AGENCY TESTIMONY
Volunteer pillar: Mission Vet Check and Emergency food efforts
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Commissioner Hendon details two key volunteer programs under the 'volunteer' pillar: Mission Vet Check and Emergency food efforts.
- Mission Vet Check is a wellness call program partnering with New York Cares, where volunteers call service members to check on them and inform them of available services.
- Over 16,000 calls were made in fiscal year 2024 for Mission Vet Check.
- Emergency food efforts involve weekly volunteer sessions distributing HelloFresh meal kits, with over 1.5 million meals delivered in the program's 4-year history.
James Hendon
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First, I'd like to begin with volunteer.
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Volunteering involves DBS promoting volunteer opportunities which are either curated by our department run by a sister agency or organized wholly within the veteran community.
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Examples of such programs are mission vet check.
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Mission vet check is a buddy check wellness call program, operating in partnership with New York Care's volunteers meet weekly to call US military service members past and present in order to check-in on them.
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Make them aware of our offerings, and thank them for their service.
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Emotionally, volunteers convey to New York City veterans that we as a city appreciate now.
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We see them, and we love them.
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Through the help of thoughtful volunteers, Mission VetCheck amplifies our agency's ability to go on the offensive.
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And meeting our charter mandate to assist and inform veterans in the areas of health care, housing, benefits, culture, education, and employment.
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More than 16,000 calls were made in support of mission vet check during fiscal year 2024, and please visit nyc.gov/vetcheck.
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To learn more.
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Emergency food efforts.
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Every Wednesday, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, approximately 15 to 25 volunteers.
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Many of whom hail from black veterans of social justice pack 2000 donated HelloFresh meal kits, equivalent to 8000 meals.
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At the campaign against hunger's Brooklyn Community Food Distribution Center located in East New York.
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Roughly 20 veteran service organizations pick up the meals and deliver them to few food and secure veterans throughout New York City.
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In the 4 year history of this program, more than 1a half 1,000,000 meals have been delivered The lifeblood of the hell of fresh food work is its volunteers of which we can always use more.
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Further information can be found at nyc.gov/vetfood.
