News

• Marilyn Carter Receives Jefferson Award
  Marilyn Carter, Livermore Veterans Foundation Board member was recently awarded the Jefferson Award for Oustanding Community Service. Marilyn Carter has been a longtime supporter of veterans and their families in Livermore and is the founder of Adopt-A-Unit TriValley. She served as the first President of LVF. See more at CBS Five News.
• New Livermore-based Military Support Group
  A new military support group has been formed in Livermore. Livermore Military Families is a group dedicated to helping all military members and their families by offering many kinds of help, welcome home events and support to families with members deployed overseas. Meetings are held monthly on the 3rd Thursday. For more information, contact livermoremilitaryfamilies@yahoo.com.
• LVF Success Story - Bionic Prosthetic Helps Amputee Walk
  A young soldier from Livermore is one of the first patient’s in Northern California to receive a prosthetic developed specifically for above-knee amputees. Read more at the ABC Channel 7 News website.
• Brian Williams of MSNBC reports about the life of Robert Howard, recipient of eight Purple Hearts and four Bronze Stars. See video here.