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Attention Southern California Veteran Business Owners: Helping Disabled Vet Business Owners Win Contracts Event

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Attention Veteran Business Owners:

Special Event 9/20:
Helping Disabled Vet Business Owners Win Contracts
(w/ DVBA, Sundt Construction, Metropolitan Water District of So. Cal, & City of Los Angeles)

WHAT:
The DVB Alliance Los Angeles/ Orange County Chapter is urging disabled veteran owned businesses to join them in seeking contract opportunitiesy in upcoming projects in the Los Angeles area.  In addition, DVB Alliance Executive Director Rich Dryden will speak about DVBE certification, contract participation and creating opportunity and jobs.

WHO:
Sundt Construction Senior V.P. Kevin Burnett, Kecia Washington Managing Director for City of Los Angeles will help veterans become involved in contracting for goods and services necessary for upcoming projects. Ken Ashford, Business Outreach Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will offer information and advice on partnering with his agency.

Pre-registration by September 15, 2011 is required for this special event and location for the September Chapter meeting of the DVB Alliance. Call 800-280-3000, ext. 3189 or message donunez@sundt.com to RSVP.

WHEN:
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
9am – 3pm

WHERE:
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
700 Alameda St.
10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012.

DVBE Alliance members are linked with timely veteran’s information, news; and the Alliance provides problem-solving experienced DVBE companies and those who work with them.

Visit http://www.cadvbe.org for more information.

Media contact:
Rick Reed
916-704-0080


If your business is (or you know of another business) owned by a veteran (VOB), active duty military, reservist or service disabled veteran (SDVOSB / DVBE) of the United States, Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard or National Guard, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.

The objective of our FREE Veteran Owned Business Directory is to continue to offer a growing list of products and services that are unique in the fact that they are all owned by, sold by and/or serviced by past and present military members.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Welcomes Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Disabled Veterans Committee on HousingVeteranOwnedBusiness.com is proud to welcome Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing of Winchester, Virginia (Frederick County VA) to the Veteran Owned Business Directory Non Profit Section.

Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing Details: I am John S. Lewandowski; President/CEO of the Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, also I am 100% disabled veteran with loss of use of lower extremities due to a service connected injury. I like many of you when confronted with my injury didn’t know where to turn and it became almost impossible for me to get around my home, so I had to turn to outside help in this matter. Boy, little did I know how expenses and how time consuming it became; it took over 3 years just to get a contractor that didn’t want to take an arm and a leg for their work. Here is the list of categories that the Veterans Administration will provide grant assistance to our veterans.

The categories are as follows:

  • Debilitating injury such as loss of or loss of use of lower extremities,
  • Loss of or loss of use of upper extremities (paraplegic and quadriplegic),
  • Loss of or loss of use of one upper & lower extremities,
  • Severe burns over greater than 70% of their bodies,
  • Blindness,
  • TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury),
  • ALS and many more…

I said that there should be an easier way for us veterans to eliminate all this hassle, so I started an agency that can setup a “One Stop Shop” called Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing. Our Board of Director’s is made up of Disabled veterans like ourselves and we have made the work of getting your home either remodeled or a newly accessible and affordable home built to your specifications.

Are you with a non profit organization?  If you are, be sure to get your organization’s free listing in the Veteran Owned Business Directory: http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/signup.php?plan=4.

Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing