Veterans

Over the past 8-months Tender Touch Ministries has donated 8 to 15 bags of food on a weekly basis to Veterans First to help feed our honored heroes and their families.

See also: https://www.tendertouchministries.org/tender-touch-ministries-donates-clothing-and-more-to-vets-and-homeless/

On Monday, April 25, 2016, Tender Touch Ministries spoke to veterans at the CdS Military Vets club, about our openARMs Program.

Tender Touch Ministries donates clothing to Working Wardrobes Vet Net Program.

On Wednesday, February 24th, Tender Touch Ministries donated boxes of food to Veterans First.  Veterans First provides housing and essential services for Orange County’s homeless and at-risk veterans as well as services for families of at-risk vets and deployed military members.

On Monday, February 15, 2016, Mr. Bruce Hunt invited Tender Touch Ministries to speak to veterans at the VFW POST #6024, in Mission Viejo CA.

We shared information about our veterans openARMs Program and how our unique approach is making a “Real Difference” in the community!

After the presentation, each veteran received a “gift basket“, as a small token of appreciation for their service. Special thanks to Arlene Pfeifer for creating our openARMs veterans gift baskets. Great job!

For over forty years, the goal at Veterans First has been to honor every brave man and woman who has served this country by helping restore dignity to those whose sacrifices defending the freedoms we cherish have left them in need.

Veterans First provides housing and essential services for Orange County’s homeless and at-risk veterans as well as services for families of at-risk vets and deployed military members.

Veterans First currently operates 10 permanent and transitional housing facilities at a capacity of 122 total beds for employable and disabled veterans within 3 Northern Orange County cities (Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana). Each home is staffed 24/7 with a house manager that can assist our clients with making sure that they are working towards a successful completion of our program. Each house is also staffed with a cook that provides nutritious meals to our clients. Additionally, Veterans First in the summer of 2011 began operating the county’s only transitional housing facility for unaccompanied homeless female veterans.

Link: http://www.veteransfirstoc.org

Tender Touch Ministries is pleased to announce a partnership with Working Wardrobes, an Orange County-based non-profit organization that empowers men, women, veterans and young adults in overcoming difficult challenges to confidently enter the workforce and achieve self-sufficiency. They provide career assessments, skills training, career development services, job placement assistance and professional wardrobes in an environment of dignity and respect.

Working Wardrobes has been serving the community since 1990.

 Tender Touch Ministries will act as a facilitator by incorporating many of Working Wardrobes’ services into their homeless advocacy framework.

Tender Touch Ministries is pleased to announce the openARMs Program to assist Orange County Armed Services Veterans in need. This initiative will provide immediate assistance to veterans who are homeless and struggling, as well as help them locate short and long-term care that’s available from a wide network of providers. Connecting veterans to disability services, including counseling for post traumatic stress disorder, as well as resources for jobs and education are all included in the openARMs Program.

The official tagline of the program is “Embracing Our Honored Heroes In Need.” This specifically speaks to the tragic reality that many veterans come home from war post 9/11 with nowhere to go. Tender Touch Ministries is reaching out to these veterans directly in the streets, providing “Welcome Home” Packages with necessities as well as further assistance in contacting available resources.

For more on the openARMs Program and how you can get involved, click here.