About Veteran's Support Organization

Founded in 2001, VSO is a 501C3 non-profit charitable organization that helps homeless, needy and disabled veterans in areas surrounding our offices. The VSO currently operates in Rhode Island, Texas, Tennessee, New York, Georgia, and Florida. The organization’s fundraising efforts are accomplished with the support from businesses and stores throughout Rhode Island, Texas, Tennessee, New York, Georgia, and Florida. Donations collected are forwarded to the Department of Veterans Affairs Voluntary Services to support various programs offered to veterans such as recreational activities, patient coffee program, patient emergency needs, etc.

A common question our fundraisers are asked while raising money for homeless and disabled veterans is, of course, “Why are they homeless?” In addition to the complex set of factors already affecting all homeless people: extreme shortage of affordable housing, livable income, and access to affordable healthcare, a large number of displaced and at-risk veterans live with the lingering affects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and substance abuse. These factors all become compounded by a lack of family and social support networks for homeless veterans. While most homeless veterans are single unaffiliated men, most housing money in existing federal homelessness programs, in contrast, is devoted to helping homeless families or homeless women with dependent children, as stated in Understanding Homelessness: New Policy and Research Perspectives, published by Fannie Mae Foundation, 1997.

It is the mission of the VSO to further help and support the homeless, disabled and needy veteran population through various fundraising efforts. The more the organization grows the less of a threat homelessness and lack of resources to treat the needy is to our local veteran population.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Special Comedy Event to help Veterans

Stay Tuned for Upcoming VSO Events
Veteran's Support Organization is expanding nationwide to help Veterans and their families. Several new Chapter locations are opening now.

VETERANS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION &
THE NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB presentMICHAEL WINSLOW
www.michaelwinslow.net
A Night of Comedy
w/The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects
Dates:
FEB 11TH@8:30PM
FEB 12TH@9:00PM
FEB 13TH@8:00PM & 10:15PM
FUNDRAISER FOR VETERANS SUPPORT ORGAINIZATION
All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit our local veterans. Door Prizes will be given while they last.
Buy your tickets before they sell out at www.nyccboca.com or Call the box office at 561-470-6887 or in person at 8221 Glades Rd. #10 Boca Raton, FL

The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects, Michael Winslow, will be performing live. The Police Academy and Spaceballs star will have the crowd cracking up with his amusing sound effects and impressions. Michael was also heard, but not seen, when he gave the voice to Stripe, the evil little creature, in another Hit Movie “Gremlins”. He also did voice-overs for Disney and Universal Studios in such rides as “Back to the Future and Terminator”.

Michael, a master of vocal gymnastics, can imitate over 10,000 sound effects using his voice alone. Whether he is recreating the frenzy of Jimmy Hendrix playing the guitar, or the roar of a jet

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