2 weeks Ago
EVENTS THROUGH NOV. 8 Movers for Military — Donation canned foods, winter clothing, toiletries and household items can be dropped off at 3 Hundred Days Distilling, 279 Beacon Lite Road G, Monument; Fallen Heroes Tattoo and Piercing, 524 W. Colorado Ave.
; Capital Truck Repair, 3340 Capital Drive; Pizzeria Rustica, 2527 W. Colorado Ave.; Action Automotive Service, Inc.
, 3335 Fillmore Ridge Heights; Mission Coffee Roasters Inc., 11641 Ridgeline Drive; Smallcakes Cupcakery and Creamery, 7335 N. Academy Blvd.
; Chief Petroleum Co., 301 S. 10th St.
; 719-576-6683, twomen.com . THROUGH NOV.
16 Help a Hero Campaign — To benefit VFW's Sports Clips Help a Hero Scholarship program, through Nov. 16. Donations can be made at Sports Clips locations or online at tinyurl.
com/3ja29p3d . On Nov. 11, $2 from each haircut will be donated.
NOV. 7 "Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare" Lecture — 5:30 p.m.
, Rockrimmon Library, 832 Village Center Drive; facebook.com/rockymountainmilitaryaffairs . Latino Veterans Profiles in Valor Awards — 6-9 p.
m., Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Drive, $100. Reservations: cshispanicchamber.
com . NOV. 9 In Their Honor Veterans Day Parade — 11 a.
m., Tejon Street; cosvetsparade.org/home .
NOV. 16 Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care's Trees of Life Tree Lighting — In celebration in memory of thousands of loved ones and a tribute to our military and first responders, 5 p.m.
, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215 S. Tejon St.; pikespeakhospice.
org/trees-of-life . ONGOING Comeback Yoga — Free in-person and virtual yoga classes for military service members, veterans and their families; comebackyoga.org .
DAV Chapter 26 Membership Meetings — Hot meal at 6 p.m., meeting starts at 7 p.
m., second Tuesdays, 6880 Palmer Park Blvd., open to all veterans and their guests; dav26co.
org . VFW Post 4051 Bingo — Noon-3 p.m.
Tuesdays and Fridays, Carefree Bingo, 3440 N. Carefree Circle; vfw4051.org .
410 Veterans Group Meeting — 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Black Eyed Pea, 887 N.
Academy Blvd. All veterans and spouses, all branches and eras welcome; 605-460-6317. Women's Equine-Assisted Mental Health Group — 10:30 a.
m.-noon Wednesdays. Hosted by StableStrides for women veterans who have experienced trauma.
Call for information: 719-495-3908. Men's Equine-Assisted Mental Health Group — 12:30-2 p.m.
Wednesdays. Hosted by StableStrides for men looking for an active and solution-oriented therapy to manage symptoms of PTSD, depression or anxiety. Call for information: 719-495-3908.
The Southern Colorado Retiree Assistance Council Meeting — 10 a.m. second Wednesdays, The Hub, Peterson Space Force Base.
Open to all military retirees and surviving spouses; 719-556-7153. Society of Military Widows Monthly Meeting — 10:30 a.m.
last Wednesday of the month, The Hub, Peterson Space Force Base. Open to surviving spouses; Margaret Melchi, 719-331-6689. Pikes Peak Veterans Council Meeting — Doors open at 6 p.
m., meeting at 6:30 p.m.
, last Wednesday of the month, DAV 26 Building, 6880 Palmer Park Blvd. All veteran organizations welcome; 719-235-1058. The National Museum of World War II Aviation Tours — 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Wednesdays-Sundays, 755 Aviation Way, $11-$17, free for WWII veterans. Tickets: 719-637-7559. American Legion Post 5 Membership Meeting — 6 p.
m. dinners, meeting at 7 p.m.
third Thursdays, 15 E. Platte Ave. Open to members only; 719-632-0960.
American Legion Post 5 Game Night & Dinner — 6 p.m. second Fridays, 15 E.
Platte Ave.; 719-632-0960. American Legion Post 5 Steak Night — 6 p.
m. fourth Fridays, 15 E. Platte Ave.
; 719-632-0960. Colorado Springs Chapter Wear Blue: Run to Remember — 9 a.m.
first Saturdays, Cottonwood Creek Park, 7040 Rangewood Drive; wearblueruntoremember.org/coloradosprings . Pikes Peak Detachment of the Marine Corps League Meeting — 8 a.
m. breakfast, meeting starts at 9 a.m.
, third Saturday, DAV Chapter 26, 6880 Palmer Park Blvd., $10 for breakfast; pikespeakmcl.org .
Dutch Nelsen Chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association — 11:30 a.m., with lunch at noon, third Saturdays, Elks Lodge, 3400 N.
Nevada Ave. Open to all who served in Korea 1945 to present; Mike Thomason, 719-214-6121. DAV Chapter 26 Bingo — Doors open at 4:30 p.
m., bingo at 6:30 p.m.
, Sundays, 6880 Palmer Park Blvd., 12 or older; dav26co.org .
American Legion Post 5 Sunday Brunch — 10 a.m.-1 p.
m. third Sundays, 15 E. Platte Ave.
; 719-632-0960. — Want to get the word out about your military or veterans event? Email events at least two weeks in advance to carlotta.olson@gazette.
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