JROTC Students Give Back to Retired Military Veterans

Posted on October 5, 2018 by admin_imw

By Robert W. Mitchell | USMC/Army Veteran and Community Outreach
Coordinator

Hundreds of students, teachers, leaders and chaperones from Junior Officers? Reserve Training Corps (JROTC) chapters around the country donated dozens of care packages and comfort boxes to the veterans …

Catholic Charities Affiliate Volunteers for Military Retirees

Posted on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 by admin_imw

By Robert W. Mitchell | USMC/Army Veteran and Community Outreach
Coordinator

A committed group of teenage and adult volunteers from the faith-based group Encounter the Gospel of Life, Inc. took time out of their busy summer vacation to volunteer with …

Fighting for Our Freedom, but Losing Theirs

Posted on October 3, 2018 by admin_imw

A devastating number of U.S. Veterans suffer from drug addiction, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and/or alcoholism. These men and women who gave their lives to protecting our freedoms have some of the highest rates of substance abuse disorder. It’s …

Veterans Day Resource Fair and Veterans Day Ceremony

Posted on October 1, 2018December 31, 2018 by admin_imw

The National Association of American Veterans, Inc. (NAAV) will participate in this year’s

“Veterans Day Ceremony: WW I Centennial (1918-2018): We Will Never Forgotten” and Veterans Day Resource Fair co-hosted by the Veterans Employee Association and HUD’s Veterans …

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms

Posted on October 1, 2018 by admin_imw

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can happen to anyone. Many reserve it only for those who have fought in foreign wars or have been in a violent situation. PTSD has been occurring more frequently over the past few decades among …

Mid-Life and Older Women’s Health

Posted on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 by admin_imw

On Thursday, September 13, 2018, the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute in cooperation with Representatives Susan Brooks and Lois Frankel, Co-Chairs for the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, and Representatives Mimi Walters and Brenda Lawrence, Vice-Chairs of the Congressional …

WOMEN VETERANS UNITED COMMITTEE, INC. UPCOMING EVENT

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by admin_imw

October is Breast Cancer Month for WVUCI. In preparation for October we

are having our Last Conference Call for Summit IV. The subject of this

Conference Call is Cancer with a focus on Breast Cancer. Below is

information …

PROTECTING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) IN THE FARM BILL

Posted on September 17, 2018 by admin_imw

ISSUE #36, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Millions of Americans Continue to Struggle Against Poverty; Protecting
and Strengthening SNAP is an Essential Response FRAC, September
12, 2018
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show a small, not statistically
significant decline …

The Connection Between Sleep and Mental Health

Posted on September 17, 2018January 26, 2022 by admin_imw

Your sleep is directly linked to your mental wellness. While it often seems there are more important things to do than sleep, sleeping well and for the right amount of time is an essential component of …

Millions of Americans Continue to Struggle Against Poverty – Protecting and Strengthening SNAP is an Essential Response

Posted on September 12, 2018 by admin_imw

Millions of Americans Continue to Struggle Against Poverty
Protecting and Strengthening SNAP is an Essential Response

_Statement attributed to Jim Weill, president, Food Research & Action
Center._

WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 ? Nearly 40 million people in the
United …

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