U.P. Vets Served

Take Home a Garden

Join fellow veterans for an accessible “lunch and learn” experience featuring a shared meal and hands-on gardening workshop.

Enjoy a meal from Up North Lodge, followed by a beginner-friendly gardening session led by Steve Finley, a director of Gwinn Food System, covering soil basics, planting, plant care, and an introduction to larger-scale gardening. All materials are provided, and participants will take home plants they sow.

This event is part of UP Vets Served, a free, accessible recreation program for Upper Peninsula veterans and their immediate families. All programming and meals are made possible through generous donations to SAIL’s 1-in-4 campaign.

Saturday, May 16, 2026
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Up North Lodge
215 S. Co. Rd. 557
Gwinn, MI 49841

Free (limited spots available)

Register now: 906-936-0908
[email protected]

Our friends at the Michigan Center for Rural Health are hosting an upcoming Zoom webinar on Oral Health Access for Veterans, featuring Speaker Holli Seabury, EdD, from the Delta Dental Foundation.

📅 April 10, 2026
⏰ 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
💻 Zoom Webinar

This is a great opportunity to learn more about access to oral health care for veterans and connect with others interested in this important topic.

For more information or questions, please contact Renee Calkins at [email protected].

Please note: This is not a SAIL-hosted event.

We had an awesome time this winter, both bowling in January and at the Bay Cliff Winter Retreat a few weeks ago! Who thought they were going to learn to salsa dance this winter? Thanks to all veterans and their families who came and made it such a great time!

We are currently planning a fun variety of UP Vets Served events for the spring and summer, so keep an eye out for updates!

Our next event will be the weekend of May 15-17, in Menominee County! More details to come.

Service members can bowl for free Saturday from 4-6 p.m. at River Rock Lanes in Ishpeming thanks to the Upper Peninsula SAIL Disability Network.
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/01/14/up-sail-provide-free-bowling-veterans/