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Jason Hughes
RRVC Communications Director
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A diverse group of existing organizations have partnered to form a new “River Region Veterans Coalition (RRVC).” The goal was to form a regional non-profit/apolitical coalition of public and private sector organizations that serve military veterans in the greater Montgomery region, similar to longstanding groups in the regions around Mobile (the South Alabama Veterans Council, SAVC), Birmingham (the Central Alabama Veterans Collaborative, CAVC) and Huntsville (the North Alabama Veterans & Fraternal Organizations Coalition, NAVFOC). All three of those previously-existing regional veterans partnerships have been very helpful in establishing the new RRVC organization.
RRVC has already held meetings in February and March of this year, with local posts/chapters of such veteran service organizations as the Air & Space Forces Association, the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, the Marine Corps League, the Military Officers Association of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America in attendance. In addition, government agencies such as the Alabama National Guard and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have participated, as well as such private sector organizations as Bondfire Ranch, the Council on Substance Abuse, Invisible Warriors, Medicare Salute, Operation Iron Ruck, American Red Cross, Sage Health, Veterans Education Training & Support, and the Wounded Warrior Project.
The next meeting of RRVC will take place on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM at Feast Buffet, 5831 Atlanta Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36117. Focusing on veteran healthcare, the guest speakers for that meeting will be Mr. Amir Farooqi, Executive Director/CEO, Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), as well as senior leaders of Sage Health.
For more information, contact Mr. Jason Hughes
RRVC Communications Director
(334) 669-4126
