Veterans' Outreach

Veterans' Outreach Offering American Veterans a hand up, not a hand out! To Serve and Honor! www.veteransoutreach.org Call to Action! Join us today in our mission.

Perhaps you are a veteran, have a loved one that has served, or you are just passionate about helping veterans, in any case, this country and much of the world has depended upon the brave men and women who were willing to risk their lives to protect America and freedom around the world. No other warrior in history can compare to the American soldier’s compassion and strength for answering the cal

l to duty. They have endured the blood, guts, and glory of war worldwide, without complaint. Take your time looking at our site and check out our page as well. Take a moment each week to read our “Case of the Week”, it will grip your heart every time, when you realize these are real veteran’s lives that we touch daily. The mission of Veteran’s Outreach is to honor and serve all veterans. You can get involved with our mission by becoming a member, sponsor, or volunteer!

🇺🇸🎉 LABOR DAY SALE + SPIN TO WIN AT VO DEPOT! 🎉🇺🇸Looking for incredible deals while supporting an amazing cause? THIS is...
08/31/2026

🇺🇸🎉 LABOR DAY SALE + SPIN TO WIN AT VO DEPOT! 🎉🇺🇸

Looking for incredible deals while supporting an amazing cause? THIS is the sale you don't want to miss!

🛍️ Shop thousands of unique finds including:
🪑 Furniture
🏠 Home Décor
👕 Clothing
📿 Jewelry
🏺 Antiques & Collectibles
✨ Housewares and so much more!

🎡 PLUS — SPIN TO WIN!
Take a spin for your chance to save up to 75% OFF your purchase! 😲

📅 4 DAYS ONLY!
🇺🇸 Monday, August 31
🇺🇸 Tuesday, September 1
🇺🇸 Wednesday, September 2
🇺🇸 Saturday, September 5

⏰ 10 AM–4 PM

❤️ The best part? Every purchase makes a difference. When you shop at VO Depot, you're helping support the life-changing programs of Veterans' Outreach and the veterans and military families we serve.

Come find something amazing, score a great deal, SPIN TO WIN, and help us support veterans in need! 🇺🇸❤️💙

📍 VO Depot inside Veterans' Outreach
17 Colonial Drive • Youngstown, Ohio 44505

SHOP • SAVE • SUPPORT VETERANS!

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✨ Spotlight on Service ✨Today, a VA social worker visited Veterans' Outreach seeking help for two veterans who recently ...
08/06/2026

✨ Spotlight on Service ✨

Today, a VA social worker visited Veterans' Outreach seeking help for two veterans who recently secured apartments through the HUD-VASH program. While each had the keys to a place they could finally call home, they had very little to put inside, just a bed.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we were able to provide each veteran with a voucher for essential furnishings, including a couch, dresser, tables, and TV stand to help transform an empty apartment into a comfortable home.

A home is more than four walls; it's a place to rest, rebuild, and begin a new chapter.

Thank you to everyone who donates furniture and household items to Veterans' Outreach. Your generosity helps ensure that when veterans take the next step toward stability, they don't have to do it alone.

🇺🇸 Because every veteran deserves a place to call home.

🚗 Turn Your Unwanted Vehicle Into Hope. 🇺🇸Do you have a vehicle you no longer need? Instead of letting it sit, donate it...
07/30/2026

🚗 Turn Your Unwanted Vehicle Into Hope. 🇺🇸

Do you have a vehicle you no longer need? Instead of letting it sit, donate it to Veterans' Outreach and help make a difference for local veterans and their families.

We accept donations of almost every type of vehicle, including:
🚗 Cars
🛻 Trucks
🚙 SUVs
🏍️ Motorcycles
🛥️ Boats
🚐 RVs & Campers
🚜 ATVs & UTVs
❄️ Snowmobiles
🚛 Trailers..and more!

✅ Running or not—we'll gladly consider it.
✅ Business & fleet donations welcome.
✅ Estate donations accepted.
✅ Vehicle donations may be tax deductible.*

Your generous donation helps support Veterans' Outreach programs like:
❤️ Direct Aid Program
🥫 Freedom Food Pantry
👕 Heroes' Closet
🤝 Veteran Outreach Services

For more than 30 years, Veterans' Outreach has been serving those who served, providing critical assistance to veterans throughout our community.

📞 Contact Teri Ely today to learn more about donating your vehicle.
🌐 www.veteransoutreach.org

Every vehicle has the power to change a veteran's life. If you can't donate, please share this post to help us reach someone who can.

Thank you for supporting those who served. 🇺🇸

*Vehicle donations may be tax deductible as allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor.

🎳 THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR 4th ANNUAL STARS & STRIKES BOWL-A-THON A SUCCESS! 🇺🇸What an incredible day! On behalf of ever...
07/28/2026

🎳 THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR 4th ANNUAL STARS & STRIKES BOWL-A-THON A SUCCESS! 🇺🇸

What an incredible day! On behalf of everyone at Veterans' Outreach, thank you to everyone who came out to bowl, sponsor, volunteer, donate, and support our mission. Your generosity and enthusiasm helped make our 4th Annual Stars & Strikes Bowl-a-Thon a wonderful success in support of local veterans and their families.

A very special thank you goes to our Venue Sponsor, Camelot Lanes, for generously donating the bowling lanes and shoe rentals. Your continued partnership and generosity make this event possible, and we are truly grateful for your support!

We would also like to recognize our outstanding sponsors:

🥇 Gold Sponsor
⭐ Hubbard VFW Post 3767

🥈 Silver Sponsors
⭐ HBK CPAs & Consultants
⭐ Mercy
⭐ PNC

🥉 Bronze Sponsors
⭐ Blackstone Funeral Home
⭐ Hunter Stevens Land Title Agency, Ltd.
⭐ New Castle Feedscrews, Inc.

🎳 Lane Sponsor
⭐ Flying High Inc

We also extend our sincere appreciation to all of our basket and prize donors, volunteers, and every bowler who spent the afternoon with us. Your support helps Veterans' Outreach continue providing critical services and assistance to veterans and their families throughout our communities.

Thank you for helping us continue our mission to Serve and Honor those who have served our country. We can't wait to see everyone back for next year's Bowl-a-Thon!

❤️🤍💙

Camelot Lanes

No Veteran Should Have to Sleep in a Car to Escape the HeatWhen temperatures climbed into the 90s during last week's ext...
07/07/2026

No Veteran Should Have to Sleep in a Car to Escape the Heat

When temperatures climbed into the 90s during last week's extreme heatwave, one senior Veteran arrived at Veterans' Outreach on Monday morning with an urgent need.

His air conditioner had stopped working over the weekend, leaving his home dangerously hot. With no way to cool his house, he had been sleeping in his car inside his garage with the air conditioning running and the windows cracked, an unsafe situation that could not continue.

Desperate for help, he came to Veterans' Outreach hoping for a solution.

Our team immediately began working to coordinate with a local Home Depot manager to find an air conditioner that would meet the Veteran's needs through our Direct Aid Program.

Later that week, one of our staff members met the Veteran at Home Depot, even though it was a scheduled day off, to complete the purchase after the assistance had been approved.

An unexpected obstacle quickly arose.

The manager who had arranged everything earlier in the week was not working that day, and the manager on duty had no knowledge of the agreement. Despite repeated attempts, they were unable to reach the original manager. As the minutes passed, the Veteran became increasingly anxious, worried that the assistance he desperately needed was slipping away.

After nearly 40 minutes, the manager on duty made what many Veterans would recognize as a "command decision."

Choosing to do what was right, the manager honored the arrangement, completed the transaction, and even helped enroll the Veteran in Home Depot's Veterans Discount, allowing him to save even more on his purchase.

With the air conditioner loaded into his vehicle and arrangements confirmed for someone to help unload and install it at home, the Veteran's relief was immediate.

He repeatedly shook hands, offered heartfelt hugs, and expressed how grateful he was to Veterans' Outreach, saying he didn't know what he would have done without our help.

Sometimes serving Veterans means more than providing assistance.

It means making phone calls, solving unexpected problems, showing up, even on a day off, and refusing to let a Veteran face a dangerous situation alone.

That is what service looks like.

⭐ Spotlight on Service ⭐Late Wednesday afternoon, Veterans' Outreach received an urgent call from the wife of a Veteran ...
07/06/2026

⭐ Spotlight on Service ⭐

Late Wednesday afternoon, Veterans' Outreach received an urgent call from the wife of a Veteran who was in desperate need of help.

After becoming stranded in Ohio due to a financial manipulation scheme that cost their family thousands of dollars, they had nowhere to turn. The Veteran, overwhelmed by the betrayal and loss, shared that he was struggling with dark thoughts and simply wanted to get his family safely back home to Florida.

With the workday quickly coming to an end, two members of our Direct Aid team immediately jumped into action. Working together on multiple phones and computers, they navigated countless calls, paperwork, and red tape to find a solution before time ran out.

Their determination paid off.

Veterans' Outreach was able to secure two additional nights of lodging, giving the Veteran and his family the time they needed to regroup and continue working toward getting home safely.

When our team arrived at work Monday morning, they were greeted by a heartfelt email from the Veteran's wife expressing her gratitude. She thanked our staff for treating her family with compassion and urgency during one of the most difficult moments of their lives. After reaching out to thank her for her kind words, she once again expressed how much Veterans' Outreach meant to her Veteran and their entire family.

This is what our mission is all about.

Behind every phone call is a person, a family, and a story. Sometimes the greatest service we can provide is simply being there when hope feels out of reach.

Thank you to our dedicated team members who work tirelessly behind the scenes every day to ensure no Veteran has to face life's toughest moments alone.

💙 Because no Veteran should ever have to fight their battles alone.

🚗🇺🇸 Rev Up for a Great Cause! 🇺🇸🚗Join us for the Veterans' Outreach Car Show & Swap Meet on Saturday, July 18, 2026, fro...
07/06/2026

🚗🇺🇸 Rev Up for a Great Cause! 🇺🇸🚗

Join us for the Veterans' Outreach Car Show & Swap Meet on Saturday, July 18, 2026, from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM at Veterans Outreach, 512 East Main Street, Grayson, KY!

Whether you're bringing your ride, hunting for parts, or just love classic cars and trucks, there's something for everyone!

🔥 Event Highlights:
🚘 Cars • Trucks • Jeeps • Motorcycles
🍔 Food & Drinks
🛠️ Swap Meet Vendors
🎟️ Tool Basket Raffle
🏆 Trophies Awarded

Schedule:
🕘 Sign-In: 9:00 AM
🏁 Judging: 1:30 PM
🏆 Trophy Presentation: 2:30 PM

💲 Entry Fee: $15 per vehicle
🛍️ Vendor Fee: $20
🎟️ Raffle Tickets: $5 each or 3 for $10

Come out and enjoy an amazing day of beautiful vehicles, great food, and community while supporting the mission of Veterans Outreach. Every registration and raffle ticket helps us continue serving veterans and their families.

📍 Veterans Outreach
512 East Main St.
Grayson, KY 41143

📞 Questions? Call 606-475-0216

We can't wait to see you there! Please like, share, and tag your car-loving friends to help spread the word! 🇺🇸🏁🚗

🇺🇸 AMERICA'S 250TH CELEBRATION STARTS THIS SATURDAY! 🇺🇸🎉 Get ready to SPIN & WIN at VO Depot during our 3-Day Independen...
06/25/2026

🇺🇸 AMERICA'S 250TH CELEBRATION STARTS THIS SATURDAY! 🇺🇸

🎉 Get ready to SPIN & WIN at VO Depot during our 3-Day Independence Celebration!

📅 Saturday, June 27
📅 Monday, June 29
📅 Tuesday, June 30

🕙 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

🎡 Spin the wheel for a chance to win up to 75% OFF your purchase!

Shop thousands of amazing treasures, including:
🪑 Furniture
🏡 Home Décor
👕 Clothing
💍 Jewelry
🏺 Antiques & Collectibles
🛍️ Housewares & Unique Finds

❤️ Every purchase helps support the life-changing programs of Veterans' Outreach, serving veterans and military families in our community.

⚠️ Important: VO Depot will be CLOSED July 1–4, so these are your ONLY THREE DAYS to Spin & Win before Independence Day!

Celebrate America's 250th birthday by shopping local, saving big, and giving back to those who served.

📍 VO Depot
Inside Veterans' Outreach
17 Colonial Drive
Youngstown, OH 44505

📣 Tag your shopping buddy, share this post, and make plans to stop in!

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🇺🇸 AMERICA 250 🇺🇸As our nation celebrates 250 years of freedom, we invite you to join us in honoring those who helped pr...
06/22/2026

🇺🇸 AMERICA 250 🇺🇸

As our nation celebrates 250 years of freedom, we invite you to join us in honoring those who helped protect it.

For over 30 years, Veterans’ Outreach has proudly served local veterans and their families by providing food assistance, financial aid, clothing, employment opportunities, and other critical support services.

Join us for three great events in 2026:

🎳 4th Annual Stars & Strikes Bowl-a-Thon
📅 July 26, 2026

⛳ 11th Annual Golf Scramble
📅 September 11, 2026

🏍️ Patriot Dice Run
📅 October 3, 2026

Every registration, sponsorship, donation, and participant helps us continue our mission of serving veterans in need throughout our community.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those who served our country.

Register today at VeteransOutreach.org

⭐ Spotlight on Service: Eric & Buddy ⭐At Veterans’ Outreach, we have the privilege of meeting remarkable people every da...
06/16/2026

⭐ Spotlight on Service: Eric & Buddy ⭐

At Veterans’ Outreach, we have the privilege of meeting remarkable people every day. Recently, we met a Veteran named Eric and his loyal service dog, Buddy, whose story reminds us that character, compassion, and community can change lives.

During a recent heatwave, Eric contacted Veterans’ Outreach seeking temporary assistance with a hotel stay. More than anything, he was concerned about Buddy’s safety in the extreme temperatures. We were able to provide a three-day hotel stay to help keep them both safe. The cost exceeded our annual assistance limit by $40, and with approval from our Executive Director, an exception was made.

The following Monday, we received a surprise.

Despite facing homelessness and uncertainty, Eric mailed a check for the additional $40. His act of honesty and gratitude spoke volumes about the kind of person he is.

While staying at the hotel, Eric received life-changing news—he had been approved for subsidized housing. There was just one challenge: Buddy needed updated vaccinations before they could move in, and Eric did not have the funds to cover the cost.

Fortunately, a new partnership was already in place.

Just one week earlier, Veterans’ Outreach had met with representatives from Animal Charity and Cornerstone Caregiving to discuss ways we could work together to better serve Veterans and their pets. When we reached out for help, they immediately stepped forward.

On Saturday morning, Buddy received the veterinary care he needed thanks to the generosity and compassion of Animal Charity and Cornerstone Caregiving. What could have been a barrier to housing became a success story because caring people chose to help.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Jenny Falvey and the team at Animal Charity, Morgan O’Brien and Cornerstone Caregiving, Dr. Celeste Blumerich, and Aiden Ripple, RVT, for their kindness and commitment to helping Veterans and their companions.

This story is about more than financial assistance. It is about integrity, partnership, and the incredible bond between a Veteran and his service dog. Because of a community that cared, Eric and Buddy are now one step closer to a safe and stable future.

Thank you, Eric, for allowing us to share your story. And thank you, Buddy, for being the faithful companion every Veteran deserves. ❤️🇺🇸🐾

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17 Colonial Drive
Youngstown, OH
44505

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm

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+13307555793

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