Vendors and Sponsors welcomed. Sponsor packets available on request.

Contact David Hernandez 818 448-3403 or at drhassoc@earthlink.net

Thank you,

David Hernandez, Chairman Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Committee.

The site has been reserved and we must now begin our planning for the event. You can participate in any part of the project.

Thank You ,

David Hernandez Committee Chairman. USN 1967-1971.

Day LA

Yesterday was our first Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day LA Picnic.

The day went very well and could not have been possible with the help and generous support of various individuals.

The Los Angeles Daily News sent Troy Anderson to cover the event and he spent hours interviewing Vietnam Veterans and others who were not. He provided a good perspective. Hans Gutknecht a Staff Photographer for the Daily News spent much time not only taking photos but getting to know some of the Vietnam Veterans.

Thank You both. Here is their story:  http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12026514

Thank You to Mr. Frank Sheftel the owner of the Candy Factory and the TLC, the Toluca Lake Collective for his generous act in having the signs printed and covering the cost. Without his help this would not have been possible.

Thank You  Bernard Peyton and Neilja Harewood of the California Center for Economic Initiatives in Compton, California for providing the chicken for the event.

Thank You to Jeffers Dodge, Pia and Tom from PopModal.com for conducting the interviews and soon to be posting them on the Web.

Thank you to Michael Higby (Mayor Sam Blog) for providing the goodies from KFC and honorable mention on your Blog.

Others on the Thank you list are Henry Valdez and Family from Arleta, Don and Prudy Shultz from Van Nuys, Mary Garcia from North Hollywood,

Jack Marino and his friend who provided the Pizzas and let us know more about his movie “Forgotten Heroes”. We look forward to working together.

Thank you to the Vietnam Veterans who attended.

As we move forward we will be announcing formation of Committees to prepare for a larger event next year. 

From all of us at Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day LA, Thank You and Welcome Home!

Day Los Angeles

 Year One

March 30, 2009

On April 8, 2008 the Los Angeles City Council adopted a Resolution Declaring March 30 as the official Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Los Angeles, (council file # 08-0757).

Picnic

March 29^th 10:00 AM – 4:00PM

North Hollywood Park

5211 Tujunga Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91601

Magnolia Blvd, east of 170 Freeway on

 South side of North Hollywood Library

http://www.lapl.org/maps/branch_googlemap.php?branchid=37

In observation of the event, members of your community will be having a Picnic to give Vietnam Veterans and their families and opportunity to come and share their stories. This will be the first event since the City has adopted the resolution and we look forward to seeing it grow each year.

This is not a City Sponsored event and is just and opportunity for Los Angeles residents to gather and welcome home those who served in Vietnam.

The Picnic will is a “pot luck” and attendees are being requested to bring their favorite dish and or meal.  While we are requesting attendees to bring food, it will not be a requirement to attend.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the event contact David Hernandez 818 448 3403 or drhassoc@earthlink.net.

So bring your family, chairs, blankets, tables, ice chests, food and goodies and lets have a Picnic to Welcome Home our Vietnam Veterans. After all it is never too late to do the right thing.

If you can not attend but would like to donate food or drinks, let us know.

For more information go to http://welcomehomevietnamvets.wordpress.com/

Vietnam Veterans

Day-LA March 30th

                Community Picnic

Pot Luck

March 29^th.

10:00AM-4:00PM

North Hollywood Park

(North side of Magnolia at Tujunga just east

of the 170 Freeway)

This is an informal ommunity event to honor and welcome home the men and women

 who served in Vietnam and their Families.

Make your own Welcome Home Sign.

Bring your American and POW/MIA Flags.

We will be interviewing Veterans and their families

and posting the videos on the Web.

Welcome Home from Los Angeles, California!

Bring your families, food, music, stories and memories.

Los Angeles, California

It is with a grateful heart that I am able to announce the Official Recognition and establishment of the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Los Angeles.

The date is set as March 30^th in accordance with the US House and US Senate Bills H. RES289 and S. 189, both of which have passed.

The Board of the North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council placed my request on the Agenda and voted to support the issue. It was also requested that City Council members Tony Cardenas and Wendy Greuel submit it to the full City Council for a vote.

After being submitted by Council member Cardenas and seconded by Council member Parks, the motion passed and March 30^th was adopted as the official date.

My staff and I are in the process of forming a non-profit and it will be up and running within the month. Our purpose will be to develop a fit Welcome Home event for March 30, 2009.

We are reaching out to Veterans Groups, Community Groups and individuals who want to be a part of this long over due project.

At present our Blog is now up and running. As soon as the Web site is developed, it will be activated as well.

http://welcomehomevietnamvets.wordpress.com/

We welcome any and all positive contributions to the site. Remember, this is a Tribute to the men, women and their families of the Vietnam War era.

David Hernandez

March 17, 2008

Hon. Tony Cardenas

Councilman – 6^th District

14410 Sylvan Street

Van Nuys, CA   91401

Hon. Wendy Greuel

Councilperson – 2^nd District

6350 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Suite 201

North Hollywood, CA 

            Re:   Designation of March 30 as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day”

Dear Messrs. Greuel and Cardenas:

       At its monthly meeting held on March 13, 2008, the Board of North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council discussed as an agenda item the U.S. House of Representatives Resolution (H. Res. 189) designating March 30^th as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” to honor those Americans who served in that conflict.   After Board and public discussion on this issue, and a motion having been presented by David Hernandez, we voted unanimously (8-0) to express our support for the action of the U.S. Congress and to ask that the City of Los Angeles similarly make such designation and honor the day accordingly.   I enclose a copy of our Minutes reflecting this discussion.

       We request that this matter be given a Council file number by one of you on our behalf so this issue can go before the City Council, and that a response to this letter be forthcoming to us prior to March 30^th.    Thank you for your courtesy and consideration in this regard.

                                                                                    Very truly yours,

                                                                                    J. Eric Freedner

                                                                                    Secretary, NHNENC