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  • Coaching Into Care helps loved ones help Veterans

    Coaching Into Care helps loved ones help Veterans

    For more than a decade, caring and experienced Coaching Into Care professionals have been empowering Veterans’ families and friends with guidance and resources to have discussions about mental health.

  • Veterans volunteer to help seniors stay in their homes

    Veterans volunteer to help seniors stay in their homes

    Volunteers across America help Veterans in their homes. The Choose Home initiative lets Veterans at risk of moving into a nursing home or other institution stay in their home. And make new friends.

  • A titan: From homeless to helping hundreds

    A titan: From homeless to helping hundreds

    Charles Sheppard was homeless when he came to the Milwaukee VA to get clean. He made a dramatic recovery and helped hundreds find homes and get off drugs. He died June 15 after a battle with COVID-19.

  • Youth volunteer steps up during pandemic

    Youth volunteer steps up during pandemic

    Brooke Jackowski wanted to do her part to help Veterans. She currently serves as a screener to safeguard the health of those entering our facility and has dedicated 235 hours of volunteer service.

  • Going Green on two wheels

    Going Green on two wheels

    Police officers at VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care [...]

  • Texas VA partners with local Food Bank to fight hunger

    Texas VA partners with local Food Bank to fight hunger

     McALLEN, Texas — More than 250 vehicles drove through a [...]

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Last updated May 16, 2025

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