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What is a Veterans Resource Center?

A friendly place where veterans, military and their families can go to get help with the challenges they may be experiencing.

About Us

The Queen Anne’s County Veteran and Military Support Alliance (VAMSA) was launched in 2022 to address the unique needs of military, veterans, and their families. VAMSA is working over the next year to develop and open a resource center that offers the following: 
  1. Assisting with access to and use of government and private sector agencies
  2. Education and Training
  3. Access to Medical and Behavioral Health Care
  4. Peer Support
  5. Financial Counseling
  6. Holistic Therapies and Healing Services (e.g., massage, aromatherapy, music and art therapy, etc.)
  7. Entrepreneurship, and
  8. Resource Networks for Family Members and Caregivers.
VAMSA, in a strategic partnership with the nationally-recognized Veteran Health and Wellness Foundation, will establish a national “center of excellence” to which rural community members/leaders across the nation will travel to take part in carefully designed workshops and presentations to educate and equip attendees with tools to take better care of their community of veterans, military and family members.

This national center of excellence will emphasize and respond to rural communities in particular as such communities are often devoid of resources that are more often available in urban centers. The number of Americans that want to operationalize “thank you for your service” increases every day and the Center for the Military and Veteran family will respond to this call to action and facilitate solutions across the country. 

Our military and veteran families have sacrificed so much and deserve to live in communities that value them, invest in them, and understand the unique cultural, environmental, and battleground experiences they share in service to their country.

What sets this center apart is the unique commitment to helping all military members, veterans that have served for any amount of time, military and veteran family members, and caregivers regardless of whether they are related to a wounded warrior or not. All services are free of charge and will be offered in person; virtually, where possible; and in-home when needed (and feasible). On-site services will be prioritized based on a needs assessment underway. This survey asks our community of veterans, military, and their family members to self-report the intensity of their needs across a full spectrum of services such as legal, medical, financial, housing, etc.

News and Events

Alliance Takes Part In Promoting “Giving Tuesday” On November 29, 2022
The Alliance promoted its project objectives on social media on Nov 29, 2022, resulting in $1,800 in donations to the group’s Mid-Shore Community Foundation fund.  Donations were from Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gannon ($500), Mr. Robert A. Dymond ($500), and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Neal ($800).   Alliance...
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Eric Johnson Speaks at Centreville American Legion's Veterans Day Event
VAMSA Vice Chair, Eric Johnson, will speak at the Centreville American Legion's Veterans Day event at 11 am at the historic Queen Anne's County Courthouse in Centreville....
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Meeting to Discuss a Partnership
Alliance members meet with Dr. Evelyn Lewis, retired U.S,. Navy Physician and President of the Veterans Health and Wellness Foundation. The purpose of the visit was to discuss ways in which partnership can mutually benefit the two organizations....
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Wes Guckert Donates $5k
Alliance member Wes Guckert matches Walt Petrie's $5K donation, to fund fully the 1st phase of the project....
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Walt Petrie $5k Donation
Alliance member, Walt Petrie commits a donation of $5K to launch the project's community engagement strategies....
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Mid-Shore community Foundation
VAMSA signs an agreement with Mid-Shore Community Foundation to manage its funds and to allow for the alliance to operate as a non-profit organization/501(c)(3)....
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Resources

Hire Heroes USA

Looking for a job or job training? Hire Heroes USA is the site for you. The site offers a wide variety of training resources, job postings, and everything else vets need to find a new career after leaving the service of their country.

No veteran should go without work after ETS, and Hire Heroes USA wants to make sure that happens. Check them out if you find yourself lost on the path to a rewarding career.

USAA

I’m guessing there are very few veterans who haven’t heard of USAA. If you’re one of them you’re really missing out: USAA is an insurance, home loan, banking, investing, and life planning powerhouse. Their services are only open to veterans and their immediate families, and the rates are exceptionally good.

If you haven’t at least looked into USAA’s offerings you need to do so: It could change your entire financial situation for the better!

Veterans Crisis Line

Operated by the VA, the Veterans Crisis Line is there to help those who need it the most. Those needing emergency help with PTSD, depression, suicidal thoughts, and other life crises can call 1-800-273-8255 (option 1), text 838255, or chat online through the site.

The Veterans Crisis Line also contains a number of resources for self-treatment and information on how to recognize the signs of a crisis in loved ones. It’s an excellent resource for those suffering and those who care for them.

Va.gov

The VA: Love it or hate it it’s probably a part of your life now, and presumably for the rest of it as well. If you’ve been frustrated by the outdated, unfriendly, and downright labyrinthian layout of the VA’s website you aren’t alone.

The VA has been trying hard to reinvent itself, and its new va.gov website is the face of that reinvention. You may have heard of the now defunct vets.gov, which was the VA’s first attempt at introducing a new, veteran-friendly website to its online arsenal. It has since merged vets.gov with va.gov, so you won’t have to worry about a bunch of redirects tossing you between websites.

The new va.gov is built not with administrators, vendors, and organizational partners in mind, but with the veterans it serves front and center. You can find all sorts of resources right on the VA homepage–medical information, education benefits, disability, and military records are all right where you need them.

Military.com

This one-stop shop for all things military related delivers news, has information on benefits, maintains its own veterans job board, and features tons of other resources to make life as a veteran just a little bit easier.

If you’re looking for a web portal to be your connection to military life Military.com is it. There isn’t a whole lot it doesn’t have, though other sites listed here do have a narrower focus that makes them more useful in certain circumstances.

Officers

Wendy Foster, Treasurer

Email: bekota@aol.com

Cell: 410-490-1749

Michael Clark, Secretary

Email: mclark@qac.org

Cell: 443-362-0088

Eric Johnson, JR, Vice Chair

Email: ericbjohnson1976@gmail.com

Cell: 410-739-0970

Joseph Candella, Chair

Email: joecandella@aol.com

Cell: 516-713-3404

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