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ABOUT US

Founded in 2009 and incorporated May 24, 2011, SDVC is the premier veteran convener in San Diego County. We bring together over 150 unique organizations, businesses, and government agencies. We support these partners in their services, events and activities. SDVC also provides leadership via Action Groups in four specific areas:

  • Physical and Emotional Health Action Group (PEH)
  • Family Life Action Group (FLAG)
  • Veterans: Empowered, Successful, and Thriving Action Group (VEST)
  • Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship Action Group (E3)
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The San Diego Veteran and Family Wellness Strategy

The San Diego Veteran and Family Wellness Strategy is a collaborative project of the San Diego Veterans Coalition (SDVC) and the San Diego Military Family Collaborative (SDMFC). Click here to learn more about the Community Conversations and read the report.

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ACTION GROUPS

SDVC is a coalition of organizations all united by the goal of supporting members of our community who served our country in the armed forces. We focus our efforts through issue-oriented action groups, including:

Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship
Connect Veterans to critical jobs in priority sectors & facilitate entrepreneurial development
FAMILY LIFE
Assisting post-discharge veteran families within our community
PHYSICAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Providing a conduit of information for veteran physical & emotional health in the region
EMPOWERED, SUCCESSFUL, & THRIVING
Veterans – Empowered, Successful and Thriving Action serves as a conduit for personal development and access to local resources

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News Release – SDVC Year of 2025 Military and Veteran Families

 Media Contact:

Marianne Delatorre, Community Engagement Manager, Elizabeth Dole Foundation

SDVC Co-Champion

marianne@elizabethdolefoundation.org

(619) 849-0609

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 12, 2025

San Diego Veterans Coalition Launches “2025: Year of Military and Veteran Families”

The Office of Mayor Todd Gloria and Office of Vice Chair Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer Join San Diego Veterans Coalition for Launch of 2025: Year of Military and Veteran Families

San Diego, CA – Last Friday, the Office of Mayor Todd Gloria and the Office of County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, in collaboration with the San Diego Veterans Coalition, launched the “2025: Year of Military and Veteran Families” at the Jennifer Moreno Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This initiative aims to strengthen support for military and veteran families across the region through a series of events, activities, and a best practices guide over the next year.

San Diego is home to more than 800,000 active-duty service members, veterans, and their families, making it one of the largest …

OUR MEMBERS

Our hardworking member organizations contribute to San Diego’s veterans based on their own talents and resources. We are proud to support and help them organize the great work they do!

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OUR PROJECTS

SDVC and its partner organizations are always looking for new collaboration opportunities to support veterans and their families within our community

TESTIMONIALS

  • The Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) has been an active member of SDVC since 2015. The SDVC has enhanced our ability to better serve other veteran organizations and veterans themselves through new partnerships and collaboration. Our membership also fulfills us with opportunities to give back our time and resources and offer financial contributions for initiatives like Honor Flight San Diego, the Randy Jones Foundation, Stand Down and the Travis Manion Foundation.

    Ted Parsons - Military Order of World Wars (MOWW)

  • The opportunity to collaborate with veteran service providers has been a force multiplier for The Elizabeth Hospice. More than 150 organizations/nonprofits meet monthly to share information and network. You meet the right people to hear the right information at the right time to make informed decisions. The Elizabeth Hospice has been a member for four years. I quickly realized that SDVC had a measurable impact on the lives of veterans and their families so I joined the board of directors in 2018. As a veteran spouse, I am also an active member of the Family Life Action Group (FLAG). It’s not just those in uniform that served, but it’s the entire family. Collaboration works. 

    Lisa Marcolongo - Elizabeth Hospice
ABOUT US
The San Diego Veterans Coalition was organized in 2009 and incorporated as a non-profit on May 24, 2011. Using the Collective Impact Model, SDVC is a premier San Diego County-wide monthly convener of over 150 unique member and participating organizations, businesses, and agencies, as well as convening many of that body in our four action groups, and other activities and events.
UPCOMING MEETINGS

Please join our 2025 in-person convenings on the first Friday of each month.
8:30am-10:30am
Virtual option:
Join Zoom Meeting here
Meeting ID: 981 3980 4535
Password: 813813

Upcoming Meetings:

  • May 2, 2025 (Special Note: This meeting is 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.) The New San Diego VA Regional Office (VARO) 8620 Spectrum Center Blvd., San Diego, CA 92123 (Attention! Due to VARO security, in person attendees should arrive at 8:30 a.m. Virtual meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 11:00 a.m.)
  • June 6, 2025
    The Challenged Athletes Foundation
    9591 Waples St, San Diego, CA 92121
  • July 11, 2024
    Location to be announced.

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