RENO - The Nevada Office of Veterans Services (NOVS) announces the Women Veterans Wellness Event for Reno and Sparks, which will be held June 29 at Siena Resort Casino.
The event is designed to educate women of different generations about healthy life choices and will offer information through a variety of classes.
"Women veterans are often over looked in the public as being part of the veteran community," said Yvonne Betron, NOVS Women Veterans coordinator. "But as every other veteran, they have needs and concerns and we want to bring them together for the opportunity to discuss and learn about health issues with other women veterans in their community."
The northern Nevada wellness event is the second event in the series planned for the year to engage and assist women veterans throughout the state.
The event in Las Vegas was held on March 23 and a third event is scheduled for Elko in September. The program offers classes on a range of topics from nutrition to aging in addition to fitness classes.
Vice-Mayor Sharon Zadra, of Reno, will be attending lunch and speaking to women veterans.
The event is limited to 80 participants. Registration is required and interested women veterans can contact NOVS by calling Yvonne Betron at (702) 486-3830, or email her at betrony@veterans.nv.gov.
Registration deadline is June 25 and a flier for the event can be downloaded from the NOVS website, http://www.veterans.nv.gov/women_wellnews_event.html.
One of the issues for women veterans is many, especially older women veterans, do not view themselves as veterans and we are reaching out to organizations and media to help find women veterans and not only change the perception of veteran status, but to address the special issues women veterans have.
Of Nevada's nearly 300,000 veterans, approximately 20,000 are women veterans.
"As with all of our NOVS events, we ask for and encourage the public to spread the word of this event which will raise awareness among women veterans and help the community to understand and connect with veterans," said Deputy Executive Director Kat Miller. "Nevada communities throughout the state are always very supportive of veterans and this is an opportunity for us to reach further into a part of the veteran population which can sometimes be overlooked."
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