the Commonwealth.

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American Legion Post 125 Honors the Four Chaplains

The ceremony is held throughout the nation around Feb. 3. This is the first time it has been held in Western Massachusetts, said Kevin Hamel, assistant state chaplain with the American Legion.

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Market 32 Campaign Raises $70Kfor Disabled American Veterans

$70,400 was raised to directly benefit veterans and their families.

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Small Business Administration Offers Veteran Certification Program

The improvements in the customer experience for Veteran entrepreneurs and business owners made by VetCert will build upon the $25 billion in government contract spending with service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) in Fiscal Year 2021.

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Soldier On Receives Boost From Haddad Toyota

On Friday, Haddad Toyota presented the organization with a $10,000 matching check that accompanied a Veterans Day fundraiser. For the month of November, a portion of every car sale was donated to Soldier On.

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Adams Fall Run Gives Back to Vets, Volunteers

Three months after nearly 300 motorcycles rode through town for the annual Adams Fall Run, the organizers are giving back to the veterans who helped make the event possible.

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Pittsfield Veterans Mark 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack

The attack claimed the lives of more than 2,400 Americans including two Pittsfield residents: Petty Officer 3rd Class Roman Sadlowski and Army Air Forces 1st Sgt. Edward Burns.

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Price Chopper/Market 32 Campaign to Support Disabled Veterans

From Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, Price Chopper/Market 32 customers will be given the opportunity to round up their change at checkout, 100 percent of which will go directly to DAV.

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Hoosac Valley Middle and High School Celebrates Veterans

Students at Hoosac Valley Middle and High School filled the halls Thursday afternoon to welcome local veterans to a Halls of Honor event to mark Veterans Day.

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Pittsfield Park of Honor Continues to Remember Veterans

The Park of Honor had its opening ceremony on Saturday. In the Kiwanis Club of Pittsfield's annual fundraiser, flags are purchased in honor of local veterans to raise money for scholarships that support children and grandchildren of veterans.

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21 Years Later, Veterans Mark 9/11 at Pittsfield Monument

On the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, local veterans gathered around the city's Iraq and Afghanistan War Memorial to honor the "true one percenters" who answered the call to fight for their country in a time of great need.

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Tribute to Fallen Soliders Honors Michael DeMarsico II

The Police Department escorted Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Northwest, which travels across the country to honor veterans, to Southview Cemetery on Wednesday morning in memory of Army Spc. Michael R. DeMarsico II.

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North Adams Hosts Veterans Summer Barbecue Friday

Any and all veterans can attend the barbeque that is hosted by Veterans Agent Stephen Roy's Office.

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Soldier On Kitchen Staff Worked Through Pandemic to Feed the Hungry

This work is all done by a handful of veterans who have found their passion in the kitchen, including Jeremy Gemmer and Ben Hamilton, who was featured in iBerkshire's Veteran Spotlight last year.