{"id":217546,"date":"2024-07-06T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=217546"},"modified":"2024-07-07T05:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T05:28:35","slug":"kansas-city-va-salute-to-women-veterans-draws-100-women-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=217546","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City VA \u201cSalute to Women Veterans\u201d draws 100 women Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every June, Kansas City VA<\/a> hosts its Annual Salute to Women Veterans. On June 8, over 100 women Veterans joined for a morning of recognition.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Simpson, Women Program manager; Dr. Mary Poulose, acting deputy chief of staff; Nikki Dean, Army Veteran and keynote speaker; and Dr. Patricia Hall, VISN 15 network director.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In its seventh year, the Salute to Women Veterans continues to grow. Leading the annual event is Women\u2019s Program Manager Andrea Simpson, an Army Veteran who has listened to the voices of her fellow Veterans to honor and advance women\u2019s health care.<\/p>\n

More than two million women Veterans live in the U.S. and have served across all military branches and in every capacity.\u00a0Women are the fastest-growing group among the Veteran population. As a Veteran in service of her fellow Veterans, Simpson works tirelessly to bring additional services and a unique spin on the yearly event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted to see over 100 women warriors learning about their health care needs and supporting and encouraging one another,\u201d said Network Director Dr. Trish Hall, of the event.<\/p>\n

Welcomed back a 103-year-old local WWII Veteran<\/h2>\n

This year\u2019s event welcomed a 103-year-old local WWII Veteran in her third consecutive year of attendance.<\/p>\n

Nikki Dean, the keynote speaker, was an Army helicopter pilot. She inspired the guests with opening remarks on the Women\u2019s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and their pioneering efforts for women in aviation. Dean is a military historian and interpreter at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, providing research support and educational content development.<\/p>\n

She was presented a custom-made quilt courtesy of Care Packages from Home KC by quilter Sherri Lewis, pictured above.<\/p>\n

Following the event\u2019s opening remarks and the presentation of colors, all women Veterans in attendance were personally recognized during a military-style \u201cpinning ceremony\u201d with a commemorative service pin, certificate of service and flowers. \u201cThere is no difference between male and women service. We tend to group everyone together, but there is a uniqueness that makes events like today important,\u201d said Dean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every June, Kansas City VA hosts its Annual Salute to Women Veterans. On June 8, over 100 women Veterans joined for a morning of recognition. Andrea Simpson, Women Program manager; Dr. Mary Poulose, acting deputy chief of staff; Nikki Dean, Army Veteran and keynote speaker; and Dr. Patricia Hall, VISN 15 network director. In its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":217548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-women-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217552,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217546\/revisions\/217552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/217548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}