Upcoming veterans events provide job and health assistance, gifts
RICHMOND, Ind. — Military veterans are invited to the 2022 Eastern Indiana Veterans Resource Fair and Hiring Event.
The event is 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 20 in First Bank Expo Hall at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, 861 Salisbury Road, according to a news release. Doors will close at 5:15 p.m. to ensure all veterans are helped. The event is free.
Service partners and employers will offer address individual veterans' specific needs, including free health screenings, employment options, educational information, governmental resources, mental health services and other community resources. Vendors expected include ASPIN, Dot Foods, Primex, Indiana Legal Services, Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs and the Dayton, Ohio, VA.
“A small idea nine years ago with no budget has blossomed into what is probably the largest event of this kind in Eastern Indiana,” said Brian Rea, disabled veterans outreach program specialist for Eastern Indiana Works WorkOne. “Allof a sudden, we had partners and businesses wanting to help out and donating their services. That’s a positive community at work.”
This event is organized and sponsored by WorkOne Region 6 guided by Eastern Indiana Works, Whitewater Broadcasting, VFW Post 1108, Harrington Hoch, and Infinit Print Solutions.
For more information, call Rea at 765-238-0007 or email brea@work-one.org.
DAR gifts
The Richmond chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will distribute gifts to veterans who served between 1955 and 1975.
The gifts of gratitude will be distributed 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Springwood Park Event Center, 60 Waterfall Road.
Anyone who served in the military during the Vietnam War era regardless of duty station is eligible to receive a gift.
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