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About Walking Down Ranch Veterans Village LakesideIn 2012 Walking Down Ranch was a dream of Maggie Heath, Alfred, and Ann Avenenti. We assisted Veterans at the Concho Food Bank. We successfully received our 501(C)(3) in 2014. We tried to clean and build on a property way out in a rural area unsuccessfully.
Then in late 2017, the East Mesa Fire Fighter Charities offered WDR the Old Rainbow Lodge. Consisting of 18 cabins, an old house (now the office), and our new veteran Outreach Center, formerly our first Thrift Store. All cabins were vandalized and had to be stripped, cleaned, and refurbished, new windows, cabinet repairs, stoves, refrigerators, screen doors, and exterior doors were repaired and furnished. We started one cabin at a time to complete the work. All new water main and sewer lines were completed, a new septic system was installed, and all cabins were renovated and livable. |
With all of this, by October 2021, we had 178 Veterans and their families transition in our program. Hundreds of pounds of food have been distributed. And the Veterans Village mortgage was paid off in 3 years and ten months.
Since then, our statutory legal agent has secured the property to be Veteran Transitional housing forever.
Providing a safe place for our White Mountain Veterans.
There are 18 units for Veterans use. A laundry, and Veteran Outreach Center and office are being utilized for the benefit of our Veterans and located on 3.66 acres in beautiful Lakeside, Arizona. In the midst of City accommodations, hospitals, shopping, library, schools, V.A. services, and lots of community activities.
Over 2200 Veterans and families have been served with housing, food Boxes, furnishings, clothing, and assistance after house fires and the loss of family members. Eleven pieces of property have been given to Veterans to rebuild their lives.
Applications must be acquired and submitted for housing assistance. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10-4 by appointment.
Call Brytni at (928)-243-4102
Serving Veterans is what we do. We offer a hand up…Not a handout. Veteran guests are required to assist on property 20 hours a week in lieu of rent, utilities, and necessities for housing. They are trained in landscaping, culinary arts, property maintenance, construction, painting, and thrift store activities.
Walking Down Ranch Board of Directors meet once a month. This month the meeting will be held on the 18th of June 2024 at 1:00pm.
Since then, our statutory legal agent has secured the property to be Veteran Transitional housing forever.
Providing a safe place for our White Mountain Veterans.
There are 18 units for Veterans use. A laundry, and Veteran Outreach Center and office are being utilized for the benefit of our Veterans and located on 3.66 acres in beautiful Lakeside, Arizona. In the midst of City accommodations, hospitals, shopping, library, schools, V.A. services, and lots of community activities.
Over 2200 Veterans and families have been served with housing, food Boxes, furnishings, clothing, and assistance after house fires and the loss of family members. Eleven pieces of property have been given to Veterans to rebuild their lives.
Applications must be acquired and submitted for housing assistance. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10-4 by appointment.
Call Brytni at (928)-243-4102
Serving Veterans is what we do. We offer a hand up…Not a handout. Veteran guests are required to assist on property 20 hours a week in lieu of rent, utilities, and necessities for housing. They are trained in landscaping, culinary arts, property maintenance, construction, painting, and thrift store activities.
Walking Down Ranch Board of Directors meet once a month. This month the meeting will be held on the 18th of June 2024 at 1:00pm.
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Serving Veterans is What We Do
Walking Down Ranch, Veterans Village-Lakeside is a unique community offering Veterans and their families an array of services including transitional housing, food, clothes, utilities, medical transportation, phones, medications, and holiday boxes.
Since being recognized as a 501(c)(3) in 2014, we have assisted more than 650 Veterans in the White Mountains.
Residents of Walking Down Ranch, Veterans Village-Lakeside, have an opportunity to learn valuable
vocational skills; skills that can lead to meaningful employment.
The majority of the Veterans residing in Veterans Village, will take an active role in the upkeep and maintenance of their
cabin as well as their community. Landscaping, repair, retail management, and the culinary arts are just a few of the skills at
which Veterans can choose to become proficient while residing at Veterans Village.
Veterans Village-Lakeside subscribes to the saying, “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day; teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime.”
If you are a business owner interested in providing a job or an internship to a qualified veteran,
please contact Brytni Lindsay at (928)-243-4102
Since being recognized as a 501(c)(3) in 2014, we have assisted more than 650 Veterans in the White Mountains.
Residents of Walking Down Ranch, Veterans Village-Lakeside, have an opportunity to learn valuable
vocational skills; skills that can lead to meaningful employment.
The majority of the Veterans residing in Veterans Village, will take an active role in the upkeep and maintenance of their
cabin as well as their community. Landscaping, repair, retail management, and the culinary arts are just a few of the skills at
which Veterans can choose to become proficient while residing at Veterans Village.
Veterans Village-Lakeside subscribes to the saying, “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day; teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime.”
If you are a business owner interested in providing a job or an internship to a qualified veteran,
please contact Brytni Lindsay at (928)-243-4102
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Thank you, Mike Taylor, Dawn Moreno, John Hutchens, and Clinton Misner from the Show Low Home Depot!
Their donation of the Bulldog and check to Veterans Village is greatly appreciated. You’re a super team! |