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 […]
The Vet2Vet Show premiered April 4 on PMC Channel 5. Vet2Vet is a program about Maine veterans for Maine veterans and their families. It is about Vet2Vet Maine and its efforts to recruit veterans to serve as peer companions to other veterans. The host and producer of the show, Sam […]
The nonprofit 100+ Women Who Care in Southern Maine selected Vet to Vet Maine as the recipient of the group members’ contributions in February. The organization of 300 women vote every three months for one of three nonprofits nominated and chosen randomly to give a five-minute presentation to the group. […]
SCARBOROUGH—Navy veteran George Anderson of Scarborough will be getting a new roof free of charge, thanks to the efforts of his Vet to Vet Maine (V2VME) peer companion and the generosity of Beacon, a Fortune 500 distributor of roofing materials and building products. Anderson was one of six grand prize […]
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A wonderfully inspirational presentation by Vet to Vet Maine volunteer Command Sergeant Major Gretchen Evans. Gretchen is one of the most decorated female soldiers in U.S. history. In this video, she shares the challenges she faced as a severely disabled veteran and how she overcame those challenges to become an […]