Freddie J. Owens Memorial Award | Vet to Vet Tennessee

This award was created in honor of Vet to Vet Tennessee and the Knoxville Regional Veterans Mental Health Council’s co-founder, Freddie J. Owens, on October 4, 2018, during the inaugural Freddie J. Owens Women Veterans Summit.

Two awards will be presented annually to veteran advocates who demonstrate the same ethos as Freddie: one to a veteran or military individual and one to a civilian.

The first recipients of the Freddie J. Owens Memorial Award are a Vietnam veteran, Pastor Dr. Ed King of Redemption Church, and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, a civilian advocate.

This award is in remembrance of Freddie J. Owens, who served God, his country, his family, and his brothers and sisters in arms with friendship, heroic honor, integrity, and commitment. Click here to view the award certificate. We are already searching for the 2019 Recipients! Please let us know if you have someone who may be eligible for consideration by completing the form below.

Veterans are 10 times more likely to speak with a person of faith than they are with any other person. Click to see why!

Many are aware that many Veterans seek healing through faith, and we are seeking to utilize a network of VMFCs to reach those wounded Veterans. We ask you to develop a Veteran ministry within your congregation. We are currently operating in 26 states and expanding daily. To learn more about the Military Chaplains Association’s VMFC program, click here.

VMFC bootcamps are held on the 3rd Thursday of every three months. Register here.

As a result of the outstanding success of our “Operation Military Masterpiece” initiative at Brown Middle School in Sweetwater, TN, we have developed a new program, “Ethos Student Art (ESA).” The program is available to middle and high schools in Monroe County and the surrounding Counties. Dr. Amber Patty co-developed the ESA program with Vet to Vet TN. It is preferred to have an art teacher teach the class. Click here to view the lesson plan. VTVT will sponsor the class.