Mt Pleasant Monthly Veterans Breakfast

06/19/2026

• Present 62

• Zach Nelson (Home Based Iowa)- Helping veterans find resources for housing and employment, July 23rd Hire A Veteran Day at the Armory, Veterans Stand Down July 24th in Burlington

• Shelly Adkison (Thank You Is Never Enough)- Annual Benefit Ride, July 4 Free Will Supper in Keosaqua

• Jocelyn Gonzalez- Burlington Veterans Stand Down July 24th, Veterans Tech Support

• Quilts of Valor (Iowa Patriotic Stitchers)- Homer McCallum, John Feehan, Bernard Boecker

• Roger Pittsenbarger- Results from stake holders meeting, MyHealthEVet, Veterans Stand Down, In Home Assistance

• John Mikelson- Yellow Ribbon Events, August 1 in Cedar Rapids, All Women's Honor Flight, Hire A Veteran Day

• Richard Wilson- Welcome Home Veterans, Veteran oriented Celebrate Recovery

• Dean King- Henry County Honor Guard

03/20/2026

• 47 present
• Roger Pittsenbarger- Fraud against veterans, VA medications
• Iowa Patriotic Stitchers (Quilt of Valor)- John Johnson
• Dean King and Roger Pittsenbarger- History of Henry County VSO, Bill to regionalize County VSO's in Iowa and cut funding has been Un-alived
• John Mikelson- Current troop returns, Upcoming Vietnam Veterans Day Supper

02/20/2026

02/20/2026

• 46 Present
• Morgan (HCPH)- Blood pressure checks
• Iowa Patriotic Stitchers (Quilt of Valor)- Gary Sherer
• Roger Pittsenbarger (Henry County VSO)- Check scam, American Legion Mid Winter Conference, Bill to lower VSO allocations stale mated in Iowa
• John Mikelson- State support for the Major Richard Star Act was passed on Wednesday, 734th Regional Command sending approximately 80 troops to Poland, National Guard transferring to Germany, then Fort Bliss, then home throughout March, Yellow Ribbon Program
• Dean King (VFW)- Veterans Hall Rentals
• Zach Nelson (Home Base Iowa)- Helping veterans transfer back into the workforce
• Next Meeting March 20

02/07/2026

https://who13.com/news/iowa-news/welcome-home-ceremonies-announced-for-iowa-national-guard-soldiers/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAP0MXxjbGNrA_QxRmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqWO1qLaPNO1Fvz8miftb2Mps6iDCz-G2rOSdnOuO6uz1IrijjXJ7nF12Arq_aem_IS6zik9jTTxzIH3PyDMOqA&sfnsn=mo

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa National Guard has shared more information about the welcome home ceremonies planned for the hundreds of soldiers returning from the Middle East. The Iowa National…