Press RoomVeterans
ABCCM is pleased to announce its 3rd annual Honor A Veteran™ event for Veterans Day 2022. ABCCM and Ingles will host a free catered lunch for all Veterans from 12:00-1:00 at the Veterans Restoration Quarters, Asheville in Buncombe County; First Baptist Church of Hendersonville in Henderson County; First Baptist Church in Brevard, in Transylvania County; and The Orchard Church, Waynesville, in Haywood County. Veterans, especially those who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and women Veterans, will be honored during a short recognition ceremony at each location.
The event at Veteran Restoration Quarters, 1329 Tunnel Road features a talk by Walt Larimore, MD, an internationally-recognized family physician, award-winning medical journalist, and best-selling author of 41 books. His most recent book, At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse, is the result of almost 16 years of meticulous research carried out in museums, archives, and military installations in eight states as well as in Italy, France, and England. Dr. Latimer’s grandfather played a part in saving the famous Lipizzaner breed of horses from the Russians and the Nazis during WW II.
Event sponsors are HCA/Mission, Ingles, First Citizen’s Bank, and College Hunks.
Veterans will have the opportunity to be connected with ABCCM Veteran Services of The Carolinas; to learn about the Veterans Restoration Quarters for male Veterans, and Transformation Village for women Veterans. ABCCM is excited to partner with churches and organizations in the surrounding counties to honor all the Veterans in the region. Our Veterans across the whole state and country have served, so it’s fitting that we join to honor their service.
Families and friends of Veterans across our nation and history will have the opportunity to place the name, rank, branch of service, photo and short biography of their Veterans on the ABCCM virtual Veteran Honor Wall™.
Veterans placed on the ABCCM virtual Veteran Honor Wall™ will be permanently displayed online, searchable by name, to be presented at events and locations across North Carolina. The Honorary Dollars™ will support the many Veteran Services provided throughout our VSC and VRQMinistries.
Established in 2008, ABCCM’s Veterans Restoration Quarters provides 160 beds of transitional housing and 40 beds for emergency shelter and 50 units of permanent supportive housing for a total of 250 beds for men. Transformation Village has 10 beds dedicated for female Veterans – with plans to build a 26-unit apartment building only for female Veterans. Their mission is to create a principle-based environment and a comprehensive intentional residential program that addresses every area of restoration in the life of a Veteran experiencing homeless.
The ABCCM VSC (Veterans Services of the Carolinas) provides services for Veterans and their families within all counties in North Carolina. ABCCM VSC offers Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) where 450 are trained and 80% are placed into living wage career level jobs. The VSC programs prevent homelessness for about 320 Veteran families a year. Veterans HOPE program outreaches to connect with the chronically homeless. Veterans Call Center responds to 2000 crisis calls a month, bringing resolution to most cases within 4 – 6 days. VSC is launching a new program to bring awareness and address veterans’ suicide with the implementation of community crisis response teams.
Serving Veterans with Hope, Healing, Honor and a Home.
Services include:
- Outreach to homeless Veterans through Healing Outreach Partnership for Empowerment (HOPE)
- Rapid Rehousing and homeless prevention through Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
- Employment and training support through Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP)
- Service Coordination through NCServes
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More About ABCCM
ABCCM is church owned and volunteer driven by 300+ churches of all denominations and other faith groups. Through the work of volunteers serving as missionaries from those churches and the community; our ministries listen to each person. We offer grace, mercy and lovingkindness which leads to effective short-term and long-term solutions.
ABCCM has a great stewardship track record where 94¢ of every dollar donated goes into direct ministry to people in need, compared to the national average of 75%.
Loaves and Fishes: Thanks to the gifts of food, clothes, furniture, household items, medicine and volunteer time, every dollar given is multiplied, which adds $2.77 in direct help and services.
ABCCM offers dignity to all individuals and families in crisis regardless of race, religion, sex, nationality throughout Buncombe County North Carolina.
ABCCM Crisis Ministry – four locations
ABCCM Crisis Ministry served an average of 21,500 over the last three years, filling the gaps for families who cannot make ends meet, mostly by providing food and clothing along with nutritious emergency food boxes/bags. Emergency assistance funds provide utility assistance to keep the lights and water on; and rental assistance to help prevent families from eviction. ABCCM Sonrise Daily Bread provides hot meals from 11:30 to 1, Mon-Fri. at 1543 Patton Ave. The Crisis Ministry helps our neighbors meet the basic necessities of life.
ABCCM Medical Ministry
ABCCM offers the only free clinic so the uninsured have access to medical care, dental care and medicine. Those without insurance of any kind are served by two pharmacies that distributed about $2.7 million in prescriptions and about $2.8 million in medical/dental care, for an impact of $5.5 million in health care in Buncombe County.
ABCCM Jail Ministry
ABCCM Jail Ministry has trained chaplains who volunteers with Bible study opportunities in the Buncombe County Detention Center. On average there are 450 detainees behind the walls right in the heart of downtown Asheville. Volunteers also organize a library cart with paperback Bibles, religious materials and other books. Chaplaincy services offer comfort, peace and hope with detainees when families call about the deaths of loved ones and other tragedies and a wide range of other meaningful support for detainees, sheriff’s staff, and clergy in the community.
ABCCM – Transformation Village
ABCCM provides 100 beds of transitional housing and 6 beds for emergency shelter. Transforming lives is through four developmental phases called Steps to Success. These include stabilization with all the basic necessities provided; life skills training with many volunteer courses per month to choose from including Bible studies; education and professional training certifications that lead to living wage jobs; and reintegration that leads to permanent housing.We are honored to report that 8 out of 10 leave us with a living wage job and permanent housing.
ABCCM – VRQ (Veteran’s Restorations Quarters)
ABCCM provides 160 beds of transitional housing and 40 beds for emergency shelter and 50 units for permanent supportive housing for a total of 250 beds. Restoring lives is through four developmental phases called Steps to Success. These include stabilization, with all the basic necessities provided; life skills training, with many volunteer courses to choose from including Bible studies; education and professional training certifications that lead to living wage jobs; and reintegration that leads to permanent housing.We are honored to report that 8 out of 10 leave us with a living wage job and permanent housing.
ABCCM – VSC (Veterans Services of the Carolinas)
Serving Veterans with Hope, Healing, Honor and a Home.
ABCCM VSC provides services for Veterans and their families within all counties in North Carolina. ABCCM VSC offers Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) where 450 are trained and 80% are placed into living wage career level jobs. The VSC programs prevent homelessness for about 320 Veteran families a year. Veterans HOPE program outreaches to connect with the chronically homeless. Veterans Call Center responds to 2000 crisis calls a month, bringing resolution to most cases within 4 – 6 days. VSC is launching a new program to bring awareness and address veterans’ suicide with the implementation of community crisis response teams.
ABCCM – Recovery Living Ministry at Costello House
ABCCM provides men with a safe place to heal, develop life skills including recovery living strategies, good education and living wage jobs that lead to a permanent home. The Costello House campus offers a model of intentional community that brings true life transformation through spiritual formation with best practices in healthy emotional and recovery processes.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rev. Scott Rogers
Executive Director
Office: 828-398-6911
Email: scott.rogers@abccm.org