Community Service
“Meet the Directors” Community Meeting and VBA Claims Clinic
Meet with VA Portland Health Care System & VBA Portland Regional Office Directors personally in an informal, relaxed environment to share your ideas on how to improve VA services, ask questions, & address your concerns. Veterans Benefits Administration representatives will be on hand to discuss YOUR benefits claim, answer questions, and address specific concerns. The following VAPORHCS services will have staff members who […]
Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort
Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for children 15 years and under. The "Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort" is a wonderful opportunity to experience the reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver at night. As in past years, each adult attending the program will carry their own candle lantern and tour with a Park Ranger […]
Homeless Memorial Service
Friends of the Carpenter (FOC) invite the community to join them for a Homeless Memorial Service this evening, Thursday, Dec. 21, from 5:45 to 7 p.m., on the steps on St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1309 Franklin St. “The Homeless Memorial event holds a special place in our hearts as we pause and remember our neighbors […]
VBMA’s January Military History Talks
Speaker: CW3 (retired) Dan Sockle Title: ISIS, Where Are You Now? Subject: Is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi still alive? Did he die in an airstrike in July 2017? If not, with the fall of Raqqa, where have he and his followers gone? They have gone into Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as relatively ungoverned […]