Come to our live, in-person breakfast in Beaver, PA.

We meet at Seven Oaks Country Club (132 Lisbon Rd, Beaver, 15009). You’ll walk in, pick up your name badge, pay $15 if you plan to eat (no cost for those who don’t), and meet others who are there to hear and share the stories. Breakfast is served at 8:30am. At 9:00am, we start the program. For the next 90 minutes, we circulate the room with the microphone and have veterans share a slice of their service experience. You never know what you’re going to hear, and there’s always new people with new memories to offer.

RSVP by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org. Please make sure to RSVP for events at least two days in advance.

We understand that your schedule can change quickly, but advance notice of attendance always helps us and our venues prepare the program. Thank you!

Thank you to our sponsors, Beaver Financial, VITAS, UPMC for Life!

Join us for a FREE VBC breakfast at Ridgecrest Senior Living in Allison Park on Thursday, October 10 at 8:30am. Please RSVP for this free breakfast event by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org.

Everyone is welcome, veterans and non-veterans, and the breakfast will be provided for free courtesy of Ridgecrest Senior Living.

We plan our usual fast-moving and wide-ranging program with lots of participation. We’ll have veterans of various ages and branches of service sharing their stories of service.

Breakfast is served at 8:30am. At 9:00am, we start the program. For the next 90 minutes, veterans share slices of their service experience. You never know what you’re going to hear, and there’s always new people with new memories to offer.

RSVP by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org. Please make sure to RSVP for events at least two days in advance. We understand that your schedule can change quickly, but advance notice of attendance always helps us and our venues prepare the program. Thank you!

Thank you to our event sponsors Hope Hospice, Fox Rehab, Ridgecrest Senior Living, Julian Gray Associates, Assisted Living Locators, Simplified Professional Organizing, Concordia Visiting Nurses

Join us for a FREE breakfast with Rocky Bleier at Fort Indiantown Gap on Tuesday, October 15 at 8:30am!

Pittsburgh Steeler and Vietnam Veteran Rocky Bleier will be at the Veterans Breakfast Club to to tell his awe-inspiring story of going to war, coming home, and fighting back to Super Bowl victory.

Breakfast will be served at 8:30am followed by a presentation by Rocky. This event is FREE but registration is required by October 8.

Registration is required for this event by Tuesday, October 8.

You must submit your name, as it appears on your Driver’s License or state ID, with your birthdate.

Questions? betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org or by calling 412-623-9029.

As of Nov. 1, 2023, Fort Indiantown Gap is a controlled-access installation. All visitors who do not have a Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC), military ID or pre-screened compliant ID must be vetted through the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III).

Directions: I-81 to Exit 85 (Exit 85B NB) to Rt 934 (Fisher Ave) North. Stop at Main Control Point and show ID. Head north on Fisher Ave to Community Club.

Here is the Google Map location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/m5A9Vi2Y6YSkwu988

Most of us know the outlines of Rocky’s story: son of a Wisconsin tavern owner, all-state athlete in high school, National Champion at Notre Dame, and VERY late round draft pick (417th overall) for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968.

Rocky makes the team, plays sparingly, then receives his draft notice.

Five months later, he’s in Vietnam, Company C, 4th Battalion (Light), 196th Light Infantry Brigade. On August 20, while on patrol about 60km southwest of Danang, his platoon gets ambushed. A enemy bullet rips into his left thigh. Then, an exploding grenade shreds his lower right leg and foot. Rocky’s war in Vietnam is over.

But his fight had just begun. Doctors reassured Rocky he’s be able to lead a normal life—except for football. Playing again was out of the question.

Out of the blue, he receives a postcard from legendary Steelers owner.

“Rock – the team’s not doing well. We need you. Art Rooney.”

That short note kickstarted a grueling rehabilitation that, in truth, took years. He couldn’t walk without pain and returned to the Steelers woefully underweight.

But he never gave up and ever so slowly climbed the ladder of football success.

1970: works out with the Steelers.

1971: makes the roster.

1972: plays every game.

1974: earns a starting position in the backfield, over five years after being wounded in a Vietnamese rice paddy.

Even without the four Super Bowls that followed, the Rocky Bleier story would be the most inspiring tale of grit in the history of sports.

But those championships made Rocky a household name and introduced millions of Americans to the qualities shaping a hero: commitment, determination, optimism, and humility.

Rocky Bleier has them all and shares what he’s learned from a hard life at war and in football with us.

RSVP by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org.

Thank you to our event sponsor UPMC for Life!

Join us in Bethel Park, PA, for a VBC storytelling event where you’ll meet a remarkable collection of people, each with a story to tell.

Our breakfast location in Bethel Park, PA, is our largest, where the group can reach over 250 people. Our veteran attendees range from WWII and Korean War through the Post-9/11 era. The program is fast-moving and wide-ranging with lots of participation. Everyone is welcome to join us.

We meet at Christ United Methodist Church (44 Highland Rd, Bethel Park 15102) in a large hall that also serves as a gym. We show photos of veterans on the three screens at the front and interact with as many veterans as we can. You’ll walk in, pick up your name badge, pay $15 if you plan to eat (no cost for those who don’t), and meet others who are there to hear and share the stories. Breakfast is served at 8:30am. At 9:00am, we start the program. For the next 90 minutes, veterans share slices of their service experience. You never know what you’re going to hear, and there’s always new people with new memories to offer.

RSVP by calling 412-623-9029 or emailing betty@veteransbreakfastclub.org. Please make sure to RSVP for events at least two days in advance. We understand that your schedule can change quickly, but advance notice of attendance always helps us and our venues prepare the program. Thank you!

Thank you to our event sponsors Encompass Health, Concordia Bridgeville, and Home Matters!