Coming Together For Area Veterans

Three groups have joined forces to present a Veterans Benefit Fair in the Mena Old Historic Armory on De Queen Street, on March 9^th, from 10am to 2pm.  The groups, consist of the newly formed Polk County Community Veterans Engagement Team (C-VET), the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs. C-VET will present the first annual Benefits Fair to the veterans of Polk County. Tables will be set up to provide assistance for applying to the V.A. for benefits, obtaining their DD214 or military I.D., healthcare enrollment and questions in general. Local community organizations are encouraged to participate.

C-VET is a newly established community action board whose purpose is to assist local veterans here in Polk County. Dale Shultz, a representative for the Veterans Administration in Little Rock, who travels to the Mena area regularly to help local veterans, said, “The goal is the bring together the local organizations, and all the clubs that are already organized together for a common purpose, to become one hub of resources and help for our veterans. Our hope is that the community will step up and say we love our veterans and want to care for them. We hope that these key people who will form the community action board will come together and organize what resources there are in the area and start networking together to suit that purpose”.

Community organizations not already signed up are invited to do so. Contact C-VET at 479-394-3051 or ann.ferris@arumc.org and indicate their interest in becoming a part of this event.

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Jeri Pearson

Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.

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