News Coverage

2024

• Bright Spot: Pound the Ground 5K

• Monroe Roofing + Siding launches veterans support campaign with donations to outreach center

• VOC gears up for Pound the Ground 5K

• Veterans Outreach Center helping vets improve technology skills

• VOC will hand out flags with Flag Day approaching

• Veterans Outreach Center opens South Ave facility, offering after-hours healthcare

• Peer connection center opens at Veterans Outreach Center

• Veterans Outreach Center opens after-hours peer support center in Rochester

• Veterans Outreach Center opens center named after local firefighter Steve Preston

• Honoring Vietnam Veterans Day: VOC hosts annual ceremony

• VOC provides a formal ‘welcome home’ to Rochester area Vietnam veterans

• Honoring Vietnam Veterans

• Veterans Outreach Center holds ‘Hoops for Heroes’ to raise support for local veterans

• Veterans Outreach Center hosts ‘Hoops for Heroes’ event

• "Call of Duty" video game tournament benefits local Veterans

• Honoring Veterans at the Amerks Military Salute Night

• The Amerks and Knighthawks get ready for a month of special events

• Fairport metal artist crafts copper roses to benefit veterans

• Rochester Navy veteran turns to painting to help with her mental health

• VOC to expand mental health services to veterans with new afterhours center

• VOC expands mental health and recreation services

• Rochester-area nonprofits awarded funding for health equity efforts

• Veterans Outreach Center starts construction of after-hours peer support facility

• Veterans Outreach Center breaks ground on new facility

2023

• NYHealth’s ‘Best of 2023’ Annual Report

• Veterans Outreach Center celebrates 50 years by honoring local veterans

• Veterans express their battles through art: A spotlight on healing and understanding during National Suicide Prevention Month

• Veteran art exhibit showcases how many cope with anxiety, pain, and PTSD

• Rochester rallies for veterans: Annual Pound the Ground 5K/Run raises funds for vital services

• Win a Harley Davidson to benefit the Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester

• Flag Day concert honors veterans and celebrates milestone anniversaries for local organizations

• Coming Home from War: Part Two – The Status of Veterans' Healthcare in Monroe County, NY

• Veterans Outreach Center Ready for Annual Flag Day Campaign

• Veterans Outreach Center Completes Richard’s House Renovations

• Homeless Shelter for Veterans Has a New Look

• Richards House Expands Services with New Renovations

• Center for Homeless Veterans Completes Significant Upgrades

• Veterans Outreach Center Celebrates 50 Years of Service to Local Veterans

• Knighthawks Hold Military Salute Game to Honor Veterans

• Amerks Hold Military Salute Game to Honor Veterans

2022

• Bill that expands healthcare for veterans exposed to toxic substances passes in Congress

• Senator Chuck Schumer in Rochester in support of VA benefits bill

• Rochester housing expansion gives homeless veterans hope

• VOC expands its services with fitness center

• Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester to expand housing for homeless vets

• New York State Announces Construction Underway on $6.2 Million Project to Expand Housing for Homeless Veterans in Rochester

• Rochester's Veteran's Outreach Center breaks ground on housing renovation project

• Rochester’s Richard’s House to receive much-needed renovations

• NYS announces $6.2 million project to expand housing for homeless veterans in Rochester

• Khawks and VOC present Military Appreciation Night

• KNIGHTHAWKS HOSTING MILITARY APPRECIATION KNIGHT SATURDAY AGAINST ALBANY

• AMERKS FORWARD DOMINIC FRANCO LAUNCHES ‘FRIENDS OF FRANCO’ TICKET PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER

2021

• Rochester-area organizations work to destigmatize mental health conversations

• Rochester’s VOC, RIT honor lives lost on 9/11 in separate ceremonies

• Veterans Outreach Center hosts “Operation We Remember” for 20th anniversary of 9/11

• Community commemorates Sept. 11, 2001

• Twenty years later: Area events will mark Sept. 11, 2001

• Veterans Outreach Center marking National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Week

• September Events with The Veteran's Outreach Center

• Veteran services saying ‘purpose’ could be key in suicide crisis

• Connections: Discussing U.S. counter-terrorism efforts

• Help for local vets, families at Veterans Outreach Center amid Kabul attack

• Veterans Outreach Center offering support for vets struggling with events in Afghanistan

• VOC’s annual ‘Pound the Ground’ 5K run, walk in Mendon

• 20th annual Stand Down event held at Rochester Public Market

• Stand Down and Pound the Ground highlight busy month for VOC

• Bright Spot: Made with love

2020

• Advocates Fear a Huge Surge of Homeless Veterans as Pandemic Effects Become Clear

• VOC brings in therapist/Marine veteran to lead way in suicide prevention

• Meeting veterans needs during the pandemic

• RTS to offer free bus fare to military veterans starting July 15

• RTS announces free fares for veterans

• Rochester VOC Flag Day Campaign Going Online This Year

• Veterans Outreach Center due to reopen next week

• Gates Keystone Club Police Pipes & Drum holding food drive for Veterans Outreach Center

• LiDestri making hand sanitizer, distributing sauces amid pandemic

• COVID-19 not slowing down Legion Family efforts

• Donors Step Up During Rochester Food Drive for Veterans

• Veterans Outreach Center holds food drive

• American Legion holds food drive for veterans

• ‘Operation Canned Goods’: Veteran Outreach Center to hold one-day food drive

• Veterans Service Agency response to COVID-19

• Fairport Metal Artist Raises More Than $14K for Veterans Outreach Center

• Stand Down offers critical services for military veterans

2023 Media Releases

• VOC Celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2023

• Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness Coming Soon

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Veteran’s Mental Health Roundtable Discussion presented by Visible Man, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing and examining the issues surrounding veteran suicide