Kevin George of the non-profit Vet Hunters will discuss the organizations mission to help homeless veterans as the featured speaker Oct. 15 a the monthly Networking Breakfast (third Thursday of each month), sponsored by Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary. This month’s breakfast will be hosted by DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at 924 Huntington Drive in Monrovia.
Heating and air conditioning company since 1958, Bowman of Arcadia, will receive a tribute as an Arcadia Business Icon from the Arcadia Chamber and Arcadia Historical Society. Bowman, which serves both residential and commercial customers, has been a member of the Arcadia Chamber since 1964.
Vet Hunters is a grass roots movement that was started by one soldier who vowed to honor his fallen comrades, by serving the living and leaving no veteran behind. Search and rescue missions in the streets of America were initiated and ‘vet hunting,” was born. During V.H.P’s first year of inception, hundreds of veterans have been assisted all over the U.S. the development of effective outreach and what we call “vetworking,” will continue to increase in intensity until the homeless epidemic is diminished and ultimately ended.
The words homeless and veteran should never go together! When you think of vet hunters, think of us as being like “e-harmony” of homelessness. We connect the homeless person to resources by bringing them to where the homeless veteran’s live! Our office is the streets and anywhere a homeless veteran may call home. We take the word homeless away from veteran through action. if the veteran lives under a bridge, you will find us there doing everything possible to bring our homeless heroes, home!
We are not government funded allowing us to meet the needs of veterans quickly. No red tape is how we operate.
As always, attendees of the Networking Breakfast (third Thursday of each month), hosted by Rod Salazar of Stubbies Promotions, not only enjoy a great breakfast buffet and valuable networking with dozens of others but also introduce themselves one at a time with a 15-second “elevator pitch.” In addition, they have a chance to win one of multiple gifts donated by members and attendees for a business card drawing (please bring a raffle prize to next Breakfast and introduce yourself and the gift), one of which is a free three-minute Business Spotlight.
Tickets to the breakfast, which runs from 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m., are $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and discounted to $15 for Chamber members who pay by the previous Friday ($20 at the door for Chamber members). No charge for those holding a Chamber All Access Pass. Tickets: 626-447-2159 or in the “Shop” area at www.ArcadiaCaChamber.org, or at Chamber office, 388 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, during regular business hours.
