Category: GCVF in the News

KCLU N.P.R. | By Lance Orozco    CLICK TO PLAY Some homeless veterans get turned away from apartments because of their pets. A new effort is helping with security deposit guarantees. Michelle McLeod is taking her little dog Minnie for a walk on an Oxnard street. McLeod considers Minnie, who is training to become a [...]

By Mike Nelson It’s enough of a tragedy to be hungry, homeless and hopeless. But when you’ve served in the U.S. military and have placed your life on the line to defend American freedom, it is an even greater injustice. Which is why, for nearly 20 years, the Gold Coast Veterans Foundation (GCVF) has worked […]

This Veterans Day, a newly emerging threat is causing more veterans to suffer than ever before. A combination of high interest rates, conflicts affecting the global economy, and skyrocketing inflation has resulted in an enormous gap between their income and the cost of basic groceries. Three quarters of GCVF’s low-income veteran clients run out of [...]

The 60th Annual Camarillo Christmas Parade drew thousands of people on Saturday morning, December 10th. Thankfully the rain and cold did not deter any of the 4,000+ attendees from enjoying the show. Congresswoman Julia Brownley, who serves on the House Committee of Veteran's Affairs, joined 12 active duty sailors to help spread awareness about Gold [...]

By Hal Eisner "Hi, I'm Vin Scully," the late Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully would say. But you could close your eyes and correctly guess the voice even if he didn't introduce himself. Such a famous voice; his delivery was punctuated in such a familiar way. Vin Scully and Bob Harris knew each other for [...]

KCLU N.P.R. | By Lance Orozco    CLICK TO PLAY Gold Coast Veterans Foundation continues to connect the county's veterans with housing and social services. This is a big day for Mikey Simpson. The Army veteran is showing us around his Camarillo apartment. The 61-year-old man has been living on the streets for more than [...]

Vin Scully: Reminding you that there’s a difference between July 4th and Independence Day On behalf of all the veterans who walked into harm’s way to defend our country and our way of life, we’d like to remind everyone that there’s an important meaning behind each of our traditional American holidays. Beginning with Independence Day [...]

The Grinch ain’t got nothin’ on baseball’s most beloved voice, and this Christmas is going to be red, white… and Dodger Blue for veterans. Baseball’s longest-serving announcer (and Navy veteran) Vin Scully has recorded a heartwarming new poem, telling the inspirational story of Ventura County’s favorite “little old lady”. PR Web Release LINK A widow [...]

KCLU N.P.R. | By Lance Orozco Non-profit's leaders say problem shows need to create a "Veterans Village" with emergency housing and social services. This is a veterans day story that’s not about a veteran. It’s the story of a 94-year-old Ventura County woman who was twice married to veterans, and twice widowed. And then, after [...]

At age 94, Rose Burgess had already lost two military veteran husbands, and was legally blind. Her daughter had just died unexpectedly, and she would soon have no place live. Police Deputy Chris Dyer was on duty when Rose walked in with nowhere else to go. He knew homelessness was dangerous enough for the young, [...]