Greetings, team OW! After last week we tied our record high numbers,
today we set a new record for fewest Veterans walking in the door!
Today also featured several Veterans volunteering, even though their
court-ordered community service requirements have already been completed!
In all, our Legal Clinic worked with 10 Veterans and family members,
including 6 Vets by phone, at American Legion Post 13, Lk Ella (Thursday).
Our volunteer team totaled 19, including 6 attorneys. Khalid, Kathy,
Valerie & Margaret volunteered with Susie for the admin support today,
front desk and computer records table). We answered various legal questions
(housing, civil, criminal, Driver's licenses, Veteran benefits,etc.), and
made referrals to specialists in supportive law firms around town and
around the state and in Georgia. Kudos this week to Khalid Shafi, David
Gerourd, Charles Robinson, Gregory Howard, Chris Bodiford, and Eddie
McMillian), for the food distribution Wednesday included Kenwood (photo),
Vet Village, etc.
You may want to come to the Leon County Veterans Treatment Court
for the next Graduation Ceremony, Monday August 18 3pm in the Leon
Courthouse). Please come observe, you may decide to become a volunteer
Veteran Mentor for one or more of the Vets in the program. Several Veterans
are on track to graduate! Come celebrate with them.
Plans progress in organizing for a Poker Run here to benefit the
Tallahassee Civic Chorale, who are sharing the proceeds with TVLC. Save the
date: Saturday, October 18. Let us know if you can join in, helping us host
the several stops for the Riders that day! Thank you, American Legion Post
13!
This will help TVLC continue to help with Driver's License Reinstatements,
as well as gas money for the weekly food distribution. Volunteer Veterans
pick up the food in Quincy and deliver to Vet Village, Homefront, and other
Hud Vash low-income locations where Veterans live!
What else?
Thank you,
Dan Hendrickson, for the Tallahassee Veterans Legal Collaborative