MISSION STATEMENT & PURPOSE
(Our various selling items can be also viewed or purchased at http://stores.ebay.com/veteranswearhouse410.) The mission of Operation Veterans Assistance & Humanitarian Aid (OVAHA) is to end and assist homelessness in the Veteran Community. This mission is accomplished through our three core objectives: (1) Assistance veterans of all eras; (2) Provide assistance to vete
ran’s family members; and (3) Community and Humanitarian support. These objectives will be accomplished through establishing a continuing and permanent outlet for the following programs:
HUMANITARIAN AID PROGRAM:
Our goal is to prevent, as best as we can, the death of our fellow Americans, through issuing them cold weather items to survive the extreme cold climate of the outdoors in the North Central Washington Area. This aid program will be accomplished by (1) Identifying the homeless in our area, (2) getting the word out to them of our plans, (3) setting up hand-out points, (4) establish a working delivery system, and (5) establishing a care closet at the Veterans Warehouse 410. The major distributions location of this program will be: (1) The Veterans Warehouse 410, (2) the Point-in-Time Count location for the North Central Washington area, and (3) when the weather in the central Washington area begins its winter cycle (below freezing temperatures and several feet of snow cover the ground). Other dates, times, locations and means will be used to help ensure the safety and welfare of the homeless in the central Washington area. This program will be accomplished using: Excess item from the WVSD event, Donation of items from the Veterans Warehouse 410, and Donations of items from the community. FURNITURE STANDDOWN PROGRAM:
The project is defined and described as an event that would provide an avenue for veterans in need, and their dependents (if the veteran was deployed or serving out of state/country), of any era, with access to free household furniture and basic household needs. Items such as TV’s, beds, dressers, nigh stands, coffee tables, end tables, bedding, curtains, mirrors, hutches, pictures, pillows, curtains, lamps, couches, chairs, easy chairs, dining and outdoor chairs, dining tables, kitchen ware, and other essential household items. The program is bi-yearly, held as close as possible to Mid-November. Other than the Veterans Warehouse 410, the primary source of the house-hold goods will be gained by coordinating with Las Vegas, NV Hotels and Casinos which we have a 3rd party standing contracts with. Items remaining after the event will be housed and made available at the Veterans Warehouse 410. (www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/nov/23/veterans-snatch-up-free-furniture/)
VETERANS WAREHOUSE Thrift Store PROGRAM:
The Veterans Warehouse 410 is a thrift store. The thrift store will function as a warehouse of all goods collected for OVAHA’s other programs, (Veterans Stand Down, Veterans Furniture Stand Down, and Humanitarian Aid, etc.) as well as a storage place and store front for all other items donated to OVAHA. The Veterans Warehouse 410 will functions as OVAHA headquarters. Veterans Warehouse 410 will also promote at a minimum the following programs:
A. Estate Assistance: OVAHA is available to assist those in their time of need. Rather it be moving into an assisted living, moving out of state, moving out of town, moving in with your kids, or if you need help with a deceased family members or friends estate. Whatever the reason, we are there to help. Operation Uniforms: With continued support from our community, OVAHA is able to help empower veterans by providing them with the resources to achieve that empowerment; including dressing the part when entering the professional work force. OVAHA is pleased to make available quality clothing for veterans working towards self-sufficiency. This includes a new job interviews or those who are new to the professional work force. Referrals are accepted from area veterans groups and other organizations assisting the needy. Opportunities Job Training (OJT): Our mission for the OJT program is to transform lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged veterans and their families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training, employment, and housing. Veterans Warehouse 410 offers 3 to 6 months of on the job training. Participants receive classroom style instruction, hands on and one on one job training. This builds a strong foundation and support system for every trainee who passes through our doors. The training program combines hands-on retail training along with individual case management, interview skills, job placement, and employee etiquette. Preparing graduates to step into and thrive at jobs in the world of retail—allowing veterans to re-enter the work force with the knowledge needed to be successful. Our Retail Sales training program is for men and women veterans in the community to learn the skills needed to obtain a living wage job in a retail sales environment. When you come in to shop in our thrift store you will often see new faces, as our trainees are sometimes only with us for a few months before being placed in a more permanent job and our mission accomplished. The Veterans Warehouse 410 is the leader in our community, in providing a fun opportunity to gain skills needed to land living wage jobs through job training. Our training site provides an opportunity for low income and homeless veterans to change their lives by gaining relevant job skills—empowering individuals to move from poverty to self-sufficiency. Providing quality service to our customers while providing quality training to veterans and their families
E. Courage & Honor Project: This program is a philanthropic partnership with local crafters and in-store consignment vendors; these individuals are working to make a difference in the lives of Veterans. These local crafters will donate $1 for each craft through our website and retail store, to OVAHA’s Veterans Support Fund. The fund is intended to assist veterans with meditate-needs: such as flat tire, baby food, & diapers. Overall it break the barriers and supports veterans in finding their own path out of poverty and getting back into the work force—and so much more. OVAHA and these local crafters believes in the Courage & Honor of our nations veterans—Inspired by their strength and fortitude. These crafts are not just simple nick-knacks; they represent the stories of heroic deeds—and how we’ve been changed by the Courage & Honor of veterans around us. Operation Patriot: The Veterans Warehouse 410 will work hand-hand with all local veterans’ organization and councils to ensure all programs and needs of our nation’s veterans are met.
