{"id":3369,"date":"2013-05-30T08:49:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2013-06-01T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T19:16:06","slug":"2013-women-veteran-summit-hooks-up-with-yvonne-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2013\/05\/30\/2013-women-veteran-summit-hooks-up-with-yvonne-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Women Veteran Summit Hooks Up with Yvonne Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3376\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Y-LUCAS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3376\" alt=\"Yvonne Lucas\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Y-LUCAS-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Y-LUCAS-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Y-LUCAS.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yvonne Lucas<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The world of drag racing can offer a unique opportunity to reach people in all walks of life and give back in a way that supports our communities.\u00a0 Yvonne Lucas will have the privilege to give back in a special way June 29<sup>th<\/sup> as a guest at the 2013 Women Veteran Summit taking place at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center in Tacoma, WA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This free conference provides women veterans with information about opportunities for women veterans who can face challenges.\u00a0 The conference is hosted by the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs and is committed to provide benefits, services and programs that help our veterans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI contacted the WDVA in hopes that I could help them get the word out through my travels and the people I meet in drag racing about the exceptional work they do.\u00a0 It\u2019s an exciting time for women in the military and as we see more serve and come home the challenges they face should be recognized,\u201d<\/em> stated Yvonne. \u00a0The agency provides leadership and support for the delivery of statewide veterans\u2019 services.\u00a0 The Women Veteran Summit is an annual event focused on our female veterans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI was thrilled to be invited to participate and it is truly an honor to be a part of this Summit. \u00a0I look forward to assisting the WDVA in giving our military servicewomen a glimpse of what I do and the exciting world of drag racing.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 If you are a veteran or family member in the area, we looked forward to seeing you at there!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2013 Women Veteran Summit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Greater Tacoma Convention Center<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1500 Broadway &#8211; Tacoma, WA 98402<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>June 29, 2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dva.wa.gov\/2013womenveteranssummit.html\"><strong>2013 Women Veteran Summit Home Page\u00a0&#8211; Schedule &amp; Registration<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of drag racing can offer a unique opportunity to reach people in all walks of life and give back in a way that supports our communities.\u00a0 Yvonne Lucas will have the privilege to give back in a special &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2013\/05\/30\/2013-women-veteran-summit-hooks-up-with-yvonne-lucas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-to-feature-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3369"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3375,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions\/3375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}