by Rob Haney | Jan 14, 2023 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Multi-disciplinary artist Leslie Hidalgo is our inaugural 2023 Veteran Artist Spotlight. We are starting off our brand new year of Mission Belonging Veteran Artist Spotlights with the amazing Leslie Hidalgo! Leslie is a 16 year Veteran of the United States Air Force,...
by Rob Haney | Dec 17, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
The final artist spotlight for 2022 falls on Mission Belonging Co-Founder and Veteran Artist, Joe Merritt! For December, we are proud to spotlight the awe-inspiring work of Mission Belonging co-founder, and our friend, Joe Merritt. Joe was medically retired from the...
by Rob Haney | Nov 12, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Shining a spotlight on Veteran, Poet and Author, Ben Weakley! Today we are honored to spotlight someone who is no stranger to the Mission Belonging community; Our friend and colleague, the incredible, the talented, Ben Weakley! Ben Weakley spent fourteen years in the...
by Rob Haney | Oct 22, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
This month we spotlight Veteran author and storyteller, Ward Mayfield! Ward Mayfield served as a combat engineer twice in Iraq and once in Afghanistan, completing more than 300 missions clearing routes, and detecting and removing improvised explosive devices (IEDs)...
by Rob Haney | Oct 13, 2022 | Blog
Grant supports local suicide prevention efforts for Veterans and their families. Mission Belonging is proud to announce that we will be working with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to...