CADILLAC â€" Like supporting veterans? Like exercise?
Why not get both at the VA2K Walk that will be held in Cadillac May 15?
Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) across Northern Michigan will be hosting the event to support the homeless veteran program.
The VA2K Walk is about a 1.2-mile walk that encourages people to live active lifestyles and participants can also give donations of food and clothing items to the homeless veteran program, according to the website.
The event will be held at the Cadillac VA CBOC at 1909 N. Mitchell St. at 11:30 a.m., noon and 12:30 p.m.
Carrie Seward, public affairs officer with the VA Medical Center in Saginaw, said there are three separate walk times because it allows staff to have different lunch breaks and lets community members come at the time that’s most convenient for them.
Suggested donation items include towels, personal hygiene products and socks, which can be useful for veterans who are out in the cold often.
“It’s a simple thing, but needed,‘ she said.
These donations allow the staff to supply someone looking for housing with them “so they have some start-up supplies.‘
The event is an opportunity to help veterans in the homeless program and bring awareness that the VA has a viable homelessness program, Seward said.
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