Minot Vets for Vets
"Sometimes we just need to be present with others who have had experiences similar to our own; to be seen and heard for who we are and what we've been through, and maybe to help others navigate those same rough waters."
What is Vets for Vets?
Minot Vets for Vets is a collaborative effort by local veterans who saw a need in our community for wellness and mental health support provided to former service members by persons with similar life experiences. Vets for Vets centers its activities and services around peer support, and through that vehicle provides connection, information, and resources for persons who are simply looking to live better lives.
Operation Civilian Readiness
A new opportunity for connection and growth.
Vets for Vets understands that life following military service presents a unique set of challenges. To support veterans as they navigate these challenges, we have created a multi-session course that digs into the details of daily life and provides constructive information and discussion regarding an array of topics, from finances and budgeting to addressing mental health concerns. It's not just about gathering information, though. The class series presents an opportunity for individuals to cultivate a support system and peer community as they also pursue personal growth and well-being. The course is for veterans by veterans--created and led by veteran peer support specialists.
If you would like more information about the course, contact Minot Vets for Vets at 701-852-1924, or at minotvetsforvets@gmail.com.
Welcome to Vets for Vets Peer Connect Meetings
All-Veterans Peer Support
Women Veterans Peer Support
Women Veterans Peer Support
Vets for Vets peer support gatherings offer former service members the opportunity to connect with each other through shared experience, and, in turn, to become supporters and resources for others. Meetings on the first Tuesday of the month offer informational topics as well as peer support, and we are always happy to address topics that are of interest to those who take part.
Women Veterans Peer Support
Women Veterans Peer Support
Women Veterans Peer Support
Women who have served in the military face unique challenges. Our women's peer support group offers the opportunity for women to connect and to receive understanding and validation of their experiences from others who have been in their shoes.
Vets for Vets Creative Activities
The Warrior's Pen
The Warrior's Pen
The Warrior's Pen
Join Vets for Vets weekly to learn more about expressing yourself through writing. Whether seeking to improve your writing skills, find a creative outlet, spend time with others who write, or whatever your motivation, The Warrior's Pen may be just the pursuit for you.
Beyond the Brush
The Warrior's Pen
The Warrior's Pen
Come get creative and messy at Beyond the Brush, Vets for Vets' twice-monthly art workshop. Whether art-experienced or new to creative activities, all are welcome.
Vets for Vets Finds Financial Support in Our Community
Minot Vets for Vets Foundational Funding
Minot Vets for Vets has worked hard to expand opportunities for area former service members to find connection and support. Vets for Vets is partially funded through a Suicide Prevention Community Programming Funding through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. This funding has allowed Vets for Vets to establish a designated veteran gathering space, build its veteran peer support program, add educational opportunities, and enhance its resource and referral capabilities.
View the NDHHS news release here:
Local Entities Help Make Vets for Vets Activities Possible
Vets for Vets has received tremendous financial support from our community, which has allowed us to bolster our offerings and reach more veterans. Our donors in 2024-2025 include:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Caring Foundation BUILD Grant, 2025: This grant enables Vets for Vets to bolster activities and training with the goal of reaching more veterans in our surrounding rural areas. Our efforts through this grant have focused on making rural connections and providing peer support training that helps to expand veteran peer support throughout our state and region. More about the BC/BS Caring Foundation Grant can be found here: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation Rural Health Grants Program
North Dakota Community Endowment Fund / T.A. & Anna Solheim Charitable Fund / Charles & Madge Westlie Endowment Fund, 2025: This funding allows us to continue and fortify peer support-based activities through Vets for Vets. Our efforts would not be able to continue as robustly as they are without this kind of community support.
Inspiritus Community Health Foundation Grant, 2025: We are grateful that Inspiritus valued and sought to promote the goals of Vets for Vets, which currently include: continued development of a robust, fully peer-run peer support program that builds community and meets veterans where they are; cultivating veteran and military family peer support; gathering and utilizing data that steers our program development; creating a vigorous internal peer support specialist training structure; and developing and administering a repeating veteran transition to civilian life education series. You can find out more about Inspiritus' grant awards here: Inspiritus Community Health Foundation announces new grant awards, Twice Blessed Program kicks off
Verendrye Electric, Operation Roundup, 2025: This grant specifically provided printing equipment and supplies for our veteran photography class, as well as a laptop computer for our Intentional Peer Support trainers. Both of these broaden our capacity to offer thoughtful peer-based activities to our participants.
Minot VFW Post 753: Our friends at the VFW saw the importance of our work and made a significant contribution to our activities and services. We truly value these local partners, and work to cultivate our common interests.
Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center: A targeted grant from MPATTC enabled us to collaborate with The Harmony Center and Creative Path Counseling to provide Expressions of Recovery, a Recovery Month 2025 event focused on helping individuals tap into creative pursuits--including art, writing, and music--to boost their wellbeing and aid in their mental health and substance use recovery.
MSU Gaming, 2024: A donation from MSU gaming bolstered funding for our basic peer support activities.
Minot Area Community Foundation / Donald and Genevieve Roush Fund, 2024: This grant helped Vets for Vets get on its feet, enabling the organization to purchase equipment and technology necessary for operations.
North Dakota Community Foundation, 2024: Funds from this grant boosted our outreach capacity by enabling Vets for Vets to develop branding, secure outreach materials and equipment, purchase signage for our meeting and activity center, and launch our website.
The Vets for Vets Meeting Space
Stop in and see us
The Vets for Vets meeting center is located at 720 Western Avenue, Suite 101 in Minot, just downstairs from the Harmony Center. As of June 3, 2024, the center opened with limited hours that encompassed peer support meeting times and special activities. As of August 2024, the center is staffed by a former service member trained in peer support, and will accommodate regular open hours, casual activities and gatherings, peer support group meetings, educational opportunities, and more.
Hours
Open today | 03:00 pm – 08:00 pm |
Where to Find Us
The Vets for Vets Center can be found at 720 Western Avenue, Suite 101, in Minot.
Phone: 701-852-1924
Email: minotvetsforvets@gmail.com
Mailing Address: 720 Western AVE, Ste 101, Minot, ND 58701
