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August 2010: Summer Newsletter Now Available – Click here to read this edition.
 July 2010:
MACV Executive Director Kathleen Vitalis addressed the Spring Lake Park Lions Club to raise awareness of the current challenges veterans are facing and to educate on the programming and supportive services MACV provides to homeless veterans, veterans in crisis and their families. Approximately 50 club members attended this monthly membership meeting.
Left to right: Bob Pederson, President of the Spring Lake Park Lions Club, Kathleen Vitalis, MACV Executive Director and Lion Bob Nelson, Mayor of Spring Lake Park
July 2010: MACV Featured on MNGive as their MinnPost "Giving Opportunity of the Week"– Click here to view our campaign.
June 2010:Exciting Funding News!
MACV has been awarded two grants under the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (VETS) funding program appropriated by Congress under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) - a $300,000 Metro Urban Grant and a $120,000 Non-Urban Grant.
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2010 MACV Spring Newsletter – Click here to read this edition.
 MAY 2010: Pat Costello and Tom Hipps recently donated their time and musical talent to the MACV Metro StandDown. We look forward to enjoying their music again in October at MACV’s 3rd Annual Benefit Event.
left to right: Pat Costello, Kathy Vitalis, Floyd and Dilly Olesen (Operations Support Our Troops) and Tom Hipps.
MAY 2010: MACV Featured in the Compassion Action Network (CAN) Spring Newsletter
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MAY 2010: Veterans Helping Veterans
 
Terry Pieper, Army Veteran representing VFW Post 295 and Kathleen Vitalis, Executive Director of MACV, at Terry’s fundraiser for MACV in South St. Paul, “Veterans Helping Veterans”.
MAY 2010: MACV Supported at the Veterans Aid Concert!
The second annual Veterans Aid Concert at The Fine Line Music Café, hosted by MN Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, singer-songwriter and veteran’s activist, Matthew Griswold. All ticket proceeds went to benefit MACV. Click here to read the event announcement.
Union Pacific Foundation Awards MACV $2,000
 Union Pacific Foundation representatives Robert Miller and Lance Hardisty present a donation check for $2000 to MACV’s Executive Director Kathleen Vitalis and Metro Regional Director, Jimmy Collier.
Click here to view the Union Pacific Newsletter.
January 2010: MACV Recieves Award the 2009 Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans
 Governor Tim Pawlenty presents MACV with the 2009 Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans at the State Capitol on Monday, January 11, 2010. The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) is pleased and honored to announce that the organization was recognized by Governor Tim Pawlenty in an award presentation at the State Capitol on Monday, January 11, 2010. MACV was commended on the recent high honor received from the Department of Veterans Affairs for its community service, the 2009 Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans. Click Here to read more about this event.
DECEMBER 2009: MACV Featured in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Business Journal
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NOVEMBER 2009:
MACV on KSTP in Veterans Day Feature
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Veterans Day Campaign: New Media Campaign from the Alliance to End Homelessness:
Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
The brief, which was released on November 10 - one day before Veterans' Day - details changes in homelessness among veterans since 2005. The update also highlighted federal programs available and policy changes needed to prevent and end homelessness among veterans.
The release of this brief was a key opportunity to better inform local and national reporters - and through them, our local and national communities - about key policy proposals and your local efforts to address this critical issue. The Administration has already vowed to end homelessness among veterans in 5 years, and there are several legislative proposals in Congress to support that commitment.
By working together, we can generate enough media coverage to push policymakers to protect and honor those who served our country. The campaign was designed to help us ensure that all veterans have access to stable housing and the necessary supports to avoid homelessness. Click Here for more information on this campaign.
SEPTEMBER 2009: MACV on Twin Cities Live
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