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 […]
When a staff member of Hospice of Southern Maine called to see if Vet to Vet could find a volunteer to visit a Korean War veteran who was dying, she seemed not at all sure we could get anyone at such short notice. I had no such doubts. Within a […]
Gorham residents Jim Arcaro, Roger and Kathy Lavigne and Rob Sanford are reaching out to help other veterans through Vet2Vet Maine.
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 […]
One of Vet to Vet Maine’s newest veteran volunteers, Gretchen Evans, will have a lot to talk about when she is matched to a veteran friend. Vet to Vet Maine recruits veterans to be volunteer companions to other veterans who need a friend. Currently the program has 80 volunteer […]
As a volunteer in the Vet to Vet program, Floyd visits an aging veteran once a week, providing companionship and becoming a dear friend to the veteran. His first assignment, Ed, had served in World War II and the Korean War. Nearly blind, unable to walk without assistance, and severely […]
York County veterans Eric Mihan and Vernon Huestis celebrated their 200th visit recently as participants in the Vet to Vet Maine program headquartered in Biddeford. The nonprofit organization matches veteran volunteers with fellow veterans who could benefit from visits from a friend. The volunteers visit their assigned veteran in the […]
March, 2017: Franklin Stover finally got his wish to see his wife’s grave, thanks to his Vet to Vet buddy, Jeff Reinold. Grace Stover died in June 2016. She is buried at the Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Springvale. Stover, an Army veteran who served in Germany in the late […]
August 2016—Vet to Vet participant Howard Rennie loves a good story. He tells how he once got trapped in the psychiatric ward of a New Jersey base hospital during the Korean War. He and three other soldiers had been assigned to wash floors in the ward while “recuperating” from hernia […]