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‘Ewa Beach Nonprofit Brings Veteran Community Together
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the community together in a number of ways. From host- ing softball games — seven Little League girls teams to be exact — and baby lūʻaus, the space is available to the entire community. Coming soon to the center is a pickleball court.
“That’s something that we’re asking anyone that can provide any help or expertise that could help us with that,” Lazarus adds. “We work to inform, influence and inspire others to serve in our military and civilian communities and to honor and never forget our nation’s veterans’ service and sacrifices in defense of our nation.”
(From left) second vice commander Luis Linares; director of fitness Alim Shabazz; AMVETS Hawai‘i state commander, president and CEO Donovan Lazarus; adjutant post commander Greg Benton; and secretary Ana Benton pose at
the AMVETS West O‘ahu Center. The center offers various resources for veterans including a batting cage (right) and gymnasium (below right). ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTOS
The organization also provides medals for Junior ROTC participants in local high schools and ROTC participants at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
embrace our community and show that we care,” Lazarus says. “We have a lot of events at our facility at no cost, it’s just for people to come and enjoy.”
work to bring the communi- ty together.”
keep people active. If we’ re all trying to rally around to support our kids or future; that brings everyone in and gives us a purpose ... they want to feel like they still are a part of something they still want to serve.”
“We do our best to ensure that we’ re taking care of all 24 high schools that are in the Junior ROTC program, and the University of Ha- wai‘i,” he says.
At a national level, AM- VETS represents 20 million veterans and has more than 300,000 members nation- wide.
By being so involved in the local community, the West O‘ahu Veterans Cen- ter helps bridge the gap be- tween the military and civil- ian communities.
“It is the nation’s most career center and healthcare AMVETSisanall-vol-inclusive congressionaladvocatesthroughtheorga-
Services offered specif- ically for veterans include help with filing VA claims, a
For more information, visit amvets-hawaii.org.
unteer organization with its ear to the ground in the community.
chartered federal service organization,” Lazarus ex- plains. “Locally, it’s more of a community center; we
nization’s HEAL Summit. “We’re a lifetime to some veterans,” Lazarus says. “And we’re trying to
“It’s very important to
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