The 10th Annual North Coast Veterans Stand Down will be occurring this weekend, Friday-Sunday Oct 2-4 at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds. All veterans of service and stripe, and their families are encouraged to attend.
A stand down is a military term that refers to a respite from battle. This annual event is a service fair for veterans that offers an amazing amount of services that they may need.
Some of the services are: Dental services to include denture repair, haircuts, clothing, limited surplus gear issue, pet services, employment development, job recruiting, and of course spectacular food will all be available.
This year we are offering to have eyeglasses made for 12 needy veterans, through a partnership with Site for Sore Eyes.
Transportation shuttles will again be available.
There will also be child and family services for those veterans who want to bring their children to the event. The Boys and Girls Club will be running that program for the event.
This year Saturday late Morning-early Saturday afternoon, through an agreement with H.O.S.S, which stands for Honesty, Observation, Skills, Solutions, and goes by the motto “Horses Teaching Humans” will be providing horse therapy as a means of dealing with PTSD for veterans. Temporary housing will be provided to Veterans who wish to stay at the venue the entire weekend.
More information can be found on the organization’s website: www.ncsd.vet
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