Bastion in the News

2025

City Council Military Appreciation Day

New Orleans City Council YouTube channel | December 18

Inside Bastion’s Headway: A Wounded Warrior Project Partnership Changing Lives of Veterans with Brain Injuries

WWP Newsroom | November 18

New Orleans Veterans Day Parade

Nola.com | November 8

Gambit Guide to Giving

Gambit | November 8

Avenue Gives 2025: Bastion

New Orleans Magazine | October 30

Wounded Warrior Project Powers Nationwide Network of Veteran Care with New Year of Funding

WWP | October 23

Long waits, PTSD and fatal gaps: Cassidy-led panel examines veteran health care

Nola.com | August 14

A vision for veterans: New wellness center at Bastion veterans community in New Orleans

WGNO | August 4

New Orleans Credit Union Boosts Financial Literacy

Biz New Orleans | April 10

Crescent City Classic Charity Initiative Announces New Fundraising Goal for Annual 10K

New Orleans Magazine | February 13

U.S. veterans work to make sense of New Year’s Day incidents: It’s ‘doubly tragic’

WWNO | February 7

Former White House Chef Visits New Orleans, Bastion

WWLTV | July 21

2025 Small Business QLICI of the Year: Bastion Wellness Center

NOVOGRADAC | June 6

Photos: 18,000 participants take to the streets for the 47th annual Crescent City Classic

Nola.com | April 19

2024

NFL Salute to Service: Maximizing Impact

BWF | December 19

Gayle Benson visits Bastion | 2024 Month of Giving

New Orleans Saints | December 1

Building community: from Tulane to the Marine Corps and back home

Tulane Alumni | November 20

Group gives veterans a roof over head and skills to keep it

WGNO | November 11

A Local Resource for Veterans

WWLTV | November 11

Local Veterans First: Two New Orleans art therapy programs bring healing, togetherness to veterans

Fox8 | October 24

USA Warrior Stories: Jackson Smith – USMC 2008-15

USA Warrior Stories | October 23

OutSolve’s HR Gumbo Conference in New Orleans Displays National HR Compliance Talent and Local Expertise

OutSolve | October 21

Inaugural 9/11 Heroes Run supports families of the fallen

Nola.com | September 14

Legion Family gets up-close look at life-changing veteran facilities

American Legion | August 28

Volunteer groups in New Orleans East build new fence for 102-year-old WWII Veteran

Fox8 | July 20

AFP Member Spotlight: Kimberly Grady, MBM

AFP Global | July 2

Bastion: Building Community

Bob Woodruff Foundation | June 20

Jefferson Parish honors fallen soldiers during annual Memorial Day ceremony

4WWL | May 24

N.O. Brainer

Out to Lunch Podcast | May 8

BrainLine.org Bastion video series

BrainLine | April 1

Army veteran finds mental health treatment for rare condition

First Coast News | March 24

Wounded Warrior Project, Bastion Community of Resilience Work Together to Change the Lives of Wounded Veterans

Wounded Warrior Project | March 2024

LCMC Health Crescent City Classic Charity Initiative Announces Fundraising Goal of $1M

New Orleans Magazine | Jan. 25

2023

Nell Nolan: Founders Ball, Bastion Gala, Jefferson Community Foundation, Nocturne – MASNO

Nola.com | December 20

Congressional maps update; support for veterans in NOLA

WWNO | Nov. 16

Veterans Voices: Bastion living community provides New Orleans veterans with homes

WGNO | Nov. 10

Local Veterans First: Gentilly apartment complex gives veterans in need a place to call home

Fox8 | Aug. 23

Bastion Volunteer Experience

Humana Foundation | Aug. 21

Building a safety net to protect our veterans from suicide

Military Times | Aug. 14

Bush Institute announces veteran leadership program’s 2023 class

Military Times | June 30

Impression: Jackson Smith

Tulanian | Spring 2023

NOLA veteran group restoring 9th Ward community one new home at a time

WGNO | May 29

NOLA veteran group restoring 9th Ward community one new home at a time

Nola.com | Feb. 24

2022

Service dog Dante part of Veterans’ brain injury therapy

VA News | April 22

‘Headway’ helps local veterans with brain, spinal injuries regain independence

WWL | March 15

2021

Gambit’s Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down for June 8

Gambit | June 8

2020

‘The warriors know better than anybody the costs, the long term costs of fighting’

WWL | January 8

New Orleans program helps veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

WWL | Nov. 15

2019

One’s Duty Station: At the Bastion Community of Resilience, veterans find healing in fellowship

Country Roads | December 20

2018

Guest column: A call to increase access to supportive housing developments for veterans

Nola.com | November 29

Fighting the Spiritual Void: Trauma is a moral and spiritual issue as much as a psychological or chemical one

The New York Times | Nov. 19

U.S. VA secretary praises Bastion veterans community in Gentilly

The Advocate | Oct. 30

Thursdays at Bastion Concert Series

WWLTV | Oct. 30

Bastion Community of Resilience awarded $450,000 by Baptist Community Ministries

Gentilly Messenger | Aug. 24

Career placement office for Vets opens at Bastion

Gentilly Messenger | April 6

Biz Minute 8-16-18

Biz New Orleans | Aug. 16

How America Lives: Creative Housing Options for Boomers, Veterans, Millennials and More

Parade | Aug. 10

Community in Gentilly helps local veterans, their families

WDSU | Aug. 10

Community Matters – Combat Veterans – Mother 2 Mother

Community Matters | June 24

New apartment complex for veterans maintains the essence of military base life

The Times-Picayune | June 8

A Community of Warriors

Biz New Orleans | April 2

Biz Minute 4-23-18

Biz New Orleans | April 23

Veteran housing at Bastion enters Phase 2 of construction

Gentilly Messenger | April 12

NextOp Opens Veterans Career Placement Services Office at New Orleans’ Own Bastion Community Of Resilience

Biz New Orleans | March 28

A New Kind of Intergenerational Living

Extra Mile | March 20

First of its kind veteran community helps wounded warriors in need

WWLTV | March 9