In Service to California's Veterans
and Their Families

"Remembering California's Hereos"

Names Added During Unveiling

David Joseph Betti, James Brady, James Allen Gray, Gregory Keith Hodson, Ernest Allen Meekins, George Richard Neal, Thomas Christopher O'Hare, Jerry Ray Oliver, Thomas William Reilly, Harold Stuart Roach Jr., Victor Mario Salas, Richard Paul Susoeff, Ronald Van Westburg, Dennis Wilburn Williams.

Pictures from Unveiling Event

New names on wall.	Some of the pictures of new additions.	Kate O'Hare-Palmer pointing to a picture of her brother Thomas, whose name was added.
Picture of ten of the wreaths presented during ceremony.	Picture of Color Guard, SCOTTISH -AMERICAN MILITARY SOCIETY.

New names on wall.

Some of the pictures of new additions.

Kate O'Hare-Palmer pointing to a picture of her brother Thomas, whose name was added.

Picture of ten of the wreaths presented during ceremony.

Picture of Color Guard, SCOTTISH -AMERICAN MILITARY SOCIETY.

Welcome to the CAVBF

Welcome to the web site of the California Veterans Benefit Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to benefit California veterans and their families. We are aware of the dubious reputation of some groups raising funds for veterans. We are not one of those. The Fund was established in March of 2006 as a nonprofit organization that has earned tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service (See IRS determination form for tax identification number 20-4536035) and primarily supports the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council, but also and other nonprofits and agencies providing services to veterans. Policies for the Fund’s ongoing programs are set by a board of directors. There are many ways to make a charitable donation to Fund. 

Critical Need

Currently, one of the Fund’s highest priorities is a multi-year effort to raise funds for the critical needs of staff of the Veterans Service Officer Program, which helps veterans through the complex paperwork of applying for their benefits.

We are also looking for funds for our Grants Program, no donations, no grants.

Funded Projects

Here are some of the projects the Fund has supported:

• Veteran town hall Meetings statewide
• Santa Rosa Junior college Veterans Club
• HTRR- Healing Through Reckoning & Responsibility
• California State Commanders Veterans Council
• Ca. Mental Health Matters Day
• Deported Veterans Support House
• Annual California State Assembly Veterans of the Year Luncheon
• Agent Orange, AO
• "Faces of Agent Orange" — Vietnam Veterans of America
• Veterans PTSD Program at Soledad Prison
• California Veterans Legal Task Force
• We make quarterly donations to the Veterans Service Officer program of the Vietnam Veterans of America California State Council. These Service Officers help any veteran to submit claims to the Veterans Administration for problems incurred during their military service.
• 20th, 25th, & 30th Anniversary of the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial