Student Veterans of America

Fall 2010 Meetings are the following Mondays at Noon in FA213A:
September 13
September 27
October 11
October 25
November 8
November 22
December 6
December 20

2010-11 Officers

Secretary- Samantha Schuette
Schus8055@students.uwc.edu

Treasurer-Robert Kubowski
Kubor2836@students.uwc.edu

Vice President-Justin Reichert
Reicj0529@students.uwc.edu

President-Benjamin Slane
Slanb5788@students.uwc.edu

Advisor- Assistant Professor Dylan Bennett
dylan.bennett@uwc.edu


"Veterans helping veterans"

Meeting times- starting September 13 and every two weeks at 12:00 pm 
in FA213A (next to the Cafeteria).

Long Term and current Project- Raising money for a veterans 
memorial, honoring those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice, 
those that are still fighting, and those that came home. The 
memorial cost $3,800 dollars and we have made about $1,600 since 
April of 2010. There will be a raffle of donations by area business 
in late fall to raise more funds. There will be numerous brat fry's 
held in West Bend (one in Port Washington in August) throughout the 
summer of 2010. Look for the signs! If interested in contributing 
time for a brat fry, contact Ben Slane at slanb5788@students.uwc.edu .
If anyone is interested in contributing to the memorial, please send
all contributions to the campus:
    Student Veterans of America
    UW-Washington County
    400 S. University Dr.
    West Bend, WI 53095
Short term-
1.    provide an environment to vets within the confines of the UWWC 
campus in which we are all familiar with. Also,    provide a place 
that people with similar past histories may confide in each other 
with understanding.
2.    Advocate on behalf of veterans at all governmental levels
3.    Work with other UWWC campus organizations in a common goal for 
betterment of the community.

Also, starting this fall we will be working with an organization, 
Guitars for Vets, by volunteering our organization to assist vets, 
especially those with PTSD, in a reintegration process and providing 
and outlet to those vets through the guitar and ultimately music. 
This was a local org started at the The Clement J. Zablocki VA 
Medical Center close by in Milwaukee and has expanded to nine 
chapters throughout the US and Iraq. Being that we have combat vets 
in or org we are always ready to assist those comrades that have 
been wounded either emotionally or physically.
Check their website for more details, http://www.guitars4vets.org/Home.html