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Gilchrist's seventh annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration is a day to honor and thank the men and women in our community who served during the Vietnam War. Gilchrist is a nationally recognized nonprofit that provides care and support for people with serious illness through the end of life, through elder medical care, counseling and support, and hospice care. Many of the people we care for at Gilchrist are veterans, and many of them served during the Vietnam era.

One of the most painful chapters in our nation's history was the treatment of our Vietnam veterans and Vietnam-era veterans when they returned home. Gilchrist is committed to making things right and giving a long overdue and joyous welcome home to Vietnam veterans everywhere. On March 30, 2025 we will come together as a grateful community to honor, thank and celebrate the veterans in our care as well as all of the veterans who served during the Vietnam War and their loved ones. This celebration is one of the many ways Gilchrist recognizes the unique needs of these veterans and thanks them for their sacrifice and service to our country.


Event Details:

11:30am - 12:30pm:  Resource Fair
12:20pm Ballroom Doors open   
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Buffet Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm: Program

Registration closes March 26, 2025

Questions? Please contact Kim McDonnell at mcdonnell@gilchristcares.org. If you experience problems with the registration form, please ensure you are using an updated web browser.

*By attending this event, you grant Gilchrist permission to use any video or photographs taken for publicity or promotion of any program or service provided by the organization. Please note that publicity or promotional use may extend beyond the originally intended purpose and does not expire on any particular date.

Ceremony Hosts: Senator/Colonel John C. Astle, UMC (Ret.) and Colonel George Forrest, USA (Ret.)
Key Note Speaker: Captain Charlie Plumb, Naval Academy Graduate, Vietnam Veteran, POW
Salute: TBD

Captain Charlie Plumb is a Navy Fighter Pilot, author, and Vietnam War POW. During his nearly six years of captivity, he distinguished himself among his fellow prisoners as a professional in underground communications and served for two of those years as the Chaplain in his camp. Since his return home, more than 4,000 audiences in nearly every industry have been spellbound as Captain Plumb draws parallels between his P.O.W. experience and the challenges of everyday life.

 

Thank you to the members of Gilchrist's
We Honor Veterans Task Force

 

Tim Price USA
Chair, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration
Paul Sullivan, USMC
Vice-Chair, Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration

Barbara Ahr
Denis Ahr, USN
Lance Bendann, USN
Sherman Canapp, USAF
Jim Dasinger, USA
Peter Cuttino, USA
Allen Garnes, USMC
Art Grau, USA
Dean Henderson, USN
Linda Henderson
William Hill, USA
Al Hunt, USAF
Bruce Kahl, USA
Ed Kaplan, USA

Ken Knutson USCG
Don Kyle, USA
Mike Lachance, USA
Jenny Murray
Ed Nolley, USA
Billy Pulket USA
Tim Price, USA
Tom Purdy, USA
Tim Ruland, USA
Trish Rosenfield
Paul Sullivan, USMC
Rick Sullivan, USMC
Rick Uhlig, USN
Virgil Wright, USMC

 

 

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Your gift supports Gilchrist's We Honor Veterans program, which thanks veterans and their families for their sacrifice and service to our country.

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Gilchrist Hospice Care
kmcdonnell@gilchristcares.org

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