Our chapter has focused on homeless vets at the WA DVA facility at Retsil near Bremerton, WA.
One of our chapter members is Mary Forbes, who is the assistant DVA director.
COL Mary Forbes
There is a 61 bed facility there that takes in homeless vets. Our contributions are money and time.
Yearly in April, we invite the director to our meeting and collect money to allow them (currently Dennis Brown) to have pocket money for residents to buy, shoes, clothing items, toiletries, etc. that the State does not fund.
Then in July we have a picnic at the facility to have some interaction and to raise the vet’s spirits. We have been doing this for almost 10 years.
You can donate to this organization to provide basics for the homeless veterans by clicking on the QR Graphic or use the QR code with your smart phone.
These are photos of our last picnic in July.
Click for a list of Federal Veteran Related bills in 2022.
IMPORTANT UPDATE!
The Department of Veteran Affairs has extended the presumptive period for qualifying chronic disabilities resulting from undiagnosed illnesses in Persian Gulf War Veterans to December 31, 2026. Click the graphic for more information.
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