About this Event
This special ceremony will include honors to our nation, honors to veterans, and exciting National Center for Healthy Veterans updates. Our keynote speaker this year will be Virginia's Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears. There will be a special time of music, food, and fellowship following the ceremony. Food trucks will also be on site available for dinner. We are so excited to share this special time with you and cannot wait to see you on November 11th! Please plan to arrive early due to traffic near Valor Farm.
If you are unable to attend, we ask you would prayerfully consider a donation to help NCHV help Veterans.
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Keynote Speaker: Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She is proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps. In addition to her various appointments, she has served as the Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education; and as a presidential appointee to the US Census Bureau, as co-chair of the African American Committee; and the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Winsome was first elected in 2002 to a majority Black House of Delegates district, a first for a Republican in Virginia since 1865. She is the first female Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first Black female elected statewide, and the first naturalized female elected to statewide office. She is also the first female Veteran to be elected to statewide office.
As Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears presides over the Senate when they are in a legislative session and casts the tie-breaking vote. Additionally, the Lieutenant Governor serves on various state boards and commissions: Virginia Tourism Authority, Virginia Military Advisory Council, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, The Center for Rural Virginia, Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, as well as serving as the national Secretary of the Aerospace States Association (ASA), and as the Chair of the Virginia chapter of ASA (2023). Her office has been represented on the Virginia Advanced Air Mobility Alliance (VAAMA) since 2022. The Lieutenant Governor is also a Fellow at the Hunt Kean Leadership Institute. Education has been and continues to be a focus of the Lieutenant Governor.
In her efforts to hear from as many Virginians as possible, the Lieutenant Governor has traveled over 28,000 miles across the Commonwealth since coming into office. An often-requested speaker, the Lieutenant Governor has headlined numerous events across the Commonwealth and across the nation.
A former program manager for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and VISTA volunteer, Winsome is a trained electrician and successful businesswoman. However, Winsome is most proud of her community work leading a men’s Pr*son ministry and as director of a women’s homeless shelter. She holds a B.A. in English with a minor in Economics, and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership, with a concentration in Government. Winsome and her husband, Terence, have two daughters Katia and Janel, in addition to DeJon, and granddaughters Victoria and Faith, who are now looking into the face of God.
The National Center for Healthy Veterans (NCHV) facility in Altavista is fundamentally reshaping veterans care in America, mobilizing the full capabilities of America's private sector. America's Veterans are an Untapped National Treasure! The purpose of the NCHV is to "Return Healthy Veterans to America." NCHV is comprised of the following: a natural healing environment, dignified work in a farm and ranch setting, community living to defeat isolation, faith-based trauma recovery life skills training and vocational/technical training to achieve maximum employment potential, job placement, and economic opportunity. All of this is aimed at helping NCHV "Patriots" achieve their full, God-given potential and contribute to American society in every possible way.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm, 980 Wards Road, Altavista, United States
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