Join Trivia Night to benefit TLS Veterans

The local community group New Friends & Neighbors invites the community to a night of fun and fundraising for TLS Veterans.

Put a team of two to eight together (age 18 or older) and come up with a fun team name to celebrate all things Americana! Don your best patriotic wear and come ready to work together as a team to answer fun trivia.

Sign up by Friday, Nov. 11. The Trivia Night fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at Randall Oaks Golf Club in West Dundee. Cost is $25 per person; $15 of fee goes to the charity. For details, contact Nikki at (847) 404-3765 or nfntrivia@yahoo.com.

TLS Veterans (also known as Transitional Living Services) was founded in 1996 by Alan Belcher, a Vietnam veteran and licensed counselor. Since 2001, it has owned and operated New Horizons, a transitional living program in Hebron for 20 homeless veterans who want a chance to rebuild their lives. Veterans from World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom, have successfully participated in our services and have found employment, reconnected with their communities and rejoined their families.

In 2011, TLS Veterans opened the site at 5330 W. Elm St. in McHenry. The drop-in resource center for veterans and their families offers certified veteran peer support to any veteran and family in need of assistance. The peer support group provides access to the food pantry on site, individual and group support for veterans in recovery, information for veterans struggling with claims barriers, and referral to other agency services such as New Horizons transitional living, employment assistance, housing assistance, and counseling. TLS Veterans has many community partners that work together to offer a safety network for veterans in need. To learn more about TLS Veterans, visit www.tlsveterans.org.