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Our Mission
To end Veteran homelessness in Minnesota
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Our Vision
To provide assistance throughout Minnesota to Veterans and their families who are homeless or experiencing other life crises leading to homelessness
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Message from Brian Peterson, Chief Financial Officer
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2018 has been a year of transitions for Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans as we have focused on scaling the organization to more efficiently meet the needs of our Veterans. To that end, I am glad to announce that MACV is in the final phases of implementing a Salesforce-based data system for all case management and client data management. This step is one example of many of our efforts as an organization to build capacity and capabilities and improve the quality of our data reporting to inform decisions and services. We firmly believe that always becoming a stronger organization will be essential to our work and achieving our mission to end Veteran homelessness in Minnesota.
We are also introducing many new team members to the organization. Please take a moment to learn about them below and please do not hesitate to reach out to them directly and offer a warm welcome to our community in service to our Veterans.
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Brian Peterson
Chief Financial Officer
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
Office: 612-503-5222
Email: bpeterson@mac-v.org
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Comcast Internet Essentials
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On August 28
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, Comcast joined MACV on stage at the Dan Patch Park for Military Appreciation Day at the State Fair and shared information on their Internet Essentials program, as well as donated laptop computers to Veterans enrolled into our programs with 6 months of free internet. This will greatly assist our Veterans to perform employment search, apply for jobs online, and help them to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. They also provided an incredible donation of $45,000 to help MACV put computers in our transitional houses. Presenting the laptops to the Veterans are Rico Roman, Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux.
To learn more about this program and how it can provide affordable internet for low income Veterans, please
visit their site.
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Olympic Gold Medalist, and Purple Heart recipient, Rico Roman presented a new laptop to a Veteran at the MN. State Fair.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux presented a new laptop to Veterans at the MN. State Fair.
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Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) | Phone 833-222-MACV (6228) |
mac-v@mac-v.org
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North Region
Virginia and Duluth Stand Down Events
MACV North hosted 2 Stand Down events in August-One in Virginia at Miners Memorial arena and one in Duluth at Bayfront festival park.
- Our Virginia event saw close to 100 veterans in attendance with over 25 percent of them seeking help from our Legal team on site.
- Our Duluth event was held in conjunction with the 10th annual Tributefest and registered 175 veterans. This was up from last year. A special thank you to all of our partners, fellow providers, and volunteers for making this event possible.
- The Tributefest celebrated its 10th annual event this year and did not disappoint! The Freedom Flight event was on site and gave some tethered rides at the event.
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MACV President and CEO Neal Loidolt talks about the upcoming Tribute Fest and the Duluth Stand Down on KBJR 6
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Providers at the Virginia Stand Down getting ready to serve Veterans
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Metro Region
2018 Minneapolis Stand Down Event
The Minneapolis 2018 Stand Down event was hosted at the Target Center which is in close proximity to many Minneapolis homeless shelters and accessible by bus and light rail. We served 560 Veterans at this year’s one day event with 133 Veterans self-identifying as homeless. In addition, our community partners and volunteers performed incredible work and demonstrated their commitment to help us end Veteran homelessness in Minnesota. A special thanks to WCCO for their incredible news coverage of the event.
Click here to view news coverage
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The billboards in Minneapolis showcasing our 2018 Minneapolis Stand Down Event-A special thanks to Clear Channel for providing this display for free!
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A volunteer serving a Veteran at our event
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A special thanks to the Sport Clips of Waconia for their incredible support, providing free haircuts to Veterans at our Stand Down
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2018 Salute to Servicewomen Golf Classic
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Thanks to all who supported and participated in the 5
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Annual Salute to Servicewomen Golf Classic as it was another great success! The morning rain could not stop our golfers as they played on and helped raise over $33,000 in support of our women veterans. A special thanks to the women on the committee who make this happen each year – Cheryl, Jodie, Lori, Mary and Alex –your many years of hard work are truly appreciated!
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We at MACV would like to say a very special 'Thank you' to the Blue Star Mothers North Metro for their incredible donation of gift cards towards our Veterans. These gift cards will make a huge difference for the Veterans we serve and we are so glad to the Blue Star Mothers of America for joining MACV in our mission to end Veteran homelessness in Minnesota.
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South Region
Welcomes two new team members to our south office
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Mark is the new HVRP representative for MACV in Mankato. Mark is an Army Veteran who served in Iraq with the 318
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Psychological Operations Company from 2007-2008. He was honorably discharged in August of 2012. Mark is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He and his wife moved to Mankato in January of 2017 and they are proud to be Minnesotans.
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Justin is the new Outreach Case Manager for MACV in Mankato. Justin is a drilling member of the HHB battery of 125
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FA BN with 3 deployments during his 17 years with the MNNG. Justin graduated from MSU-Mankato in May. Justin’s desire to help veterans is the reason MACV appealed to him.
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Minneapolis Office Welcomes
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Nicole Paul
Metro Region Case Manager
My name is Nicole Paul. I am from River Falls, WI. I am married, have two children and three step children. I have my associates degree in human services. I got my associates degree in May 2018 from WITC in New Richmond, WI. I am currently going to school at Metro State University, for my bachelor’s degree in human services. Before coming to work at MACV, I worked at the VA medical center in Minneapolis, MN. where I found a passion for working with Veterans and their families. I am excited to be part of the team here at MACV
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Ryan Schaefer
Metro Region Employment Specialist
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My name is Ryan Schaefer. I am from S.E. Minnesota originally, and currently reside in Richfield, MN. I recently bought a house with my girlfriend Mara. We have two dogs, Tucker a yellow lab and Clyde, a Border Collie. I have a Bachelor’s Degree that I obtained from Winona State University. I grew up farming and working carpentry in SE Minnesota. I love to fish as much as possible, mainly for Muskie. I am a die hard Pittsburgh Steelers and Nebraska Cornhuskers football fan. I served 8 years in the Marine Corps, and I am beyond excited to work for MACV to give back and assist Veterans and their families.
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Please
click here
for full listing of Legal Clinics
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2017 was a year of remarkable growth both in internal infrastructure and external relationships. To learn more about our amazing year, please click the link below to view our Annual Report.
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Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) | Phone 833-222-MACV (6228) |
mac-v@mac-v.org
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