{"id":45648,"date":"2013-11-14T13:05:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=45648"},"modified":"2013-11-18T19:55:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T03:55:06","slug":"veterans-resource-fair-coming-to-palmdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/11\/14\/veterans-resource-fair-coming-to-palmdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Resource Fair coming to Palmdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Honor-Veterans-clip-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23993\" alt=\"Honor Veterans clip art\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Honor-Veterans-clip-art-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Honor-Veterans-clip-art-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Honor-Veterans-clip-art.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>PALMDALE \u2013 Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Antelope Valley) will host a Veterans Resource Fair this Monday aimed at connecting area organizations with local veterans who need their assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Veterans Resource Fair will take place from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18 at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, located 38350 Sierra Highway in Palmdale.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Fox is a member of the Veterans Committee in the Assembly, and so he wanted to do something special for veterans. His dad was a veteran and he\u2019s extremely sensitive to their needs,\u201d said Sandra Kramer, Press Aide to Assemblymember Steve Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Fox will be at the Veterans Resource Fair talking to attendees and listening to their personal concerns and issues, Kramer said.<\/p>\n<p>The resource fair will also feature 15 local organizations that provide support for veterans and their family members, including assistance with career training and placement, family support services, counseling, and planning for life after service.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations confirmed to attend the Veterans Resource Fair include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">The California Department of Veteran Affairs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Habitat for Humanity;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Antelope Valley Veterans Center;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Vets 4 Veterans \u2013 Antelope Valley;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Operation Homefront;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Red White and Blue Thrift Store;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Mental Health of America;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">New Directions for Veterans;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Veterans Employment Program;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">American Red Cross;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">DMH Court Linkage;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Heritage Clinic;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Social Service Advocates;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">The California Employment Development Department (EDD).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on this event, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/asmdc.org\/members\/a36\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.asmdc.org\/fox <\/a>or contact the district office for Assemblymember Steve Fox at 661-267-7636.<\/p>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Antelope Valley) will host a Veterans Resource Fair this Monday aimed at connecting area organizations with local veterans who need their assistance. The Veterans Resource Fair will take place from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18 at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, located 38350 Sierra Highway in Palmdale. \u201cMr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}