The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival displays the artistic talents of veterans across the U.S. in categories including visual arts, writing, dance, drama and music. Each festival features art and writing exhibitions of the first-place entries from the national competition. Veterans who achieve gold-medal-winning status in numerous categories present a show … [Read more...]
Orlando Fisher House Celebrates Milestone After Milestone
It’s 2018. Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air, but there appears to be a little more love than usual. The doors to the Orlando Fisher House, located on the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center property right in the heart of Lake Nona, open. The rush of love and support comes flooding out. Flash forward to exactly one year later, and that feeling never left. It’s like a … [Read more...]
Congressman Darren Soto Opens Congressional District Office Inside VA Medical Center in Lake Nona
Congressman Darren Soto’s previous Congressional District office was located at the UCF Medical School Administration Building in Lake Nona, and although it was just across the street from the VA Medical Center, it was yet another hurdle for veterans in need to cross in order to get help. Most were unwilling due to a myriad of understandable reasons. Now that the office is … [Read more...]
New American Legion Post Coming to Lake Nona
With the Orlando VA Hospital and a large veteran population in the vicinity, Lake Nona will be the next location to experience the addition of an American Legion Post. What is an American Legion, you ask? Chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919, the American Legion was created “as a patriotic veterans’ organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation’s … [Read more...]