Vets News
You can read Vets News online or have the free publication delivered to your mailbox or email box in May, August and November. Every issue of this publication of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs features events, legislation, and personal interest articles and lists contact info for the Veteran Service Office in your area.
ODVA Vet News
700 Summer St NE
Salem OR 97301-1285
Phone (503) 373-2390
Email: odvapublicinformation@odva.state.or.u
Have a Question about Veteran’s Benefits?
Whether you served your country more than 70 years ago or have just returned home, the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs (ODVA) and Veterans Service Officers (VSOs) statewide stand ready to assist you, answer your questions, help with a new or existing VA claim, or provide other veteran related information. Use the Service Office Locator to find the VSO for your county. The page for your county lists the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the VSOs and their office hours.
Thinking of Donating to a Charity for Veterans
To make sure that every dollar you donation benefits veterans, check the Charity Navigator website.
The Joys of Living Assistance Dogs
The State Grange Veterans Committee supports The Joys of Living Assistance Dogs. For more information, see their website: www.joydogs.org
Executive Director Joy St. Peter wrote former Veterans Committee Director, Mark Schnetzky, “You and the members of the Oregon Grange have given so much to the JLAD organization this year through the outreach at the state meeting as well as the local granges we presented at. It is passionate supporters such as you that make this organization successful for us and the recipients we strive to benefit.”
Veterans Certificates
Certificates to recognize Vietnam veterans can be ordered. To request a certificate, please make sure to include the following information: name of veteran, name of Grange they belong to or who is giving out the certificate, the name of the local Master and Lecturer, the city and town the Grange Veteran is located in and the shipping address. There is no cost to you or your Grange for program material or the certificates. This program is sponsored by Potomac Grange #1. Contact the National Grange Communications Manager at communications@nationalgrange.org or call at 888-4-Grange.
Certificates are available for FREE from the National Grange to recognize veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam and the conflicts not classified as wars during the Cold War Era. Certificates will be available in mid-2017 for Gulf War Veterans and in 2018 for all those serving in the post-9/11 era conflicts/wars. This program is sponsored by Potomac Grange #1 (DC). Informational DVDs are available to explain WWII – what led to the war, the war itself, its toll and its impact on our nation – and the Korean War. DVDs on Vietnam and the Cold War conflicts are expected out in 2017 and Gulf War and Post-9/11 in 2018. These can be used to glean information needed for a great Lecturer’s program or can be an introduction for Junior Grangers and Grange Youth to citizenship and patriotism lessons. Contact the National Grange Lecturer at lecturer@nationalgrange.org or call (202) 628-3507 ext. 102.
Quilts of Valor
Veterans Committee
Director |
James Clute 925 Gales Creek Rd Forest Grove, OR 97116 503-953-4171 |
District 1 |
Bill Waggoner 1920 Thompson Creek Rd Selma 97538 541-597-2427 |
District 2 |
Lee Cornforth 92969 Templeton Rd Cheshire, OR 97419 541-998-3079 |
District 3 |
Alan W Becker Box 1054 Scappoose, OR 97056 503-887-5538 |
District 4 |
Kim Schettig 10400 SE Cook Court #86 Milwaukee, OR 97222 503-706-4461 |
District 5 |
Richard McDonnell Box 2294 La Pine, OR 97739 541-876-7414 |
District 6 |
Roger Wilson 49667 River Rd Pendleton, OR 97801 541-310-9641 |
At Large |
Phil Van Buren 780 Del Fatti Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541-883-8490 |
| Richard Wyant PO Box 234 Cheshire, OR 97419 541-998-2803 |
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