Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building

09/23/2024

09/05/2024

Never Forget 9/11

05/10/2023

Grass Valley Armed Forces Day - May 20, 2023

11/08/2022

Businesses Offer Discounts as Part of Military Appreciation Week
Nevada County will celebrate its 2nd Annual Military Appreciation Week from Saturday, November 5th, through Sunday, November 13th.

Military Appreciation Week engages the local community and businesses to honor all active duty, reservists, retired, veterans, and Gold Star Families in the county by providing discounts or special offers.

A list of supporting businesses is available at NevadaCountyCA.gov/MilitaryAppreciation.

“We are one of two counties in the United States that has a program like this, and I am grateful for the community involvement and support from local businesses,” said Nevada County Veterans Services Officer David West. “The county has a long history of honoring its veterans, and these businesses participate year-round with discounts for veterans.”

In November 2021, Nevada County sponsored its first annual Military Appreciation Week, honoring all active duty, reservists, retired, veterans and Gold Star Families in the county.  The Military Appreciation Program is an ongoing program with the goal to engage community businesses by signing up an...

05/05/2022

Memorial Day May 30, 2022

10/26/2021

American Legion Event

09/21/2021

Recently, the wood flooring had reached the end of its life and could no longer be repaired. In July of 2021, the building received a full renovation of the maple flooring. It now showcases an athletic-rated maple floor. This renovation brings new life to this popular venue and ensures years of basketball, volleyball, pickleball, fencing, meetings, special events, and concerts.

03/18/2021

Support our local veterans.

02/22/2021

COVID testing has moved out of the Grass Valley Veterans Building. Community Testing Sites
Testing is available for anyone, whether or not you have insurance. You must pre-register and schedule an appointment at https://www.lhi.care/covidtesting or call 1-888-634-1123.

For assistance scheduling a COVID-19 test, contact 211 Connecting Point at 1-833-DIAL211 to speak to a local call specialist.

Appointments are available Monday-Saturday, 7:00 am to 7:00pm in Grass Valley and Monday-Friday, 7:00am to 7:00pm in Truckee. Return time for results may vary and can be expected within 2-7 days.

Testing Locations
Western Nevada County
231 Colfax Avenue, Grass Valley, CA 95945 (formerly Summer Thymes)

05/28/2020

COVID-19 testing continues at the GV Vets building. You must pre-register and schedule an appointment at https://www.lhi.care/covidtesting or call 888-634-1123. Please have your appointment authorization number when you arrive at the testing site. Appointments are available Tuesday-Saturday, 7:00am to 7:00pm

LHI.Care: the simple, convenient healthcare portal for service members and employees. Request services, view and reschedule appointments and more from your mobile device.

05/05/2020

May 4th UPDATE: Testing locations confirmed and appointment registration now available

Western Nevada County

New COVID-19 testing sites are accepting appointments and will open on TUESDAY, May 5, in Grass Valley. Visit https://lhi.care/covidtesting (or call 1-888-634-1123 during business hours) to see if you are eligible for a test and make an appointment. In Grass Valley, the Grass Valley Veterans Hall will serve as the testing site.

Qualifications

Recently, the California Department of Public Health expanded eligibility for COVID-19 testing. Anyone who meets the testing criteria can be tested at an OptumServe community testing site, including uninsured, underinsured, undocumented and homeless individuals. More information about who is eligible for testing can be found on California Department of Public Health’s website. OptumServe will generate a unique identification number for individuals who do not have a driver license.

Payment

If an individual has medical insurance, OptumServe will bill the patient’s medical insurance company. Uninsured individuals may also use the community test site, and their tests will be paid for by the state.

LHI.Care: the simple, convenient healthcare portal for service members and employees. Request services, view and reschedule appointments and more from your mobile device.

04/29/2020

The Stay-at-Home Order issued by the CA. State Health Officer is still in effect. The building will remain closed as long as necessary to comply with this order.
Thank you for your continued support.

03/30/2020

President Trump announced an extension of federal guidance on social distancing to continue to April 30th, in a continued effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

In accordance with this announcement, the GV Veterans building closure has also been extended until May 1st.

03/23/2020

As many of you know our county among others in the state have a confirmed case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). While we are doing everything we can to protect our community from this virus we are preparing for the possibility of community spread COVID-19 in our county. In light of this emerging and rapidly evolving situation the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building will be closed until at least April 13th. This includes all people and offices.

03/16/2020

Following the protocol of our County, the Facilities Management of the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Building has cancelled all events and meetings until April 13th.

We are taking steps to minimize health risks to our community. Announcements have been sent out and various groups are being contacted. We want everyone in our community to be healthy and safe.

We strongly encourage our members and community to follow CDPH’s instructions on limiting the spread of COVID-19. If you are interested in additional resources regarding the coronavirus, you can visit our website www.mmynevadacounty.com/coronavius

10/07/2019

Olympic-style fencing instruction | Nevada County Fencing Club

Nevada County Fencing Club fencers- Our fall/wintyer session begins tonight, October 7. Be there at 6:30pm to register and get your gear assignments. Session price is still $65.
They have fixed the glitches on their website. It has a new address: https://ncfencing.wixsite.com/fencinggv
Send questions to [email protected] only.

Learn the art of Olympic-style fencing with Nevada County Fencing Club! Our family-friendly club offers affordable lessons in sword-play in 8 week sessions. All equipment is provided, no experience necessary, visitors welcome!

06/25/2019

American Legion Independence Dance Party June 28, 2019. Contact American Legion 530.575.7002

05/22/2019

Memorial Day ceremony location is Memorial Park on 5/27/2019.

08/21/2018

Nevada County Adult Sports Association Fall/Winter League

05/23/2018

THE NEVADA COUNTY CONSOLIDATED VETERANS COUNCIL INVITES YOU To the following Memorial Day Events and Tours:
9:00 am - Memorial Day Ceremony at Pioneer Park, Nevada City - Veterans of Foreign Wars, host.
9:30 am - Memorial Bridges Bicycle Tour leaves from Pioneer Park after the 9:00 am ceremony – led by Connie Strawser,
of Tour of Nevada City Bicycle Shop.
11:00 am - Memorial Day Ceremony at Memorial Park, Grass Valley - American Legion, host.
1:00 pm - Local Heroes’ Grass Valley Memorial Bridge Walking Tours will meet at the Grass Valley Veterans’ Hall under the “Memorial Tours” banner. The Honor Guard will provide bus transportation from Memorial Park to the
Veterans’ Hall.

Further information contact: Will Buck (913-2310) or Pat Nelson (477-848

03/05/2018

Thanks to Beyond Boomers for "Clean Sweep"