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New support group starting for Kendall County veterans and service members · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: New support groups starting for Kendall County veterans and service members.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. The Veterans Assistants Commission of Kendall
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  County is starting a new peer support group for veterans
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  and service members. Standing Watch, will start meeting this month
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  at Oswego American Legion Post six seventy five nineteen W
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  Washington Saints Luji in downtown Oswego. The Commission is partnering
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  with VET Park's ATV. ATV stands for Alternative Therapy for Veterans.
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  The mission of VET Park's ATV is to encourage, promote
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  and assist all veterans in their families on a journey
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  to whole person wellness through recovery focused alternative therapies using
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  peer support. We really wanted to create a space where
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  veterans could share their life experiences, said Sarah Gabbin, outreach
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  specialist for the Veterans Assistants Commission of Kendall County. They
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  can build coping skills and also build that camaraderie that
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  they had while in service. Veteran Robert Dabney, Junior Executive
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  Director and founder of Vett Park's ATV will be facilitating
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  the new group. The new support group fits in with
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  the mission of the Veterans Assistants Commission of Kendall County,
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  which is to better the lives of veterans and their families. Gavin,
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  who is a veteran herself, runs a monthly coffee talk
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  for veterans at the Beacher Center in Yorkville. Standing Watch
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  will start meeting at six pm January twenty sixth at
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  Oswego American Legion Post six seventy five. Plans are for
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  Standing Watch to meet at least twice a month throughout
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  the year. It will always be on Mondays and always
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  at the same time in location, Gavin said. More information
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  about the Veterans Assistants Commission of Kendall County is available
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  at its website Kendall Vets dot org.