Partnerships

You've come a long way in life by the time you reach your 60s and that comes with perks, Medicare being one of the most important but most complicated.  Every second Wednesday at Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, On Trail Medicare Solutions', Nick Palarino, and the Medicare Mentors team gather to get you through the Medicare maze.  It's FREE and you're invited!
 
 
 
RSVP TODAY FOR THE FREE MEDICARE SEMINAR
CALL:  719-301-9525 - OR - 719-772-7000Seminars are hosted by Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center and presented the 2nd Wednesday of every month, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., by Medicare Mentors Powered by Spark and On Trail Medicare Solutions.
 
LEARN MORE ABOUT ON TRAIL MEDICARE SOLUTIONS
 
 
The Veterans Voice presented by USAA is a service of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner, Colorado Computer Support and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.
 
 
 

During the month of April, this very generous business owner is donating $.50 cents for every square foot of turf he installs to help fuel Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center's mission of supporting  Veterans and the military connected community!  Details are in the podcast!
 
 
 
SUPPORT VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES!CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE TODAY(719) 299-0927
During the month of April, when you work with Top Notch Turf, owner Nick Byard will donate $.50 cents for every square foot of turf he installs to help Mt. Carmel support Veterans and military connected families!
 
 
TOP NOTCH TURF GALLERY
Images Courtesy of Top Notch Turf
 
 
SUPPORT VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED FAMILIES!CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE TODAY(719) 299-0927
During the month of April, when you work with Top Notch Turf, owner Nick Byard will donate $.50 cents for every square foot of turf he installs to help Mt. Carmel support Veterans and military connected families!    
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice presented by USAA is a service of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner, Colorado Computer Support and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.
 
 
 

In this edition of the Veterans Voice, 719 Heroes and Operation StepUp finding homes for homeless Veterans; with the P.A.C.T. Act now law, the VA is coming through with new and better benefits for warriors; Colorado College's Bemis School of Art is bringing Veterans together with the arts for healing and a pickleball battle royale fundraiser for Veterans!
 
 
Learn More About Operation Step Up
 
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice presented by USAA is a service of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner, Colorado Computer Support and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.
 
 
 

Maybe you've been hearing about it.  Maybe your kids know about it.  You might be an early adopter.  In any case, Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT are in your world and here to stay.  As Colorado Computer Support's, Blake Schwank, will tell you, it's both a blessing when you need it and a curse to look out for in the hands of the bad guys.      
 
Get Your Computing Questions AnsweredRequest CCS Services:  719-355-2440
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services. 
 
 
 

Mt. Carmel Music Expression facilitator, Robert Scoggins, recently spoke with KCME's Keith Simon about the therapeutic properties of music, his own musical healing journey and how this veteran is inviting fellow veterans to join him on the road to wellness.  You don't need to know music, how to play an instrument or even own one.  Robert takes all comers regardless of ability.  Listen now for all the details!
 
     
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

An Air Force veteran, real estate agent, business owner and host of The American Dream TV Colorado Springs (ADTV COS), Clint Jordan is an energetic and charismatic success story.  He could do a lot of self promotion with his TV program but that wouldn't reflect his true nature.  He's chosen instead to dedicate ADTV COS to shining the light on members of the community he says give back more than they take.  In the next installment of ADTV, he features Jay Cimino, owner of the Phil Long Auto Group, founder of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, and retired Colonel Bob McLaughlin, Mt. Carmel Executive Director.

A Marine on a mission, Michael "Sherm" Sherman went from high school to college, the Marines and from there to the insurance industry where he worked unfulfilled for years.  Sherm saw an acute need in the military connected community among families for equipment to get their kids into sports.  That's when 4KidzSports was born.  
 
LEARN MORE HERE  |  DONATE HERE
 
CONTACT SHERM: E:  sherm@4kidzsports.orgD:  720.436.4026
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 

Partnerships are powerful for Mt. Carmel and the veterans and their families we serve.  Executive Director, Bob McLaughlin, talks about how you benefit if you've served and how anyone can become a partner.  In our second half hour, tax tips for you veterans and your families from a veteran who's mastered the IRS maze, then, the healing properties of archery.
Partnership Information:  719-772-7000
 
 
Tax Advice for Veterans, Military and Their Families
Robert Smith  |  Master Tax Advisor  |  Certified Public AccountantE:  robert.m.smith@tax.hrblock.com
 
 
Archery School of the Rockies
Learn More Here
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 
 

Veterans Voice had a visit from Kyle Blakely who is doing the military connected community a great service by gathering a lot of valuable information about the mayoral candidates and presenting it in a conversational tone in their own words.
Listen to All the Interviews Here
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services. 
 
 
 

In this podcast a conversation with CSU Pueblo's Ryan Kendall, Associate Director for Recruitment and Outreach.  Ryan talks about CSU's very Veteran friendly campus as Colorado's first Purple Heart designated school, the high-value Veterans Success Center and how Veterans are set up for success from the day they engage.
Veterans, Learn More Here
 
 
 
 
 
Meet Your Veterans Voice Host
Cassime Joseph  |  Host  |  Veterans Voice Pueblo
Cassime (keh-SEEM) Oliver Joseph is a veteran of the US Army and multimedia journalist currently living in Pueblo, Colorado.  He serves as operations director for CSU Pueblo's radio station, KTSC 89.5 FM, The Revolution.  He is also president of the CSU Pueblo chapter of the Student Veterans of America and joins the Veterans Voice Project on-air/podcasting team helping to facilitate our expansion into new markets.
 
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

Other than traditional lunch meetings, the Military Officers Association of America, Pikes Peak Chapter, has been quiet since the pandemic hit.  The aim now is to change that, stepping back into the flow of things.  In this podcast, MOAA Pikes Peak's director of membership and treasurer, Felix Ulick, and Veterans Voice host, Nanette Brede', talk about why the 60 year old chapter's 400 members are on the march once again!      
Learn More About MOAA Pikes Peak Here
MOAA National is Here
 
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

In our first half hour, a powerhouse team of military veteran experts and advocates in transition, employment and milspouse hiring discuss the new L.I.N.K. program at Mt. Carmel and the work they're doing to open up job opportunities for military spouses.
For Veterans and Milspouses Looking for Jobs Call:
Mark Smith, Director of Transition and EmploymentD:  719-309-4724
Blair Erato, Military Career Program CoordinatorD:  719-309-4758
 
 
In our second half hour, a conversation with Sue Hoppin, founder of the National Military Spouse Network, about how she's fighting hard to see that military spouses have a secure place in the workforce. 
 
Milspouses Learn More Here
 
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

Mark and Mary Shuster have a shot for the post-holiday credit card flu, acknowledge that the economy is scary right now and touch on taking care of student loan debt.  Get in financial control.  Follow the steps.  Free yourself to live and give and it all starts with the commitment of $20 and one day a week for nine weeks.
Register Now!Financial Peace University Presented by Mt. Carmel Veterans Service CenterCall Jonathan Helm at 719-309-4716
 
Mark and Mary Shuster, Financial Peace University Coordinators
Mark and Mary Shuster are a proud local military family and Mt. Carmel Ambassadors.  Mark is a Director of Programs for a contracting firm and a Colonel in the US Marine Corps Reserve.  Mary works as a flight attendant for a major airline.  They have been FPU coordinators since 2018 and have worked with more than 75 Mt. Carmel Veteran families.  Together, these families have learned how to use the Baby Steps to communicate and win with money.
 
 
The FPU Podcast with Mark and Mary is produced in the Veterans Voice studio located on the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado 
 
 
 
 

Mark and Mary Shuster share the number one cause of divorce and have a message for singles.  Take the steps.  Get in financial control.  Then live and give like nobody's business and it all starts with the commitment of $20 and one day a week for nine weeks.
Register Now!Financial Peace University Presented by Mt. Carmel Veterans Service CenterCall Jonathan Helm at 719-309-4716
 
Mark and Mary Shuster, Financial Peace University Coordinators
Mark and Mary Shuster are a proud local military family and Mt. Carmel Ambassadors.  Mark is a Director of Programs for a contracting firm and a Colonel in the US Marine Corps Reserve.  Mary works as a flight attendant for a major airline.  They have been FPU coordinators since 2018 and have worked with more than 75 Mt. Carmel Veteran families.  Together, these families have learned how to use the Baby Steps to communicate and win with money.
 
 
The FPU Podcast with Mark and Mary is produced in the Veterans Voice studio located on the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado 
 
 
 
 

Mark and Mary Shuster explain dreaming in HD.  You've been through the steps.  You're in financial control.  Now you're living and giving like never before and it all started with the commitment of $20 and one day a week for nine weeks.
Register Now!Financial Peace University Presented by Mt. Carmel Veterans Service CenterCall Jonathan Helm at 719-309-4716
 
Mark and Mary Shuster, Financial Peace University Coordinators
Mark and Mary Shuster are a proud local military family and Mt. Carmel Ambassadors.  Mark is a Director of Programs for a contracting firm and a Colonel in the US Marine Corps Reserve.  Mary works as a flight attendant for a major airline.  They have been FPU coordinators since 2018 and have worked with more than 75 Mt. Carmel Veteran families.  Together, these families have learned how to use the Baby Steps to communicate and win with money.
 
 
The FPU Podcast with Mark and Mary is produced in the Veterans Voice studio located on the Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado 
 
 
 
 

An Air Force veteran, real estate agent, business owner and host of The American Dream TV Colorado Springs (ADTV COS), Clint Jordan is an energetic and charismatic success story.  He could do a lot of self promotion with his TV program but that wouldn't reflect his true nature.  He's chosen instead to dedicate ADTV COS to shining the light on members of the community he says give back more than they take.  In the next installment of ADTV, he features Jay Cimino, owner of the Phil Long Auto Group, founder of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, and retired Colonel Bob McLaughlin, Mt. Carmel Executive Director.

In our first half hour, the AARP Foundation is back again with Tax-Aide and free tax preparation!  Then, when you fins yourself in a sticky situation and you need legal advice, the Rocky Mountain Veterans Advocacy Project is standing tall and ready.   
Call Mt. Carmel to Make Your Appointment(719) 772-7000
 
 
Apply for RMVAP Services
Call (720) 253-0963 or E-mail:  clientservices@rmvap.org
 
In our second half hour, employers, you're missing out on high-value tax credits when you hire a veteran and February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.  The signs of being abused your dating teen might be showing are subtle but the danger is real.
 
 
If you are a Veteran looking for work, or an employer looking to hire Veterans or are purposely hiring Veterans, go to https://veterantaxcredits.com to register. Or call Craig at (303) 578-6572 for help getting started.
 
 
 
Get Help with Teen Dating Domestic Violence
Download the Dating Violence Resource Guide
 
Love is Respect Call:  1-866-331-9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522 Online live chat www.loveisrespect.org
 
Break the Cycle 202-824-0707www.breakthecycle.org
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

In this podcast, Jim and Jane Bloise, NAMI Homefront Class facilitators, discuss the class and how military-connected families benefit.  Homefront is a free, 6-session educational program taught by trained family members of service members and veterans with mental health concerns. It is built on the foundation of NAMI's flagship Family-to-Family class, but customized to address the unique needs of family, caregivers and friends of those who have served or are currently serving our country.
 - Excerpted from NAMIColoradoSprings.org
The Homefront Class is FREE and begins February 1, 6:00 - 8:30 P.M.
REGISTER HERE
Call for more information:  719-473-8477
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 

In this Special to the Veterans Voice, a little cutting loose to honor lifetimes of service.  Honor Flight of Southern Colorado presents Boots, Bubbles and Bourbon, a night to celebrate women Veterans and help fund their upcoming flight to commemorate the critical roles they played during times of war.  Honor Flight's Cindy Long and Barbara Harris share a few touching stories and invite you to help keep them going!
 
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
 
 
 
Featuring Country Music Performer, Jacob Christopher Listen to Jacob Here  |  Book the Band
 
 
DONATE TO HONOR FLIGHT
  
 
 
The Veterans Voice Project presented by USAA is an Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center service.  Veterans Voice Colorado Springs is produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner Colorado Computer Support, and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.     
 
 
 

This edition of Veterans Voice features three institutions of higher learning and three ways veterans can engage!

During KRDO's Midday Edition, Dan Cochell talked with Ken Curtner, Lead Clinician with Veterans Services at UC Health, about the Next Chapter program, a community wellness collaborative serving Veterans and their families.
 
Request Next Chapter ServicesOr Call:  1-888-719-8387
 
 
 
 
 

This week on Veterans Voice, the best start to the new year could be getting a great job.  Get the details on Mt. Carmel's January 25, hiring event.  Then, also in January, the Travis Manion Foundation is teaching how to lead with your strengths and family character building.  
 
 
 
 
The Veterans Voice presented by USAA is a service of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner, Colorado Computer Support and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.
 
 

In this podcast, Nursing and Therapy Services of Colorado are Healing Heroes by providing home healthcare to veterans with physical disabilities. NTSOC's Daunte Davis and Chris Dahl explain how their veteran therapy programs can help with chronic pain and a variety of other common health concerns by maintaining or improving health and well-being.
 - Excerpted in part from the NTSOC website.

KCME's Keith Simon talks with A Toast to Veterans co-emcees, Bob McLaughlin and Linda Weise, about kicking off the new year with a Monte Carlo-themed charity fundraiser complete with hors d’oeuvres, drinks, ballroom dancing, a silent auction, and an evening full of casino-style entertainment! 
January 7, 2023  |  City Auditorium
BUY TICKETS  |  BID ON AUCTION ITEMS
6:00PM Cocktails, Danding, Hors D'oeuvers and Silent Auction 
 6:30PM - Welcome & Toast: Linda Weiss, Ret. Col. Robert McLaughlin
6:30PM - Tables Open; Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, & Texas Hold'em 
 8:30PM - SILENT AUCTION CLOSE
9:00PM - Event Close
Cocktail Attire Encouraged!
 
 
The Veterans Voice presented by USAA is a service of Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, produced in the OPTUM Podcast Studio, distributed via the Medicare Mentors Veterans Voice Podcast Channel, powered by Technology Partner, Colorado Computer Support and made possible in part by Supporting Partner, The WireNut Home Services.