CLEARLAKE — Staff from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center will host a veterans” outreach event from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Elks Lodge located at 6039 Crawford Avenue in Clearlake. The event will offer local veterans the opportunity to learn about and enroll for VA health care benefits and learn about the new Clearlake Community-based Outpatient Clinic scheduled to open this fall. Representatives will also be on hand to talk about VA volunteer opportunities. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour VA”s new Mobile Veterans Center, a mobile counseling center that travels the state providing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) counseling and other outreach services to rural veterans.
In additions to the veterans outreach, a barbecue will be provided by Disabled American Veterans chapter No. 83 of Clearlake. For more information about the outreach event, contact Jim McDermott, voluntary service specialist at (415) 221-4810, ext. 2144.
