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About Weekend for Warriors

Weekend for Warriors is a four-day long excursion provided to four local combat veterans. Throughout the course of the weekend, our honorees will participate in various outdoor excursions throughout Dutchess County, New York. Our honorees are carefully selected by our committee and demonstrate courage and commitment to not only their country, but also their community.

Since 2016, our Weekend for Warriors event has raised tens of thousands of dollars for local veteran charitable groups. With that money we were able to provide college scholarships, postage for many care boxes to local troops deployed overseas, equine assisted PTSD therapy, as well as a much-needed financial assistance for veterans throughout the region.

In 2018, Weekend for Warriors established a formal partnership with the Dutchess County Vet2Vet program. Vet2Vet provides support, peer to peer services to assist veterans and their families in need and opportunities or activities to stay connected with other veterans. Vet2Vet is funded by the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans’ Peer Services Project. Services include support groups, social activities, assistance in finding housing and/or employment for homeless veterans, advocacy for benefits, and much more:

• Emotional support
• Educational information
• Referrals to useful services
• Information around Support Groups, and Social Events
• Advocacy
• Short-term care management

We are more excited than ever to be back for our 2024 Weekend for Warriors events and reception. We hope that you will join us at our reception that will held at Mahoney’s in Poughleepsie, NY to celebrate both our honorees as well as all the brave men and women who have served our nation.