Tag Archives: Barstow Veterans Home

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Holiday Caroling in August? Barstow Home Veteran Brings Joy Through Song, Year Round

December 16, 2024 · by · in Veteran Housing, Veterans Homes · 1 Comment

With a chill in the air and Thanksgiving 2024 in the books, there’s nothing like a little holiday music to ring in the rest of the season. And perhaps, with no one in earshot, you might even sing along, right? Even better: Try crooning carols in the summertime with dozens of others in a Southern […]

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Helping Other Veterans Comes up Roses for Nurse at Barstow Home

September 8, 2023 · by · in CalVet Team, MyCalVet, Veterans Homes, Veterans Serving Veterans, Women Veterans · Leave a comment

As a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) at the Veterans Home of California-Barstow, U.S. Army veteran Kimberly Malott has a passion for caring for the Home’s veteran residents and their spouses. She also has a passion for passing out roses—at the behest of a veteran resident who routinely bought them for the women at the Home. […]

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Different Wars, Similar Stories of Service and Coming Home

September 1, 2023 · by · in CalVet Team, MyCalVet, Veteran Housing, Veterans Homes, Veterans Serving Veterans · 1 Comment

After 17 years in the U.S. Army, Juan Griffin left with many stories to tell about his deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no one he enjoys swapping stories with more, than the veterans who live at the Veterans Home of California-Barstow. “When they tell me about their deployment experiences, they’re the same as […]