Veterans Resource Center at Great Basin College

Welcome summer!

Our June Veterans Calendar is up!

☀️ Fathers Day activities for both our Elko VFW Post 2350 and our The American Legion Reed-Gregory Post 7

🇺🇸 Special Flag Day presentation by our Elko Elks Lodge 1472

🍗 Lunch is now offered at the VFW for our Vets and Vet community Tue & Thu at the VFW Post

🦮 Our Mutt Monday program continues at the VRC - Endless Pawsibilities Foundation and Elko Veteran Corps presents an adoptable dog for our Vets with no adoption fees!

🎉 Bingo nights at the VFW and as always - our pantry is open Wed 9 to noon

Let’s talk.

Survivors guilt is hard. Unanswered questions. Rewinding the past. Replay can repeat.

You are never alone. Know your resources. Learn some new ones.

Download the Sound Off App. Have it on hand. Maybe you need to share it with someone someday. Maybe you use it someday. Maybe you become a battle buddy someday.

🌹The Missing Man Table.

Many people have heard of it, maybe even seen it, but what does it mean?

This year, we would like to invite any business, restaurant, classroom or household, to join us this Monday in displaying a Table of their own!

Although there is no specific date to officially commemorate the Missing Man Table, the origins take us back to Vietnam.

At the end of the Vietnam War, despite the return of 591 prisoners of war during Operation Homecoming, there were still 2,626 service members listed as unaccounted for.

Both the POW flag and Missing Man Table help to honor the promise listed at the bottom of the flag, ‘You Are Not Forgotten.’

🔘 round table for the everlasting concern
🤍 white tablecloth for purity
🌹 red rose for the ones we hold dear
❤️ red ribbon for continued determination
🍋 slice of lemon for the bitter fate
🧂 dash of salt for the many tears
🍷 inverted glass cannot toast or celebrate
🪑 the empty chair for those still unaccounted

These are the symbolic elements that make up the Table…

We invite you to share your own, some may choose to place a service cover, or many, for a specific loved one, or many. Some place a folded flag given to them in the soberest of ceremonies. Some choose to add a bible to show their faith and love.

Post a photo, share a story, attend a ceremony, wear your poppy this Memorial Day. 🌹

🇺🇸Do you have plans for this upcoming Flag Day?

Join us at the Masonic Lodge Sunday June 14th for a special presentation!

Thank you to Danny Alexander and the Elko Elks Lodge #1472 - we are lucky to have our Elks as they do so much for our Veteran Community!

🇺🇸A friendly reminder this Armed Forces Day!

Cheers to all of our Service Members currently serving today and every day!

🤩 Welcome back Jasper!

We were shocked to learn Jasper had not found his forever family since he last came to visit…

So back by popular demand, he came back!

He was happy to help our students relieve some finals stress with hugs, licks, floppy ears and a wagging tail.

At only 9 months old, he is already such a smart and caring gentleman. He’s going to be a larger fella, but we have decided it’s just due to a giant heart 🥹❤️

Do you have a couch? Do you like big hugs and lots of love?

He’s your guy - please reach out to our friends at Endless Pawsibilities Foundation to bring this sweet boy home!

A special Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in service, past service, and those Blue and Gold Star mothers - we love you and are grateful for you all 🌷

81 years ago today, V-E (Victory in Europe) Day was declared when German forces surrendered on all fronts. We honor all those who bravely served and sacrificed in World War II.