This is an archive of the presentation made on Nov. 11, 2020 by Maine National Guard Historian CPT Jonathan Bratten. It details the sacrifices and stories of Mainers in the Great War. Made possible by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council and in collaboration with the University of New […]
Volunteers from Vet to Vet Maine and their companions were featured in a series of articles in a Portland Press Herald Veterans Day special section on Nov. 8, 2020. You can read their stories below. Note: You may need a subscription to the Portland Press Herald in order to read […]
Vet to Vet Maine was asked recently by the Public Broadcasting Service to submit videos of our volunteers talking about why they do what they do for PBS’s American Portrait Volunteering Project. Below are links to some of the volunteer videos: Bob Stalilonis Sue Gold Eric Mihan Bob Bond Tom […]
We received a very nice boost from Eric Mihan, son of Vet to Vet Maine volunteer of the same name in the video below. Eric, who is the owner of Bangor Wine and Cheese, is actually there to discuss wine, but he takes a moment to speak about what we’re […]
Vet to Vet Maine is one of 25 nonprofits (and the only one devoted exclusively to veterans) to be nominated for Town & Country Federal Credit Union’s 2020 Better Neighbor Fund charitable giving campaign. Now we have to get out the vote to win a grant (up to $5,000). Please […]
Vet 2 Vet Maine was awarded a $7,500 mini-grant in July. These mini-grants are made possible by the recent release of CARES Act funding by the federal government in response to the COVID-19 emergency. This grant will support Vet to Vet Maine’s response to the growing needs of older veterans […]
And now a few words of thanks from our vets
Cumberland County’s Commissioners have approved a $25,550 Community Development Block Grant to fund a half-time program director position at Vet2Vet ME. The grant, which will cover salary costs from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, provides a much-needed boost for V2VME’s operation, enabling the program director to devote more […]
Executive Director Susan Gold has been out and about delivering the brand new Vet2Vet Maine hats to all 100 of our volunteers. The hats were generously donated by our supporters at Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home in Portland. Vet2Vet volunteers Brent Rolfe and Joe Howes and John Gold assisted […]