Over a dozen community and nonprofit organizations participated at the Veterans Benefits Expo in time for Veterans Day to share their appreciation for our veterans and raise awareness and access to military-affiliated benefits for students and community partners for the area served by Texas A&M University-Central Texas (TAMUCT).
Among the community participants were the American Veterans Mission with Kohl’s, Taskforce Uplift, & TAMUCT Alumni Association, Lone Star Legal Services, State Farm, T-Mobile, Texas Veterans Commission, TAMUCT Career and Professional Development, Families in Crisis, Heart of Goodwill, Student Veterans of America, Department of Veterans Affairs, Vetcenter, and USO.
The American Veterans Mission, in partnership with Taskforce Uplift and Kohl’s, distributed 50 laptop computers to student veterans or their household members to help provide necessary technological service and aid to student veterans in need.
Ms. Kathleen McDonald, Assistant Director of University Relations, Alumni Service, and Community Engagement, volunteered to vet the student veterans or their household members and to confirm their enrollment. Kohl’s Killeen branch volunteers–Baron Hill, Molly, and Molly’s son–handed out laptops, networked, and actively engaged with the veterans and active-duty military service members who attended the event.
The American Veterans Mission values community partnerships and enjoys working with other nonprofit organizations and for-profit entities to provide services to our veterans in time for Veterans Day 2023. The laptop assistance program was made possible by Taskforce Uplift, Kohl’s, American Veterans Mission, and the Ted and Diane Connel Military and Veterans Service Center at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.
Special thanks go to Heidi Hurda of Kohl’s, Steve Cundy of Taskforce Uplift, and Brennan Avants of Operation Homefront for their hard work in the background to make this program a reality on November 8, 2023. Together, everyone achieves more!
