veteransappreciationevents@gmail.com
Laura Jones, the founder of VAE
<My FAther & inspiration
Born and raised on Mt Scott, just down the road from Willamette National Cemetery. My dad taught me at a young age about the sacrifices of our Veterans and that they must be honored and respected. Many of my family members are veterans. In 2014 my family adopted our first Veteran family for Christmas. And so it began..
ROBIE VANDIVER
LET'S MAKE THIS BIGGER!
In 2018 I decided I wanted to do something bigger for our local Veterans. I wanted to hold a special event to honor them. I had no idea how to go about doing such a thing so I reached out to Robie Vandiver, a Vietnam Combat Veteran, with a HUGE involvment in our Veteran Community. He was my guy to make this a reality!
< Corporate Officers, Sherri, Laura & Tery
GO BIG OR GO HOME!
Tery asked Laura, "Do you want to blow this up into something HUGE?" And of course Laura did! Tery created a corporation and filed for a Non-Profit status, which we got! All 3 of these talented women are so excited to create more & more programs to assist local Veterans! It's GO TIME!