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...
by Rob Haney | Aug 20, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Our Veteran Artist Spotlight for the month of August shines on the wonderful Belena Marquez! Maj (Ret) Belena Stuart Marquez commissioned into the United States Air Force in 2008 from the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College. She served as...
by Seema Reza | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog
In January, Mission Belonging celebrated our 5th year. It’s been a long road, and we couldn’t have traveled it without you. Many of you know the history of this program: In 2010 I started a job at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and what I learned there...
by Rob Haney | Jul 2, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
Our July Veteran Artist Spotlight shines on Natasha Lewis, who will be facilitating a Paint Night for Mission Belonging on Wednesday, July 6th at 7 pm ET! About Natasha: “I am 17-year Veteran Combat medic in the Army Reserve. I have been on five tours...
by Rob Haney | Jun 4, 2022 | Blog, Veteran Artist Spotlight
This month for our Veteran Artist Spotlight, we share with you the amazingly talented Artist and Mental Health Counselor, Alexis Laryea! Alexis contributed to the Mission Belonging Memorial Day painting and veteran poetry reading event last month, and we are so...
