Mellon Veteran Outreach Center

06/01/2026

One last chance tomorrow to win this flag, and buy a t-shirt to support the Nation of Patriots! Coffee and doughnuts and sign up for the ride here at 0900-1030. Raffle drawing at 1045, Kick stands up at 1100!

06/01/2026

Watch Patriot Tour - Pennsylvania transfer the flag from Ohio to Pennsylvania at the Mellon Heritage Veteran's Outreach and Wellness Campus. Thank you to the North East High School band and chorus for performing, and special thanks to Crescent Hose Company , Fuller Hose Company #1 , North East Police Department , PA State Police , Erie County Sheriff's Office - Pennsylvania , and all the local motorcycle riders who participated in this event!

06/01/2026

Support the Mellon Heritage Veteran's Outreach and Wellness Campus as we provide services to veterans, first responders, and their families. We are on the verge of providing significantly more services, but we need your help!

Our goals include:
- Mental Health Support Services like regular group therapy
- Continued community building events like our Lunch & Learns, which are free to all veterans and first responders
- Open event rental spaces for practices, like our gymnasium and ball fields
- Military historical museum
- More classes providing wellness education
- Increased rental spaces for weddings, meetings, luncheons, etc.
- A library of resources
- Walking trails and welcoming outdoor spaces

All these services enrich the lives of our veterans and first responders, as well as our community members. We are working to prevent isolation and aid in accessible opportunities for those who have made incredible sacrifices.

If you are interested in making a donation, you can give anytime on our website at https://mellonheritagefoundationinc.org/donate-2-0/

To sponsor a specific interest, please email [email protected]

05/25/2026

Please pause for a minute of silence.
Thank you to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.

In memory of the fallen, we salute the Gold Star family members and we thank you for your sacrifices. God bless you on this special day and every day.

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

A special Memorial Day Lunch & Learn from the Ridge Complex at MVOC. To learn more about MVOC, visit our website at www.mellonheritagefoundationinc.org.

05/19/2026

You may have heard we have a little thing happening for AMERICA 250🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Before you go buy that new mower check this out! If you would like a chance or two at winning this Bad Boy Zero Turn mower, sponsored by Off-Road Express, come in for a visit at the Ridge building on campus and grab some tickets or you can go online here to order them. https://mellonheritagefoundationinc.org/calendar/america-250-celebration/

We are also looking for Volunteers to work the event! The sign up link is on the same page! 😊

Thank you for your continued support! We love you all! Have a great day! Mellon Heritage out! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

05/18/2026

On Friday, May 22, 2026, the Mellon Heritage Veterans Outreach and Wellness Campus “Lunch & Learn” presentation will be presented by Dr. James (Jim) Breckenridge focusing on "A Family's Memory of War and Service" about his family's service from the 1930s to the present.

The presentation will be held at the Ridge Building, 2142 Freeport Road, North East, PA 16428 aboard the Mellon Heritage Veterans Outreach and Wellness Campus. All Active Military, Veterans, First Responders and their guests are invited to a light lunch at 12:00 PM. The presentation will begin approx. 12:30 PM.

Following twenty-two years of service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Jim Breckenridge spent fifteen years developing innovative methods of teaching the next generation of intelligence analysts and was appointed the first chair of Department of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst University.
During his military career, his leadership responsibilities ranged from commanding the U.S. Army’s first unit to engage in combat since the Vietnam War (in Beirut, Lebanon 1983) and serving as a Professor of Military Science at West Point. From 2017 until 2023 he served as the Provost at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is the recipient of the highest medal awarded to a civilian by the Department of Defense. Jim and his wife Missy live in Fairview and they have three daughters.

If you would like to sponsor a lunch, volunteer, or make a donation, please visit our website for more information or send us a message.

05/13/2026

What a wonderful day for a wedding it was Saturday! Congratulations to Hayden and Alexis! They had a beautiful wedding! The entire group of family and friends were wonderful! We are honored you chose our venue for this fantastic ceremony! Have a great honeymoon!