Shown is the VA truck that will be delivering food to veterans in need of assistance and their families at the Windham,Veterans Center on June 17. SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DAVE TANGUAY |
Special to The
Windham Eagle
FOOD4VETS a
program funded by the New England Patriot’s organization is hosting major food
distribution sites in Maine and throughout New England for veterans and their
families who may be food insecure.
This is a
multi-organization collaboration with the New England Patriots partnering with 222cares
and the VET Center in Lewiston to deliver boxes of food to the Lewiston and
Brunswick areas for veterans. The American Legion Field-Allen Post has asked to
expand this coverage to include the Route 302 corridor with the addition of
sites in Windham and Bridgton.
Plans are to have
the sites up for distribution at the Windham Veterans Center, Post 148, in Windham
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 and at Post 67 in Bridgton that same
day in the afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m.
The Windham
Veterans Center is located on an extension road in the back of the Hannaford’s
Complex in North Windham.
A box of food will
be provided to each family member registered. For example, if there are two
individuals in the family, they will receive two boxes etc.
Families in which
the veteran has died may still register provided they have the deceased’s DD214
as proof of service.
Veterans or their
families needing this support must register on the 222cares.org website
and present a DD214 or proof of service at the time of food pick-up.
Please pass this
information on to any and all veterans in need of this support.
For families in
need of VA contact information, call Jerry Short, Veteran
Outreach Program Specialist at 207-623-8411, Ext. 3479 or by email at gerald.short@va.gov.
For
more information about Post 148, call 207-892-1306 or by email at dtanguay46@aol.com.
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