What’s Happening for Houston Veterans This Week (Feb 9 - Feb 15th)
Happy Monday, Civvie!
With the weather warming up this week, it feels like a good time for Houston veterans to get back out, reconnect, and spend time together in person. This edition brings together a solid mix of upcoming events. From hiring and benefits support to social meetups, wellness, and community gatherings across the area.
We're hosting the next The Civvie Connect on February 25 at the veteran-owned Community Fieldhouse in Spring. It's a sports and entertainment venue, a space built for connection and bringing people together.
You’ll also find this week’s Spotlight on a Coast Guard veteran building a bold, technicolor art business as her unexpected second mission, along with veteran-owned businesses and service organizations supporting the Houston veteran community.
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📆 VETERAN EVENTS
This Week:
📚 February 9
Veteran Benefits Fair
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Come on out and receive insight on veteran's benefits available to you. Get your questions answered about your benefits or filing a claim.
☕ February 10
Cup of Joey & HRVCC Networking Event
🕖 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Join veterans and local businesses as they come together over a cup of coffee to support each other.
💼 February 11
Veteran Hiring Event
🕐 9:00 AM
📍 Houston, TX
Connect directly with employers who are actively hiring and ready to talk to job seekers.
🍽️ February 13
Academies Association Luncheon
🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
A luncheon open to all veterans, featuring a guest speaker and an opportunity to connect with fellow veterans in a welcoming, community-focused setting.
Next Week:
🧑💻 February 19
DAV | RecruitMilitary Houston Veterans Job Fair
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
A hiring event exclusively for transitioning service members, veterans with civilian experience, National Guard and Reserves, and military spouses.
🙋♀️ February 20-22
Women Veterans Retreat
📍 Houston, TX
A weekend designed to be stress-free, supportive, and judgment-free. Just a chance to relax, reconnect, and explore voice, acting, and movement in a welcoming space.
🎭 February 21
Mardi Gras Casino Night
📍 Houston, TX
Enjoy a Mardi Gras–themed casino night supporting American Legion Post 654, featuring games, food, drinks, and a fun evening benefiting the local veteran community.
🏌️♂️ February 22
Higher Ground Top Golf
🕜 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Spring, TX
A free event for military, veterans, and first responders to come swing some clubs, bring friends, and enjoy great vibes, laughs, and community.
End of the Month:
🤝 February 25
The Civvie Connect
🕜 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Spring, TX
A free and relaxed, in-person meet-up for Houston-area veterans and those who support them.
❤️ February 28
Marriage Workshop for Veteran & Military Couples
🕜 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Marriage Management offers free, interactive classes that help couples strengthen communication, trust, commitment, and connection.
Next Month:
🎯 March 6
Warrior Benefit 18th Annual Sporting Clay Tournament
🕢 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
📍 Katy, TX
Come honor and shoot alongside post-9/11 combat-wounded veterans at this annual sporting clay tournament.
🍻 March 11
Veterans Happy Hour @ RE+ Texas
🕢 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Hosted by Project Vanguard, a fun and relaxed gathering after the RE+ Texas Conference to unwind and connect with fellow veterans over drinks.
⛳ March 16
Houston Veterans Golf Classic
🕜 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 The Woodlands, TX
A full day of golf and networking supporting Camp Hope and its mission to provide healing and restoration for veterans.
🏛️ March 25
Government Sales Bootcamp
🕗 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Learn the field-tested playbook used to win $500M+ in U.S. government contracts, led by Lt. Col. (Ret) Rick Howard. Veterans 50% off (HV50).
🎶 March 25-28
Air Force Concert Band & Singing Sergeants
🕗 7:00 PM
📍 Various Houston Area Locations
Don't miss this rare and exciting opportunity to hear great patriotic music, the music of Wicked and as always, a salute to celebrate our veterans.
🎶 March 28
SINGO Fundraiser (Stay Tuned for Vets)
🕚 5:30 PM
📍 Houston, TX
Musical bingo returns for a fun night of prizes, community, and supporting veterans through the arts.
Future:
🚀 April 8–9
Veteran Business Battle
📍 Houston, TX
Hosted by Rice University, connecting veteran entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship, and resources to help scale their businesses.
⚓ April 15-22
Fleet Week Houston
📍Houston, TX
A weeklong celebration honoring the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard with ship tours, flyovers, live music, and community events.
✈️ April 25
Honor Flight Houston – Welcome Home
🕡 6:45 PM
📍 Hobby Airport, Houston
A powerful community celebration welcoming our veterans home.
🎖️ May 30
Flags of Honor: 6th Annual Memorial Day Veterans Flag Planting
🕡 8:30 AM
📍Houston
Memorial Day flag planting at Houston National Cemetery honoring fallen heroes.
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🌟 THE CIVVIE SPOTLIGHT
Danielle Cowdrey - An Unexpected Second Mission. A Coast Guard Veteran Builds a Technicolor Business
Danielle Cowdrey didn’t set out to become an artist. What started as a way to manage stress during a demanding season quietly turned into something much bigger. With no formal training and no long-term plan, she picked up a brush, experimented, and discovered a talent she didn’t even know she had. Today, she’s building a bold, product-driven art brand defined by color, imagination, and confidence.
Danielle comes from a deep Air Force family, was accepted to the Air Force Academy, chose a different path, and eventually enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard. Her service took her far beyond what most people expect. She served on cutters, spent long stretches in Alaska’s Bering Sea, and later became a plank owner on the commissioning crew of the USCGC Bertholf, the Coast Guard’s first National Security Cutter. She also spent years supporting drug interdiction missions in Central and South America, experiences that gave her a perspective few civilians ever see.
After leaving the Coast Guard, Danielle built a serious civilian career in safety and reliability engineering, helping prevent failures in industrial environments before they happen. She eventually transitioned into independent contracting and now works remotely while maintaining full ownership of her time and priorities.
It was during this phase that her second mission quietly took shape.
Painting began as stress relief. Cheap supplies. Tutorials. Curiosity. What emerged was a distinctive technicolor style, full of surreal elements and vibrant palettes. Her work has been described as “an adult Lisa Frank,” a compliment she received during a gallery showing in London. Some of her pieces even glow under black light, an unexpected feature that perfectly matches her psychedelic aesthetic.
Danielle recently rebranded and relaunched her website, shifting from one-off originals to a more scalable, product-based model. Her art now appears on blankets, throw pillows, notebooks, mousepads, tumblers, and home goods, making it easier for people to bring color into their everyday spaces. Originals and commissions still exist, but the focus is on accessibility, momentum, and growth.
She’s also beginning to reconnect with the veteran community, something she admits didn’t come naturally at first. Like many veterans, she’s uncomfortable with performative gratitude and asking for discounts. What drew her to The Civvie was the emphasis on real connection, shared experience, and supporting veteran-owned businesses without making service transactional.
Danielle is open to collaborating with veteran organizations, nonprofits, and community events, including creating custom or patriotic-themed pieces for auctions and fundraisers that support causes she believes in.
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🏪 FEATURED BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS
🎖️VETERAN-OWNED
Community Fieldhouse
Sports Complex. Restaurant & Bar. Entertainment Venue. A vibrant hub where friends gather, families connect, and memories are made.
🛡️ VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION
Connecting military members and veterans to their next career by recruiting, developing, and placing them into meaningful roles across industry.
Dedicated to suicide prevention and the mental well health of our veterans and first responders.
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