Homeless Veterans Christmas Gift 2014 Looking to provide a gift to a local homeless veteran shelter beyond the clothes that I was planning on donating. I held a few fundraisers to raise the cost of a suite at a Celtics Game. Working with the Celtics, the cost of the suite was reduce to $900, and … More Homeless Veterans Christmas Gift 2014
Veterans Day 2015 Goal was to great strong events on veterans day that brought out pure appreciation for the service of our Veterans. Paint Night A new event feature for the Boston Celtics and The TD Garden, Paint Night. This paint night event support Operation Delta Dog, featured a drawing of a Golden Labrador … More Veterans Day 2015 – Boston Celtics
Memorial Day 2015 / Homeless Veterans Looking to provide an uplifting and refreshing day for a couple Homeless Veterans I arranged a trip to Fenway Park. Originally the idea was thought to be strictly funded through crowd funding – turned out differently. Game Day Tickets / Food / Souvenir What started as looking for a … More Homeless Veteran Get Treated to Red Sox
People ask me, ‘Out of everything you do, what do you enjoy the most?’. My favorite thing and something I truly enjoy is being the Veteran Grave Officer for the Town of Newbury. The role, as outlined by M.G.L Chapter 115; Section 9, is more then just placing flags for Memorial Day.
The flag box that was sent up and placed in Newbury collected close to 1,500 flags between August 2016 to Veteran’s Day, November 11th 2016. Due to the unexpected response of the collection box State Secretary of Veteran Service Francisco Urena reached out to help with having the flags retired respectfully.
February 2015, good friend of mine, Frederick Maguire, lost his battle with PTSD. Maguire and I served in the same unit together in Iraq back in 2007-2008. Days after learning about his passing I also learned about the frustrating the family was having with the Army and VA in regards to benefits. As the result … More Spc. Maguire – Honor, Respect, Never For
Flag Day 2016 / Operation Delta Dog Building support for an organization that focuses on rescuing dogs from shelters and training them to be service dogs for veterans. It seem appropriate to do something with the Red Sox. The goal was to raise awareness, demonstrate training excises, and raise support and gather donations.
Donald Jarvis 