Heroes to Hometown on March 3

From American Legion member John Donohue: On Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m. the , Post No. 274, of Peekskill will host a community meeting bringing individuals of all aspects of our community to discuss “Heroes to Hometowns,” a program designed to welcome home service members who are severely injured. In creating a positive transition home, “Heroes to Hometowns” inspires community pride and establishes a support network for service members and their families so they can live productive lives.

is a community based program and we are requesting that you and other members of the community come to the meeting on March 3, 2012, at 1:00 PM at our building at 936 McKinley St., Peekskill, NY, and help us with this program to just say thank you to those who have given so much for us.

We need the input of our business community, our religious community, as well as service and government groups to make “Heroes to Hometowns” the success in our area we know it can be. Many “Heroes to Hometowns” programs are working across the country providing our veterans the welcome they deserve.
If you or your group will attend, please contact either the Post at 914-788-5697 or John Donohue at donohueno1@gmail.com.

More information on Heroes to Hometowns

Heroes to Hometowns (H2H) is designed to welcome home service members who, because of injuries sustained, can no longer serve in the military. H2H establishes a support network and coordinates resources for severely injured service members returning home. To request assistance, please fill out the Heroes to Hometowns Assistance Request Form.

The American public's strong support for our troops is especially evident in their willingness to help service members who are severely injured in the war, and their ever-supportive families, as they transition from the hospital environment and return to civilian life. Heroes to Hometowns is a program that focuses on reintegration back home, with networks established at the national, state, and local levels to better identify the extraordinary needs of returning families before they return home and to work with local communities to coordinate government and non-government resources necessary for long term success.

State Heroes to Hometowns Committees are the link among the military Services and Veteran's Affairs case workers at the military and VA hospitals, the severely injured member, their families, and their local community. Support has included:

• help with paying the bills
• finding suitable homes and adapting as needed
• adapting vehicles
• transportation to medical appointments
• finding jobs and providing educational assistance
• child care support 
• arranging welcome home celebrations
• help working through bureaucracy and obtaining government benefits and entitlements
• sports and recreation opportunities
• holiday dinners