Speakers

From our speaker: My name is Cindy Archibald; I am a licensed clinical social worker and the Executive Director of the Veterans Base Camp.  In October of 2018, after finishing my Master's degree, I was given the opportunity and challenge to create a program at a 43 acre property purchased by two business partners.  The property, then empty, was formerly a summer camp for young people with autism.  I was told that I could use the property, but there was no money, no budget and no salary.  There were 7 cabins, a main building with a dormitory area, dining room, laundry room, and a professional kitchen.  Within a year, with support from the community, volunteers and a lot of prayers, Veterans Base Camp opened the RESET transitional program and the Vittles 4 Veterans Food Pantry, and began working with two different community-based educational programs, giving them the opportunity to practice social skills, learn pre-vocational and vocational skills while at the Camp.