VA to help veterans access internet

#Middlebury #Veterans Fifteen percent of veterans do not have an internet connection, limiting their access to Department of Veterans Affairs video telehealth services. But no longer. ... Continue Reading →

VA, Fitbit team up

#Middlebury #Veterans Do you have a Fitbit activity tracker? If so, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a free program for you. The VA and Fitbit have hooked up to provide one year ... Continue Reading →

Sarge to become a landlord

#Middlebury #Veterans I poked my head in the coffee shop door, got waved in out of the cold and found the veterans busy at their assigned tasks. One was selling coffee at the carry-out ... Continue Reading →

VA is rolling out the COVID vaccine

#Middlebury #Veterans As of this writing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has given more COVID vaccine shots than multiple U.S. states added together. The VA started with 37 vaccination ... Continue Reading →

Get the VA Welcome Kit

#Middlebury #Veterans It doesn’t matter if you’ve been out for years or are just now separating from the service, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a gift for you: ... Continue Reading →

The COVID vaccine is coming for vets

#Middlebury #Veterans The COVID vaccine is currently being distributed to 37 VA locations around the country. The logistics to move 300 million doses to where they need to be (Operation ... Continue Reading →

Has the VA called about Solid Start?

#Middlebury #Veterans Have you been separated from the service for less than a year? Did you receive your phone calls from the Department of Veterans Affairs? They will try to contact ... Continue Reading →

At ease: Sarge and the coffee shop vets

#Middlebury #Veterans There wasn’t a single veteran on the sidewalk outside the coffee shop. I was saddened by this, believing they couldn’t continue their morning meetings ... Continue Reading →

‘Unbanked’ veterans never use banks

#Middlebury #Veterans They call them “the unbanked,” people who don’t use banks for any reason. At this point there are 250,000 veterans without bank accounts. Without one, ... Continue Reading →

Sarge the EMT not too old after all

#Middlebury #Veterans The retired sergeant, the one with the 6-foot foldout measuring stick, wasn’t there when I headed for the order window at the coffee shop. The rest of the ... Continue Reading →