The next meeting of CVO will be on Saturday, April 19th from 10 AM to 12:30 PM in the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center at 820 S Damen in Chicago. Parking validation will be available. The agenda will include taking our program to our elected representatives, the May Armed Forces Day CVO Fundraiser, and CVO participation in the Memorial Day Parade. Continue reading
Thank you for your continued support of CVO. Your membership in the Coalition has been an important part of our work. We hope you will renew your membership in 2014. CVO Individual / Organizational Membership runs on a calendar-year basis. Organizational memberships are just $50 and for that, you get one member representative. Individuals memberships are only $10. Continue reading
The Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County recognized Rick Murray, a United States Army Paratrooper, who served during the Korean War, and best know for his beautiful bass voice, singing “The Star Spangled Banner and America The Beautiful”. Continue reading
CVO at the Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County Luncheon, March 29, 2014.
Veterans Assistance Commission of Cook County honors Rick Murray Continue reading
A patriotic member of the Union League Club of Chicago has tickets to Cubs vs. Pirates games (four tickets to each game) coming up next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (7:05 p.m., Apr. 8 and 9) at Wrigley Field that he wishes to donate to veterans. Ideally these tickets would be given to/claimed by veterans who otherwise would not be able to attend. Continue reading
Ald. James Balcer (11th), a Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Marines Corps, sponsored a resolution calling for a hearing on “the alarming rate of suicide amongst veterans,” and the Human Relations Committee will hold that hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Council Chamber. Continue reading
CVO will be holding its regular March meeting on Saturday, March 15th at the Austin Community Resource Center (the Old Austin YMCA) at 501 N. Central Avenue in Chicago. Continue reading
The Coalition of Veterans Organizations held their membership meeting on January 18 at the Montford Point Marine Association, and among the items on the agenda was the 2014 Elections to the CVO Executive Committee. Continue reading
The next meeting of VU will be at 10 AM on Saturday, February 1st at the Oak Park Library. Continue reading
In a partial solution to a nagging Pentagon problem, disabled military veterans will have cuts to their pensions restored as part of the omnibus spending bill introduced Monday evening. Continue reading
