January 2024 Newsletter

Coming Up At The VFWC

Look out for our next VFWC Speaker Series on nature

and recovery featuring Mark Mitchell, LMFT.

Wednesday, March 20th, 12 - 1 pm

Ongoing Events

Our Expressive Arts programming will be expanding to a second location in 2024! The new Services Trailer adjacent to Building #210 will bring a second arts workshop closer to the residents in buildings #205, #207, #208 and #209. All Veterans are welcome!

Call 661-268-6739 to sign up.

UCLA Veteran Family Wellbeing Center & VPAN

Veterans and Families: Building Relationships

Every Tuesday 12 - 1 pm

VPAN SD-5 Rally Point 38345 30th St. East, Palmdale CA 93550

Welcome Our New Program Assistant

Danielle O’Terry serves as a Program Assistant for the UCLA/VA Veteran Family Wellbeing Center. She also works as a Program Lead supporting youth through Wolf Connection’s Wolf Therapy program in the Antelope Valley. Previously, she provided project management and administrative support for UCLA Center of Excellence and DMH UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership. Being part of a military family and working in the performing arts for the past 25 years, she has an intimate knowledge of the value that art therapies and other alternative practices have on creating and nurturing healthy relationships with oneself and others.

New VFWC Website Design!

Visit the new VFWC website! Our new website design makes it easier to access our services and keep up with VFWC activities and events.

Big THANK YOU to Our Partners

The VFWC would like to thank both The Boeing Company and St. John’s Health Foundation’s Community Impact Fund for their generous support of our expanded programming and community events in 2024!

VFWC in the Community

Over the recent months, we’ve been honored to support these great events for Veterans with our partners!

• In December, VFWC Staff delivered 3 “Hopeful for the Holidays” workshops for the Veterans living on West Los Angeles VA campus. 
• For the holidays: The VFWC and UCLA distributed over 400 apple pies to Veterans at the Veteran Holiday and Thanksgiving Food Drives organized by the VA’s Center for Development & Civic Engagement.
• VFWC staff delivered a workshop on developing emotional awareness and healthy coping skills to Veterans enrolled in Success Academy, a class at UCLA Extension designed to help Veterans develop skills to obtain and maintain employment. 
• To kick off the year, the VFWC hosted a resource table at the MLK Day of Service event on January 9th.

For more information, contact our Family Services Coordinator

310.478.3711, ext 42793 | info@vfwc.ucla.edu | vfwc.ucla.edu