“We provide temporary emergency financial assistance to our county veterans. We will assist with rent, house payments, food, utilities and other items such as gas cards, work boots, things like that. So if a veteran is in need or they're having a hard time we don't want to see them without. We want them to come to our office now before it gets out of hand so we can help them,” said Tamara Wilson, executive director of the Allen County Veterans Service Commission.
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Local Vietnam veterans were honored this afternoon with a special welcome home — 50 years after the end of the war.
The Allen County Veterans Service Commission is working to reach as many veterans as possible.
"Any of our veterans that are waiting for their appointments or their rides to appointments, they now will have a place to get in out of the weather," said Allen County Commissioner Brian Winegardner. "There will be a bathroom in there, lobby, office area, storage and so on. So I think it will be a good fit for what our veterans need."
"Before we only went to Dayton, but now this is local," said Tamara Wilson, Executive Director of the Allen County Veterans Service Commission. "So, if they have an appointment out at one of the local medical facilities or one of the hospitals or something like that, if they need to go over to Findlay for an appointment, we'll get them there."
The Lima Kiwanis Club honoring their veterans today and learning about the commission. Allen County has a little more the 6,600 veterans and the commission assists about 400 a year. The Veterans Service Commission believes that number will increase with the passage of the PACT Act which is expanding VA health care as they assist in filing claims.