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Welcome to Norfolk OffBase! Established Nov '08!
A GI Coffeehouse and Community Support Center, located at 2501 Fawn St (corner of 25th and Fawn), Norfolk VA 23504. The coffeehouse is behind the 5Pts Farm Market located at Church and 25th.
Our space has a lounge area with music, tv, literature, multimedia lending library and more. Additionally, we in process of rehabbing our second floor for office and additional meeting space.
We established as a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonviolent and secular organization which seeks to serve as a link between active duty serving in our area, veterans, military families and the progressive community at large.
We are 'not' a retail establishment or food vendor. Instead we are a gathering spot supported by the volunteers and the generosity of peace and community minded folks in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and throughout the country!
Your generous contribution is most appreciated!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, 'Coasties', Veterans, Military Families, Community Activists, Students Volunteers and others who are interested talking about and working towards making our world a more peaceful place.

We are located in the SE corner of Virginia. The 'seven cities' of the area are: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Williamsburg, Newport News, Chesapeake and Hampton. Home of 14 military basis in 50 mile radius.
Meeting volunteers, donors and supporters is crucial to our ongoing success.
On our Christmas Wish list - we are seeking:

~Money to pay the bills*.

~Volunteers to staff and maintain our coffeehouse.

~Heaters!! (Electric radiator type and/or a radiant or convection kerosene heater) in good repair!

~Donors to sponsor our telephone/internet service. ~3 Wooden Book shelves (or craftsmen and supplies to build them).

~Donation of professional or other services to provide to patrons or for fund raising.

~2 Area rugs (in good repair).

~A webmaster/designer for MySpace and WWW site.

~A big screen projector.

~Small couch.

*Donations in form of checks or money orders to Norfolk OffBase should be made out to our fiduciary agent:

Virginia Organizing Project; Memo: Norfolk OffBase

and mailed to:

Norfolk OffBase

PO Box 5533;Virginia Beach, VA 23471

For credit card, gifts or special contributions, please call Tom Palumbo (Acting Director) at 757.470.9797.

Our email addy is NorfolkOffBase(at)gmail.com

Support the Troops - Bring Them Home... and take care of them when they get here!

My Blog

Road To No War Poster

Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:35:00 GMT

Norfolk OffBase Becomes War Resisters League Affiliate (recent press release)

National Organization endorses march for disarmament planned for Virginia's Hampton Roads region The Virginia-based GI coffeehouse and activist center, Norfolk OffBase has b...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Event details Jan 25-26 actions to support war resisters

Event details Jan 25-26 actions to support war resisters Help stop the war... support the troops who have the courage to resist! Join and support January 25 vigils and delegations in support of ...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:35:00 GMT

VFP - IVAW Tour Bus Burns!

Vets Peace Bus burns Friday under suspicious circumstances! Bus Tour Visited Norfolk June 2007Friday evening, January 11, 2008 Jim Goodnow and his bus, the Yellow Rose, suffered a terrible trage...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:11:00 GMT

A second version of Winter Soldier ??

In February 1971, one month after the revelations of the My Lai massacre, an astonishing public inquiry into war crimes committed by American forces in Vietnam was held at a Howard Johnson motel in De...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:51:00 GMT