Friends & Partners

The Orange County Youth Bureau has teamed up with the National Service Ride to help area schools put on the project's trademark service-learning school events. In compliance with the New York State Seal of Civic Readiness Program, the Youth Bureau helps schools identify community service and veterans’ organizations, volunteer and charity groups as well as local businesses for the school-run fairs. In cooperation with the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region, it provides a highly innovative virtual portal for youth to find the best community service opportunities to do after school, over the summer, or beyond graduation to build their resumes. The schools, in turn, can track and certify their service-learning hours and gather data on curriculum outcomes.  

American Legion Riders of Orange County, a part of the American Legion of Orange County, NY,  support  the National Service Ride's work to reach youths in schools and summon them to service. They also support, along with the National Service Ride  American Legion Riders of Orange County, a part of the American Legion of Orange County, NY, support the National Service Ride's work to reach youths in schools and summon them to service.  Because of their similar focus on the vital importance of preparing our youth to take the baton of generational leadership and move American forward based on the values and principles upon which our country is founded, they also support the Hudson Valley Honor Flight Youth Guardian initiative.

Hudson Valley Honor Flight honors America's oldest veterans by transporting them to tour the Nation's Capital – all expenses paid. Inspired by the National Service Ride's work on service-learning in area schools, the Hudson Valley Honor Flight now partners with it and the American Legion and Legion Riders of Orange County, NY on the Hudson Valley Honor Flight Youth Guardian initiative.

 The Veterans Service Agency of Orange County, NY advocates for all veterans with the Department of Veterans Affairs and with local, state, and national political leadership as well as leverages numerous resources among them personal administrative and logistical assistance and counseling. The Veterans Memorial Cemetery is the starting point for every National Service Ride supported school service-learning event, reminding veteran riders of their mission to help pass the baton of service leadership to a new generation of Americans. 

 In addition to helping Americans remember the fallen and honor those who serve and their families, Wreaths Across America is commited to teaching America's youth about the sacrifices made to preserve our freedoms and, like so many veteran-related service organizations, shares the National Service Ride's goal to get more young Americans to serve community and country so they may take the baton of generational leadership. 

 The Hudson Valley Veteran Task Force convenes community-based veteran service organizations and agencies to meet collectively, regularly and cooperatively to ensure the timely administration of services and referrals and give them access to the innovative programs and activities of Task Force members to meet their immediate and long-term needs.  

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Armor Down's "Mindful Memorial Day" provides a database of  fallen servicemembers from specific communities since 9/11, to be read at each event opening as a “mindful moment of gratitude” to remind people that the best way to honor veterans and others is to give them a country worth their sacrifices, starting in their own communities.