On
November 7, 2002, President Bush signed The Jobs for Veterans
Act to revise and improve employment, training and placement
services to veterans. On September 9, 2004, The President's
National Hire Veterans Committee launched a media campaign,
"Hire Vets First", directing employers to their
website: www.hirevetsfirst.org
and the US Dept of Labor Toll-Free Help Line at (877) US2-JOBS.
In
keeping with the Committee's objectives, New Directions is
hosting "Hire Vets First" Job Fair on Friday, October
15, from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Veterans Administration
Hospital grounds. Partners supporting New Directions for this
event are EDD's West Los Angeles Job Service Office, VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System, LAVEC, Union Rescure Mission
and OPCC.
This
event is open to all veterans and the public.
Heeere's
Cross Talk!
Meet
Cross Talk, Our New NDI Family Member
Come
meet the smallest member of the New Directions family.
Cross
Talk, a German Shephard and Pit Bull mix, came to live
at VA Building 116 on September 14, 2004 from the Los Angeles
South Central Animal Shelter. His name was chosen from several
suggestions in a vote held with the residents and staff of
New Directions. Coco, our beloved Rottweiler,
who was rescued from animal research in 1997, past away from
medical complications on September 2, 2004.