Honor, Protect, Serve

A casual evening with friends and neighbors to discover how together we can HONOR veterans, PROTECT America's heritage, and SERVE our community.

Mentoring Relationship

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Increased Skills

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Veteran Recommended

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Healing Experience

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Join Us!

November 15, 2022
4:00-4:30 PM Check In 
4:30-5:30 PM Program in Sunset Terrace
5:30-6:30 PM Cocktails on the Patio
Cochise-Geronimo Clubhouse
10333 Rockaway Hills
Scottsdale, Arizona 85262


Hosted by VHP Ambassadors: Derek Hill, Pam Hall, Dave Ostermeyer, Paulette Maslick, Jerry Strickland, Kristy and Jim Duffey
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VHP Ambassadors

Guest Speakers

Learn about VHP directly from those who have experienced our mission of Connecting Students with Veterans
Dr. Connie
Veteran Perspective
Dr. Connie Mariano's 24-year career in the U. S. Navy included 9 years as the White House Physician to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. She was the first military woman to become the White House Physician, the first woman Director of the White House Medical Unit, and the first Filipino American in US history to become a Navy Rear Admiral. She founded the Center for Executive Medicine, is author of The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents, A Memoir; and hosts House Calls with Dr Connie on the VoiceAmerica network. Her story is in Since You Asked IX.
Steven Rourick
Student Perspective
Steven Rourick, a Senior at Shadow Mountain High School, has been a VHP participant since his Freshman year. He is the lead book editor for Since You Asked Edition II, is the President for his high school's VHP Chapter, has interviewed four veterans to date, and completed a summer internships with VHP this year. "VHP has been an impactful, inspiring, and moving journey that has pushed me down a direction of unfathomable passion. This experience has given me skills, lessons, and memories that will last a lifetime and guide me in my future endeavors in college, jobs, and my devotion to volunteering."
Kevin Storey
Teacher Perspective
Kevin Storey has been an English and History teacher at Shadow Mountain High School for 26 years. He oversees the English department and a gifted Humanities program. He has been a co-Advisor of Veterans Heritage Project at SMHS since 2019, and was recognized with our Founder's Award in 2022, which he shares with his co-Advisor, Gabi Brown. His undergraduate degree came from the University of Arizona, and he received a Masters in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. He and his wife, April, have been married for 25 years and have two children.