A VETERANS STAND DOWN was held August 26th at Sierraville School with a good turnout of Veterans from all surrounding communities and Truckee. Informational booths were sponsored and manned by US. Department of Veterans Affairs, Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc., Sierra New Start Recovery Solutions, Legal Services of Northern California, massages by Christina Baggott, and Gold Nugget Republican Women Federated. Veterans were free to take new boots, sleeping bags, boot liners, carryalls, backpacks and fanny packs, warm socks and blankets along with a lot of other needed supplies and equipment.
