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Veterans volunteer to help seniors stay in their homes

Posted on Friday, February 5, 2021 10:00 amJanuary 27, 2021 Posted in Health, VA Volunteers by VAntage Point Contributor 799 views

Volunteers across America help Veterans in their homes. The Choose Home initiative lets Veterans at risk of …

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A titan: From homeless to helping hundreds

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2020 10:00 amAugust 19, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, Health by Gary Kunich 811 views

Charles Sheppard was homeless when he came to the Milwaukee VA to get clean. He made a dramatic recovery and …

Young woman who is a student volunteer, in mask holds thermometer

Youth volunteer steps up during pandemic

Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 10:00 amJuly 21, 2020 Posted in Health, VA Volunteers by VAntage Point Contributor 962 views

Brooke Jackowski wanted to do her part to help Veterans. She currently serves as a screener to safeguard …

Police officers at VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB) are helping the environment by going green on two wheels with the addition of bicycle patrols. (VA photo illustration by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez)

Going Green on two wheels

Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:03 amApril 23, 2019 Posted in VA Medical Centers by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 386 views

Police officers at VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB) are going green, but they are not …

(Left to right) Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) employees Lorena Hertz and Yara Doyle place bags and boxes of produce into the bed of a pickup truck driven by a Veteran during the Free Produce Distribution Drive-thru held December 12, 2018, at the parking lot of the VA outpatient clinic at McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs photo by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez)

Texas VA partners with local Food Bank to fight hunger

Posted on Monday, December 17, 2018 2:38 pmDecember 18, 2018 Posted in Nutrition, Veterans Homelessness by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez 522 views

McALLEN, Texas — More than 250 vehicles drove through a parking lot with boxes and pallets of produce as …