Our remarkable journey started out with artwork on a cocktail napkin years ago and presented at the time to my VA Doctor, Doctor Ben Hong, my mentor/hero and friend. I also had support and help from my other mentors/heroes and friends, Tom Burke and Richard Friedrich Sr.  THANK YOU!  With all the trials and tribulations it has become a reality!

Now we start with our mission to continuously fundraise for our Veterans who have mental health issues.  Sadly we lose 22 Veterans a day to suicides!  That’s precisely why we started our fundraising efforts for Therapy Companion Dogs who is by a Veterans side 24/7.  We will continue into the future to provide assistance to our Veterans!

We are a 501(3)C nonprofit with an EIN 30-1375534.  We are a Proud/Patriotic committee of Veterans!  We have all volunteered to MAKE A DIFFERENCE to help Veterans, present and future.  I stress, we are unique, we are all Volunteers and our visionary objectives are the same – “Veterans Helping Veterans”!

Our golf tournament at Norwich Golf Course on June 20, 2024 does not stop there, it continues with our mission! To all our brothers and sisters we will always be there for you!  WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!  We are all dedicated Veterans!

Thank you to Steve Bibby, founder and CEO of Stratedia, a website design company that specializes in SEO services, for developing our website so we can portray we are a group of Veterans who are passionate in our support and WE MEAN BUSINESS!

Respectfully/Sincerely,

Ben Lathrop (VHV Board Member)
Proud Vietnam Veteran and Former Mayor of The City of Norwich