Creating a Space for Veterans to Heal Together
A Cadillac, Michigan nonprofit that honors and serves those who have served and protected at home and abroad.
Buy a Brick Fundraiser
Create a lasting memorial by purchasing a brick that will help pave our Freedom Parkway.
Vets Serving Vets has no overhead and is 100% volunteer-run & operated by local veterans. We are powered by you. Donors like you make it possible to foster a community space that both supports our veterans and welcomes everyone.
Mission
Veterans Serving Veterans, Inc. is a Cadillac, Michigan nonprofit that honors and serves those who have served and protected at home and abroad.
Statement of Purpose
1. To create a community that connects those who served.
2. To attract and manage a robust group of volunteers for VsV events and projects.
3. To build a park with amenities that will further the sense of community for those who have served and continue to serve.
4. To inspire a hub of public and private partners that provide support for this community of those who ave served.
5. To create sustainable support Park Systems that will establish a legacy for this community of those who have served.
Our Story
In 2015, Roger Bandeen — a Cadillac orthodontist and veteran — dreamt of a park where veterans could go year-round to build community, feel at ease, and heal. Inspired by that dream, Veterans Serving Veterans, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization was born. Soon after founding VSV, Bandeen donated 33 acres of land to break ground on the project. Three years and 2,000 trees later, construction for the park is fully underway — although much more needs to be done.
VISION FOR THE PARK
Our vision is to create a community space that both supports local veterans and brings our community closer together. Construction is underway and we're ready to move forward on several important park features including a 5k cross country course, open air pavilion, chapel, 4,000 seat amphitheater, botanical gardens, guest cabins, memorials, and much more.
“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Vets Serving Vets has no overhead and is 100% volunteer-run and operated by local veterans. We are powered by you. Donors like you make it possible to foster a community space that both supports our local veterans and welcomes everyone. Through this ongoing project, we hope to bring our community closer together. Will you help us get there?
CURRENT PROJECTS
Landscaping projects and equipment needs
Pond Excavation
Gravel Driveway
Lighting for Freedom Parkway
Gravel for parking lot and Freedom Parkway
Community Projects
Vietnam wall monument made of field stones: we are collecting 59,000 stones — one for every soldier killed
Two flagpoles
Moving the Octagon Building to the park — this historic 1908 building will serve as our indoor pavilion
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