The next meeting of the Coalition of Veterans Organizations will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen in the 2nd Floor Conference Room. The meeting will start at 7 PM, but refreshments and CVO leaders will be there at 6 to discuss issues with anyone who comes early. Also, the pizza will be hotter then, than during the meeting.
The key agenda point will be a presentation and discussion around the 1932 Bonus March, the Civil Rights Campaign of the 1950s and 60s, the Human Rights Campaign, the original Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, and the new “Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” of today. CVO is participating in the Poor People’s Campaign on Monday, May 28th (Memorial Day). Find out all about it!
Pizza will be served. Get parking in the garage validated as you enter from Ogden Ave.
See you on the 16th!
Attention Veterans and Family Members
The Veterans Assistance Commission of DuPage County is hosting:
HINES HOSPITAL DAY
Who: Hines VA Hospital
What: Hines Resource Event
When: Thursday, May 31, 2018, 9am – 3pm
Where: DuPage County Building, 421 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187
Why: So Veterans will have an opportunity to talk to the different departments in Hines and for Hines to provide information to Veterans and their families
Hines Hospital will have over 15 different departments such as: Eligibility, Billing, Transportation, Disease Prevention, Home Health Care, plus more
Each department will give a short presentation and will have a table there, so you can go to the different departments to get more information.
A free light breakfast and full lunch will be provided, so if you plan on attending this event, please RSVP by calling the VAC office at, 630-407-5655 or e-mailing us at, dupagevac@dupageco.org, because seating is limited and we need a headcount for the meals. This is your time to talk directly to the different departments of Hines Hospital, so please take advantage of this opportunity.
For more information call, 630-407-5655
The next meeting of CVO is on Wednesday, June 20th at 7 PM at Jesse Brown VA (820 S Damen in Chicago) in the 2nd floor Conference Room.
The agenda will include an update on the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, and an update on the CVO Flipcause Fundraising Campaign. We will also talk about the struggle against VA privatization.
Additionally, we will have a report on the fight for Dental Care for veterans. Attendees are encouraged to bring in any article, email, or other communication from a national veterans’ organization regarding HR 4556 on Dental Care. We need to see what other organizations are doing about this issue.
As usual, pizza will be served and parking will be validated.
Come and support CVO!
G4S Secure Solutions (USA) will be conducting a job fair for an array of both full-time and part-time opportunities. Please feel free to send all qualified applicants for interviews and thank you so much for any assistance you provide!
G4S is an international security organization with an excess of one hundred domestic offices and approximately seventy thousand employees nationwide. G4S provides a large array of security services to business, industry and government entities.
EOE Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
G4S is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
and an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace
The next meeting of CVO will be this Wednesday, May 15th at 7 PM in the 2nd floor Conference Room of the Jesse Brown VA at 820 S Damen in Chicago.
We will be holding elections to the CVO Executive Committee at this meeting! You must be a member to vote.
Also on the Agenda: CAN-TV. We will discuss hosting a regular show, in rotation with other Veterans groups, on CAN-TV. Volunteers to get trained and participate in this project need to be at this meeting.
We’ll also discuss the latest developments in getting HR 96 – Dental Care for ALL Veterans – voted on and passed in the House of Representatives.
… and MORE!!
As usual, we will have refreshments. Parking in the garage will be validated. Get your validation when you arrive!
See you there!