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a trusted partner helping to provide access to safe, affordable housing, employment, and supportive services for veterans and their families.

Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance

Tuesday, April 08, 2014 Christopher LaFayelle Enter Street Address Chicago, Illinois, ZIP Code Dr. Bruce Perry Cofounder of Coalition of Veterans Organizations 1658 N Milwaukee Ave, No. 365 Chicago, Illinois, 60647 Subject: Invitation to Serve on Board of Directors Dear Dr. Perry: I am pleased to extend a cordial invitation to you to join Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance as part of its Board of Directors. I am very excited about the opportunities ahead as the next several years promise to be exciting ones for Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance, for they will allow us to continue having a positive impact on the communities we serve. The Board of Directors will play a central role in achieving our organizations important mission. You are being considered to be President of our Board of Directors because of your personal determination, commitment, passion, desire, drive, skills, leadership, experience and your will to act. We know you are an influential, intelligent, and devoted citizen who is interested in ending homelessness and serving our veterans in need. We feel that a person with your background, capability and involvement in our community will be a valuable member of our Board of Directors, because you reflect the motivation, determination, commitment and performance we look for to successfully achieve our goals and objectives. Like you, we are willing to devote the time and effort necessary to make a difference in our community. Homelessness, its causes and consequences, are social problems that challenge our nation. Homelessness injures an individuals spirit, mind, body, family and community and can be described as a condition where people are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing, or lack fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence. Homelessness has become a national crisis. Where do veterans in homelessness turn to? They turn to Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance. Why? Because they know they will receive absolute top notch housing and employment assistance. They know they will be treated like real persons, by dedicated, compassionate veteran-minded professionals in a warm, caring environment. Operating since 2012, Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance provides a spectrum of supportive services to veterans, ranging from housing, employment, job training through health care and mental health assistance. Since our incorporation, Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance has touched the lives of hundreds of veterans in need. We exist to serve veterans, providing housing, employment, hope, healing and recovery. We have a record of high quality service provision and activism related to economic security and community engagement and we invite you to become a part of our team.

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www.vetsupport.org

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...a trusted partner helping to provide access to safe, affordable housing, employment, and supportive services for veterans and their families.

Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance

Most recently weve housed more veterans, removing them from the crippling darkness of homelessness into the life-giving light of housing and meaningful employment. Those of us who have been with the organization for some time have found its work to be some of the most rewarding we have ever experienced. We are confident that you will enjoy being a part of it too. The purposes of Veterans Housing & Employment Assistances Board of Directors are to: 1. Provide careful and responsible general advice on the overall operations of the organization, particularly as it relates to governance; acting in the organization's best interest; 2. Governing the organization participating in the development of policy and major decision-making at board meetings, establishing broad policies and objectives; 3. Selecting, appointing, supporting and reviewing the performance of the chief executive; 4. Ensuring the availability of adequate financial resources; 5. Approving annual budgets; 6. Accounting for the organization's performance; setting salaries and compensation; 7. Directing, organizing, and implementing fundraising campaigns. Specific goals for this year include developing a strategy to keep housing as many veterans as possible, and to provide employment and health assistance for veterans in need. As you can see, we are expecting the board to be an active one. We hope you will join us. I would appreciate hearing from you as soon as possible. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and to consider being a part of Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance's Board of Directors. I will be in touch with you soon but in the meantime, Im available to discuss any questions you may have. You can reach me by phone at (phone number) or via email at (email address). Yours sincerely,

Signature Christopher LaFayelle Position Veterans Housing & Employment Assistance

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www.vetsupport.org

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