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WELCOME ALL VETERANS!

 STAND DOWN 2008    MAY 12 -13

FORT SNELLING ARMY RESERVE COMPLEX

For Complete Information: Stand Down Flyer

Veterans and Volunteers may download a registration form here

and either mail, fax, or email it to MACV

Veterans                       Volunteers

Resources Providers - Each Veteran will be given a booklet of service provides in attendance.  Please complete the informational form and return it by email as soon as possible.

Service Providers


Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans Presents:

Honoring Minnesota’s Veterans…Dedicated to Our Freedoms

Featuring the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Wall

Canterbury Park ~ June 18-22, 2008

From June 18-22, MACV is hosting the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (“The Wall”) at Canterbury Park to recognize Minnesota’s veterans.  Special events and activities are planned throughout the five days including a Welcome Reception, Motorcycle & Gear Show, Freedom BBQ, and a Comedy Show (slated for September 18, 2008).

Each day, we’ll feature activities including military flyovers, radio broadcasts, marching bands, bagpipes, EMTs, sheriff and police departments, antique military vehicles, guest speakers, tributes and more.

“Honoring Minnesota’s Veteran’s…Dedicated to Our Freedoms” is the largest fundraising event initiative in MACV’s history. By attending special events, donating to our silent auction and considering sponsorship opportunities, you will help us to provide increased outreach to more Minnesota veterans and their families than we are able to serve today.

 For more information please click on the links below or call 612.379.3580. 

Event Overview Poster                           Event Overview Brochure   


Order Trifecta Coupons    -  Good for entry into Canterbury Park June 19-22 plus a hotdog and soda. Tickets are $10 each and 100% of the proceeds go DIRECTLY to support MACV.  You may also order tickets by calling 612.379.3580.   


Sponsorship Benefit Information

 For additional sponsorship information please contact Rose Lindsay at rlindsay@jmurphyassociates.com or call 612.379.3580. 


 

“To serve those who first served us”

On a single night in October 2006, Wilder Research found 624 military veterans in Minnesota experiencing homelessness, 17 of who served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan; MACV is there to assist.  

 “MACV turned my life around – gave me a place to lay my head, get medical help, and find a job. I owe my life to them.”          Bob, Gulf War veteran

Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) is an IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has been directly helping veterans and their families affected by homelessness in Minnesota for over 14 years.  In that time more than 3,000 have been assisted with transitional housing and other services.  It is estimated that this year there are 4300 veterans in Minnesota who are homeless; MACV is there to assist. Several homeless and veterans organizations recognize MACV’s transitional and permanent housing programs as a model for the nation.  We have a passion for serving those in Minnesota who first served us.

 “I can’t begin to tell you how this program has helped me put my life back together.  I came into MACV a broken man with little hope for myself.  .  .  I truly owe my life to them. .  .”

Homelessness and its consequences not only cause human suffering, but also significantly contribute to community problems that result in major health and social costs.  MACV makes a difference in our community by providing or coordinating:

 ü      clean, safe, drug-free, supportive housing

 ü      transitional homes for use during extended medical care, chemical dependence treatment, and job skills training

 ü      assistance finding permanent housing and fully reintegrating into the community

 ü      assistance finding resources for food, mortgage assistance, skills training, health care, chemical dependency treatment and sobriety aftercare

 ü      job search assistance

 ü      counseling and legal assistance

 “With the assistance and caring of the people at MACV, my life has turned from hopeless to hopeful…”  Vietnam veteran


Our Mission

“To provide assistance throughout Minnesota to positively motivated veterans and their families who are homeless or experiencing other life crises.  Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans accomplishes its mission by providing services directly or in collaboration with other service agencies.”


Contact Information

 MAC-V’s supportive housing programs are a model for the nation.  Creative collaborations enable the establishment of housing in close proximity to care and services. Veterans are held accountable, and are expected to live in sobriety as they recover their lives and become more self-reliant.

You may contact us by:

Telephone

Headquarters - Saint Paul        651.291.8756

Regional Offices:

Metro – Minneapolis             612.726.1327      fax:  612.725.2082

Duluth                                218.722.8763    fax: 218.727.9358

Mankato                             507.345.8258    fax: 507.345.2008

VetLaw Program                   651.292.0145            

 Postal Address

360 N. Robert Street, Suite 306

Saint Paul, MN 55101

 Electronic mail

General Information: mac-v@mac-v.org
 

 

James returned from duty in Afghanistan to discover his marriage was over, his wife and children gone.  Struggling to pay his bills and maintain a home mortgage, James found the short term support he needed at MACV.  Without MACV, James would have been on the street in a matter of days.

 

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