Volunteering
Focused on veteran related non-profits, Jessica has been serving and supporting our Nation’s heroes through the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP) and Stop, Drop & Push.
Volunteering
Focused on veteran related non-profits, Jessica has been serving and supporting our Nation’s heroes through the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP) and Stop, Drop & Push.
Jessica Morel is a founding board member of VAREP and the Stop, Drop and Push Campaign. She successfully launched the Phoenix and Tucson Chapter for VAREP and also served as the Arizona State Director. She travels each June to Washington, DC to join forces with 46 other chapters to advocate on Capitol Hill to support policy and laws that better protect our Veterans.
Established in 2011, the USA Homeownership Foundation, Inc. DBA Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP), is a non-profit 501(c)(3) and HUD-approved housing counseling organization dedicated to increasing sustainable homeownership, financial-literacy education, VA loan awareness, and economic opportunity for the active-military and veteran communities.
Our mission is to increase sustainable homeownership, financial-literacy education, VA loan awareness, and economic opportunity for the active-military and veteran communities.
The Stop, Drop & Push Campaign is a featured program of the USA Homeownership Foundation, Inc. DBA Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP), a 501c3 nonprofit led by vets for vets to empower homeownership among the active-military veteran communities. Although our focus may be on veteran housing, we cannot stand idle while our brothers and sisters are part of the 22 veteran suicide statistic.
The Stop, Drop & Push mission is to create awareness of the 22 veteran lives lost each day due to suicide, Educate the Public about veteran reintegration issues and Empower our Heroes to seek treatment, rediscover purpose and lead productive lives.
Hero Dogs in Training
A Stop, Drop & Push Outreach
Hero Dogs, Inc., a Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, improves quality of life for our nation’s heroes by raising, training, and placing service dogs and other highly skilled canines, free of charge with lifetime support of the partnerships. Hero Dogs provides service dogs to veterans of the U.S. military and first responders with disabilities. Disabilities do not need to be service connected.
Deep Sea Valkyries
A Stop, Drop & Push Outreach
Stop, Drop & Push was able to cover the cost for lodging and transportation for Bruce, an amazing veteran from Boise, Idaho. This summer, he participated in the Deep Sea Valkyries Retreat, which provided him a week of healing for mind, body and spirit.
Stop, Drop & Push Highlights
Stop, Drop & Push Events
Recent Stop, Drop & Push outreach events, including the Deep Sea Valkyries, Hero Dogs, and Forgotten Not Gone, continuing the momentum of helping our heroes in the community.
Miss Veteran
America Competition
A Stop, Drop & Push Outreach
The Miss Veteran America Competition is movement that inspires veteran women to get involved in their communities while raising money for the Final Salute Organization, which assists veteran women who are experiencing homelessness. Stop, Drop & Push had the opportunity to help one of the top 25 contestants, Graciela Marroquin, through her journey in the Miss Veteran America Competition.
St. Joseph’s Camp
Retreat for Veterans
A VAREP and Stop, Drop & Push Event
In partnership with Operation Restoring Veteran Hope, VAREP and Stop, Drop & Push, the first annual retreat for veterans was held for veterans in Flagstaff, Arizona. Activities included horseback riding, kayaking, hiking and more were coupled with peer support groups and inspirational speakers.
Comedy for a Cause
A VAREP and Stop, Drop & Push Event
Held by the local Las Vegas VAREP Chapter in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Comedy for a Cause fundraiser helped raise over $14,000 for the Stop, Drop & Push initiative.