February Newsletter 2025

by: Sara Roberts
2025-03-12
Source: Valor Clinic
03/11/2025

This Past Month at VALOR

Adjusting to civilian life can be challenging for many Veterans. VALOR works to help to provide shelter, food, clothing, and support for our Veterans through our various programs. If you have questions or want to learn more please call 570- 664- 6468 or visit us online at our website!

Stand Downs

The foucus of our Stand Down program is to supply food, clothing, and survival equipment to Homeless Veterans in our area. While giving out these supplies we also work to encourage them to attend peer to peer support groups, assist them with filing benefits claims with the VA, as well as helping them find shelter. This program reaches thousand of Veterans and we couldn't do it without our dedicated Volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering please fill out our Volunteer Application

Photo by J. Chris Sherry

Hazelton Stand Down- February 2, 2025
We served 8 Veterans, 43 civilians. A total of 56 were recipients of clothing, food, warm clothing, hygiene items and a hot meal.

Lehighton Stand Down
We served 92 Veterans, 48 dependents of Veterans. A total of 140 were recipients of clothing, food, warm clothing, hygiene items and a hot meal.

Lehigh Valley Stand Down – February 22, 2025
Easton: we served 5 Veterans and 12 Civilians (17).
Bethlehem: we served 8 Veterans, 1 Dependent and 22 Civilians (31).
Allentown: we served 1 Veterans, 1 Dependent, and 5 Civilians (7)
Jordan Park: we served 7 Civilians.
The Total numbers: 14 Veterans, 2 Dependents, and 46 Civilians – a total of 72 were recipients of clothing, food, warm clothing, hygiene items and a hot meal.

Photo by J. Chris Sherry

Wilkes Barre Stand Down- March 2, 2025
We served 12 Veterans, 6 dependents of Veterans, and 37 civilians. A total of 55 were recipients of clothing, food, warm clothing, hygiene items and a hot meal.

Holiday Meal Program

We provide meals to Veteran families in crisis with holiday meal boxes for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, each box includes food for 30 meals and helps take away some of the financial strain to our Veterans during the holidays so they can focus on family. Our team will begin building boxes April 10- 12 and will be delivering these boxes to families April 13- 15. If you are interested in helping with the Holiday Meal Program contact Rob Ferreira at 570- 664- 6468 or fill out our Volunteer Application

We still need donations of these items for the Easter meal:

Turkeys
Pie Crust
Pie Filling
Brown Rice
Brown Gravy
Cake Icing

If you are interesting in donating, food can be dropped off at Paul's House, 1130 Scenic Drive, Kunkletown, PA 18058 or you cna purchase them from our Amazon Wishlist!