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Veterans Corps

Military to Civilian Life-From The Corps Network

Thanks go out to Hannah Traverse and Edward Kim from The Corps Network for their profile of The Veterans Corps. The Vet Corps continually strives to help transition military veterans to civilian life by offering opportunities to utilize their experience and training.

The Vet Corps program began more than five years ago. GLCCC operates an alternative high school and has traditionally engaged youth and young adults in service and workforce training, but they recognized there were unmet needs among the local veteran population. To help design and kickstart the Vet Corps program, Chris Litzau, Executive Director of GLCCC, reached out to Matthew Whiting, a Marine Corps veteran and an old friend who he met years prior when they were both studying at the University of Wisconsin.

Read the full profile from The Corps Network, and learn more about the transition of military to civilian life in The Veterans Corps, where, ‘It’s no vet left behind.’

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Veterans Corps

The Great Lakes CCC Veterans Corps Creates Community Farmstand

The Great Lakes CCC Veterans Corps constructed a “Community Shares” farmstand this month to provide fresh produce to community members during the Thanksgiving season, veteran or not.

Read The Journal Times article written by Holly Gilvary.

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Graduation Ceremony Veterans Corps

Great Lakes CCC Helps A Veteran Achieve Their Dream

It is a proud day for us all when the Great Lakes CCC helps a veteran achieve their dream. The Great Lakes CCC Veterans Corps program serves all veterans transitioning into civilian life, without age limits. Our goal is to promote a sense of purpose, provide peer support, develop job skills training, and instill self-confidence among veterans.

Read Rachel Kubik’s moving story about Travis Gardner. As a member of the Veterans Corps of the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps,  Gardner earned project-based credits in our Certification and Emergency Response Training (CERT) School that helped him achieve a life-long dream.

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Kayaking Veterans Corps

Great Lakes CCC Hosts Kayaking for Vets

See Rachel Kubik‘s photos of a Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps kayaking event on the Root River in Racine. As part of its Veterans Corps program, Great Lakes CCC engages veterans in outreach programs, such as kayaking for vets, to promote peer support.

Veterans residing at Fairchild Hall on the Veterans Affairs’ grounds in Union Grove often attend outreach events. The Great Lakes CCC encourages all veterans to participate in our Veterans Corps community initiatives.

Contact us for more information.