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Community Spirit Towards Our Aussie Veterans
A Message from our CEO for ANZAC Day 2023 24 April 2023 ANZAC Day has a very special place in the hearts and minds of Australians, and of course, our friends across the ditch, the New Zealanders. Many will be visiting ANZAC Cove in Türkiye; many more will be waking early to attend their...
V Centre Veteran Empowerment Program Refurbishment Kickoff with Federal Member for Jagajaga, Kate Thwaites MP
* Tuesday 4 April 2023 * Federal Member for Jagajaga, Ms Kate Thwaites MP, assisted by Vasey RSL Care Board Chair Mike O’Meara OAM and CEO Janna Voloshin, ceremonially launched the refurbishment and fit out of ‘The V Centre Veteran Empowerment Program’ at its home in Ivanhoe (VIC) adjacent to the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and...
Saluting Excellence Conference 2022: Resilience – Maintaining a Personal Mental Reservoir
* 16 December 2022 * We chose the theme ‘Resilience’ for this year’s conference, because after a third year of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, our staff have demonstration incredible resilience. That doesn’t mean they haven’t found it frustrating, exhausting and emotionally draining – it means they have been able to draw on their own...
Remembrance Day at Vasey RSL Care
* 14 November 2022 * Vasey RSL Care Bundoora Residents and staff at Vasey RSL Care Bundoora commemorated Remembrance Day with a very moving service supported by Dawson our bugler, Bev playing the bagpipes, and Warrant Officer (WO2) Mark Clancy from the Simpson Barracks. Thank you to Liz for her reading, Eleanor for her poem,...
Supporting Warrnambool Region Veterans
* 6 September 2022 * You may have read about the official opening of our three Wodonga Ex-Service Accommodation units in our last issue: we are now very pleased to announce the purchase of a six-unit site in Warrnambool. The Vasey Strategic Plan 2021-2025 notes a number of regional areas as the focus for potential...
Vietnam Veterans Day Commemoration at Vasey RSL Care Cheltenham
* 06 September 2022 * The residents at Vasey RSL Cheltenham Ex-Service Accommodation were honoured to welcome Victorian Minister for Veterans, the Honourable Shaun Leane MP, the Army Cadets from Mentone Grammar School and members of the ADF from HMAS Cerberus to their recent Vietnam Veterans’ Day Service. With a number of Vietnam Veterans living...
Saluting Excellence Conference 2022 focuses on ‘Resilience’
* 31 August 2022 * We are excited to announce this year’s Saluting Excellence Staff Conference on Thursday 1 December at Manningham Civic Centre in Doncaster. After multiple years of working in a COVID-19 environment, the focus of this year’s conference will be ‘Resilience’. “Our staff have shown great resilience in the face of adversity...
Royal Australian Air Force Honours Alan
* 28 June 2022 * The centenary year of the Royal Australian Air Force, March 2021 to March 2022, was a year of important commemorations for all who have been part of this service. One aspect of their commemorations was to honour RAAF members turning 100 during the centenary year. Our resident, Alan Day, was...
Liz Vasey Koschitzke Cuts the Ribbon
* 31 May 2022 * We were delighted to have Mrs Jessie Mary Vasey’s granddaughter, Liz Vasey Koschitske speak at the Official Opening of our Wodonga Ex-Service Accommodation, and declare the units open by cutting the ribbon. “This was an important opportunity for us to meet with the organisations supporting veterans in the Wodonga region,”...
Saluting Excellence Conference Held and Awards Presented, despite COVID-19
* 25 February 2022 * In December, our Saluting Excellence Staff Conference and Awards Presentation went ahead, thanks once again to the generosity of our sponsors and a short window between COVID-19 waves. Many of our staff spend much of their lives in uniform, so the annual conference is not just a day to recognise...