Veterans Day Dinner 2013 Update
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We have sold out this year’s Veterans Day Dinner Gala. We are at capacity and cannot offer any more ticket purchases or sponsorships. Thanks for the support!
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Volunteers Wanted for Our Veterans Day Dinner Gala 2013
Veterans Day Dinner is our fundraising event of the year. We need ten volunteers to help with registration, auction checkout, and runners for the live auction.
Jurassic World Fan Experience: On Set with Colin Trevorrow
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Swords to Plowshares is auctioning off an exclusive on-set experience for Jurassic World in Kaua’i with director Colin Trevorrow.
Juvenile Detention Home Revived As Green Home for Veterans
San Francisco’s Juvenile Court and Detention Home was transformed into Veterans Commons and became home to 75 formerly homeless single veterans who are disabled.
Nominate Swords as Your Favorite San Francisco Charity!
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Nominate Swords for 7×7 San Francisco’s Favorite Charity Contest based on our work in job placement for veterans and give us a chance to win up to $10,000!
Giving With Purpose
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Swords to Plowshares was officially recognized by the Learning by Giving Foundation as a grant recipient of $3,000 during its most recent grant competition.
Paper Dolls: 20 Women Veterans Stories Told Through Uniforms
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Huffington Post reviews Shotwell Paper Mill’s “stunning new” book Paper Dolls where twenty women veterans’ stories are told through their uniforms.
Shutdown Hits the Most Vulnerable the Hardest
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Government shutdown: kids and families missing meals at home and school including meal deliveries for the elderly; veterans going penniless and getting evicted.
Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Support California Veterans
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Governor Jerry Brown signs AB 639 into law today that expands the housing options for veterans to include multifamily, transitional and supportive housing.
San Francisco Beats Goal of Housing 100 Homeless Veterans
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that San Francisco housed 110 chronically homeless veterans in the last 100 days.