Vet2Vet Maine has received a $40,000 grant from the Fisher House Foundation. The funds, part of the Fisher Service Award for Military Community Service, will help Vet2Vet Maine expand our reach into the entire state, regardless of county, according to Vet2Vet Maine executive director Maggie Catanese. Vet2Vet Maine matches veteran […]
Vet to Vet Maine founder Susan Gold has been selected as one of the community honorees to attend the 20th anniversary show of the Broadway show “Wicked” on Oct. 29. Susan, who retired as executive director in June, was nominated by V2VME peer companion Tom DiPasqua as “a person in […]
Robert “Sam” Kelley, a Peer Companion with Vet to Vet ME since 2017 and a member of the V2VME Board of Directors, received a Myra Kraft Community MVP Award at Gillette Stadium on June 8 and was presented with a $10,000 donation for Vet to Vet Maine. Sam was one […]
Vet2Vet Maine is pleased to introduce our newest staff members! Say Hello to Maggie Catanese, Outreach Director We welcome Maggie Catanese, who has recently accepted the position of Outreach Director at Vet to Vet Maine. Maggie has been a noteworthy leader in the financial management industry, serving the government and […]
Vet to Vet Maine recently caught the attention of Brunswick Times Record reporter John Terhune who was covering a town council meeting. Sparked by what he learned at the meeting, Terhune contacted local Vet to Vet Maine peer companion Susan Sebestyen and her veteran friend Jean Doe and wrote up […]
Gretchen Evans, a retired Army command sergeant major who does fundraising for Vet to Vet Maine, received the Pat Tillman Award for Service during the The 2022 ESPYS, broadcast July 20, 2022 on ABC. The award, named for NFL player Pat Tillman who died while serving with the 75th […]
Vet to Vet Maine Board member and volunteer peer companion Robert Sam Kelley has been selected as the 2022 Volunteer of the Year by Altrusa International Foundation of Portland, Maine, for his volunteer work with Vet 2 Vet Maine. Altrusa president Anita Chandler presented Sam with a plaque commemorating […]
Navy veteran George Anderson, a Vet to Vet Maine participant, has a new roof for his Scarborough home of 53 years free of charge, thanks to a nationwide contest sponsored by Beacon of Hope, V2VME peer companion Brent Rolfe who nominated him, and a campaign by Vet2VetME participants and supporters […]
Vet to Vet Maine Peer Companion Susan Sebestyen and her V2VME Veteran Friend Jean Doe went on a trip of a lifetime to Washington, DC, on April 29-May 1 thanks to Honor Flight Maine. They were part of a group of veterans and guardians (companions) who toured military monuments and […]
The Drummond Woodsum law firm, 84 Marginal Way, Portland, has selected Vet to Vet Maine as one of several nonprofit organizations to receive an unconditional gift of $16,000, to be distributed in shares of $4,000 annually for the next four years. The award is part of Drummond Woodsum’s charitable giving […]