{"id":2370,"date":"2012-08-17T15:52:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T15:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/?page_id=2370"},"modified":"2012-08-17T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T15:52:13","slug":"veterans-network-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/?page_id=2370","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Network Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-2320\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\" alt=\"Veterans-network-committee\" src=\"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Veterans-network-committee.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois (Honor Flight) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois\">http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Veterans Network Committee VNC of N. Illinois is a charitable operation that provides<br \/>programs, services and events to veterans. Programs offered include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honor Flight<\/strong>:<br \/>The Veterans Network Committee is most noted for the tremendous work they do in<br \/>support of Honor Flight, which is a program to send WWII veterans to Washington DC to<br \/>see their monument. Due to the aging population of these veterans, there is an increased<br \/>urgency to support this mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flag Program<\/strong>:<br \/>This program\u2019s mission is to install a flag pole with a flag at a veterans house at no cost<br \/>to the veteran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support &amp; Assistance Program<\/strong>:<br \/>The committee raises funds to help with immediate needs of veterans such as bills, food,<br \/>or other needs in their community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forum 2012<\/strong>:<br \/>Forum 2012 is an informational gathering at the McHenry County College for veteran<br \/>outreach and assistance. It provides veterans with resources on jobs, schooling,<br \/>community services and answers questions on Veteran Administrative services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf Veteran Cook-Off<\/strong>:<br \/>The cook-off is sponsored in support of Gulf War veterans, as well as all veterans two<br \/>times a year, May \u2013 September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation Support Our Troops<\/strong>:<br \/>Donations are collected from the local areas to send care packages to our troops in the<br \/>Gulf. Veterans receive 2 to 4 boxes a year. Any family members in the area can contact<br \/>the NVC to be on the mailing list for their loved one to receive packages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Programs<\/strong>:<br \/>The School Program is designed to help high school students see opportunities for getting<br \/>involved with veterans. Currently, NVC is working with four schools in McHenry<br \/>County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information<\/strong>: Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/\">http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois (Honor Flight) &#8211; http:\/\/www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com\/ Veterans Network Committee VNC of N. Illinois is a charitable operation that providesprograms, services and events to veterans. Programs offered include: &nbsp; Honor Flight:The Veterans Network Committee is most noted for the tremendous work they do insupport of Honor Flight, which is a program to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2370","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}