16 th Annual Operation Stand Down Event The 16 th Annual Operation Stand Down Event has been scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 17, 18 and 19, 2008 at a location to be determined. It will either be back at the NG Amory or at the TN State Guard Facility where it was held last year. There is still construction going on at the NG Armory. A decision will be made in July on the event location. Set up will be Tuesday through Thursday, October 14 - 16, 2008 . This is the annual, community-supported three-day event that provides outreach, information and social services to this area's veterans who are homeless. For more information, please call (615) 321-3919. Don Samuels , Assistant Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs, and Bill Burleigh, Executive Director for Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc., are the Co-Chairs for this year's event. In preparation for the event, the Event Committee will be meeting on the following dates. If you would like to support the event and be on one of the committees, please call Bill at (615) 321-3919 or Don at (615) 741-4790. All meetings are open to the public. All meetings will be held in the Community Room of the I. W. Gernert Tower located at 12 th Avenue South and Edgehill Avenue . The Community Room is located behind the Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc offices. Each meeting is on a Thursday, will begin at 2 PM and will end no later than 3:30 PM .
Needs for the Event: • Financial donations to pay for needed items that are not donated. Attached is a Program Ad Sales Form. Please make copies, pass them out and sell some ads! • Clothes – (work type clothes) – jeans or corduroy pants, heavy-duty shirts, etc., • Winter coats, gloves and hats • Volunteers ! Let us know the date and time you are available from Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 18, 2008 . We will set up Tuesday through Thursday prior to the Event beginning on Friday. Whatever time you are available, we can use you! Call Jean at OSDN, 321-3919 or e-mail her at jean@osdnashville.org. “Since 1993, helping the community reestablish ties with its veterans.”
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