Category: Willamette Valley

Veterans needing assistance lined up early and often for the Lincoln County Veterans Stand Down
Ken Gagne photos

Inside National Guard Armory inside where it was warm and dry….

Plenty of camping gear and outdoor survival clothing and gear.

Photographer Ken Gagne spent Friday covering the Lincoln County Veterans Stand Down held at the Oregon National Guard Armory in downtown Newport.

A good crowd of veterans, of all ages were given dental services, groceries, haircuts, tools, hot meals

EUGENE, Ore. – Disabled veterans getting a special delivery this Thanksgiving, courtesy of Eugene Police.

Patrol and SWAT officers offered curbside turkey dinner deliveries for 15 veterans in need and their families.

Donors and police put the boxes together and the Police Crisis Negotiation Team helped in the kitchen with the Elk Horn Brewery yesterday.

“Really, the best things we have in our lives here in our country are based on opportunities and privileges that were secured

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A program at the Roseburg VFW is helping local veterans put meat on their table this holiday season. The program originally started in Winston in 1988 by helping a man that had some deer getting into his garden, and later moved up to Roseburg in 2008.

Since then, the men and women at the Roseburg VFW have helped nearly 3,200 veterans, their families, and some of the families in need in the area.

“We’re

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