Veterans Base Camp
108 England Road
Chaplin, Ct 06235
(860) 786-7163
EIN # 46-2342141
Veterans Base Camp
A place between here and there...
Our Mission
Advocate for and partner
with veterans, first responders,
service members, their families,
and those at risk in our
community: to identify access,
and secure resources
necessary to achieve their goals.
Our Belief
We Rise By Lifting Others…
The above song track was written and recorded by a veteran who was a special ops medic. He wrote the song for Veterans Base Camp and gifted it to us. It is a beautiful gift and is the heart of why we all do what we can do to support our warriors, their families and the values they fought to protect.
Veterans Base Camp
offers the following:
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R.E.S.E.T Program: Regroup, Evaluate, Strategize, Engage, Track
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Vittles 4 Vets Food Pantry
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Phil Zapadka & Pat Stenglein Educational Green House
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Buddy Bags
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Backpacks 4 Life
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Angels in Combat Boots
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Vets-table Garden
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Pastoral, Clinical, Peer-to-Peer Counseling
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Case Management
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Coffee Social Visits at area Nursing homes
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Psychoeducational Groups
A local and New way to Serve in Chaplin!
A local and New way to Serve in Chaplin!
In the News at VBC
Last year the Chaplin Veterans Lions Club (CVLC) adopted VBC's outreach program: “Backpacks for Life” for their service project. They filled 30 military grade backpacks and all 30 were distributed to veterans were in a transitional period in their life.
Great work CVLC!
The Lions Club is a group of caring men and women who identify needs within their community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Chaplin Veterans Lions Club, please check out our Facebook page at “Chaplin Veterans Lions Club,”
or if you have questions, contact Chaplin Veterans Lion Club President Dwayne Gardner at (860)786-7163.
Drone Photograpy by: Karey
SPRING has SPRUNG! Hanging Baskets, Flowers, Herbs, Veggies, Strawberries & so much more...Our Sowing Seeds, Harvesting Hope Garden Program opens Saturday, May 9'th at 8:00 a.m. Come shop, and while there, join us for a delicious Pancake Breakfast! Tickets are on sale: Children under 6 eat free, and all others $10.00.
VBC's Sowing Seeds, Harvesting Hope Gardening Program opens May 9'th
The Zapadka & Stenglein
Educational Greenhouse
Sowing Seeds
Harvesting Hope...
Opens: May 9'th 2026
Hours: Mon thru Fri 9:00-3:00
Sat: 8:00-3:00
Hanging Baskets
Geraniums
Ferns
Annuals
Dahlias Impatiens Cosmos
Lobelia Fuchsia Wave Petunia
Sunpatiens Bacopa Bidens
Calibrachoa Dusty Miller Snap Dragons
Begonias
Perennials
Bellis Saxifraga Iberis
Aubrieta
AND MORE!!!
Support our veterans
while buying some plants at great prices!