The Mission Continues Leadership Programs – Applications Open!
Kick off the New Year on the right path by checking out The Mission Continues’ leadership programs, and reach your personal and professional goals in 2020.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Peer Mentor Web-based Training
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) is providing four Peer Mentor Web-Based Trainings for individuals whose Peer Mentor application has been reviewed and approved by TAPS. TAPS Peer Mentors are the foundation of our mission. If you're 18 months beyond your loss and are ready to be a companion in another's grief journey, consider becoming a peer mentor. These trainings will help Veterans become ready to be the companion to a fellow survivor.
Quantico National Cemetery Wreath Retirement
Volunteers gathered last December to pay respect and honor the veterans buried at Quantico National Cemetery by placing wreaths. Now that the holidays are over, volunteers are needed to help remove the wreaths so that they may be properly disposed of.
Attention: Art Therapists Working with Veterans
Workhouse Arts Center is accepting artwork from licensed art therapists (ATR, ATR-BC, ATR-P) and graduate level art therapy students working as mental healthcare providers to the military veterans (active duty, retired, veteran, reservist).
Loudoun Job Fair
Job Fair in Loudoun County on January 29, 2020 from 10 am - 1 pm at Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services in Leesburg.
Voices of Experience: Living Well with Mental Illness
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Maryland and its local affiliate, NAMI Southern Maryland, are hosting Voices of Experience: Living Well with Mental Illness © for the first time ever in Southern Maryland on January 14, 2020. This free program features trained speakers who share their personal journeys with mental illness and recovery. There will also be a paid, pre-event reception for sponsors, decision makers, influencers, speakers, and other VIPs.
Veterans and the Arts Initiative Spring 2020 Programs
Spring 2020 Programs are now open for registration for Hylton Performing Arts Veterans and the Arts Initiative. Programs including Dominion Energy Veterans Guitar Workshops, Exploring Self & Social Identity with Women Veterans, Drawing from Photographs, and Ukulele Workshop Series.
Blue Star Families Adult START Book Program
Are you the kind of person who can't stop talking about the last thing you read? Or, are you the kind of person who can never find time to pick up a book? Whichever type of reader you are, Blue Star Families has a program designed with you in mind. We will be enrolling 15-20 adults in our Neighbor START (Serving, Thriving, And Reading Together) Program launching in many spots across the country. Register now for START beginning in February in Alexandria, VA!
Defense Health Agency – Clinical Communities Speaker Series
Save the date for the 2020 DHA J-7 Clinical Communities Speaker Series (CCSS), featuring a variety of emerging topics in the Military Health System that showcase best practices and increase medical readiness. The series is virtual so you can earn continuing education (CE) credit from anywhere! Next Topic: Advances in Women's Health on January 23!
Blood Drive at Loudoun’s River Creek Club
Loudoun’s River Creek Veterans Organization (RCVO) is sponsoring its inaugural blood drive with the American Red Cross at the River Creek Clubhouse in Leesburg on 23 January 2020 from 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Sign up now to donate!