Well the weather has been getting a little milder. We have had one veteran go to Danville, Illinois Veterans Hospital this month. We also have had Neal Ulsh come back and he is fine and he has been able to get his mother in a home.
I have had 27 phone calls into my office and I have had four people come into the office through the month.
I will be at the American Legion Post 72 in Crawfordsville, to give support to any veteran or spouse who needs it. I will be at the Post 1-4:30 p.m. Oct. 14.
The Veterans Expo will be 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 21. Veterans and spouses will be able to get their flu shots compliments of Walgreens. They will need to provide their Medicare card. Brunch will be served during the event. Sugar Creek Eye Care will be there along with Montgomery County VSO Joe Ellis, VFW, Legion, DAV and other participants.
Also a walk-in flu clinic is available for veterans enrolled in VA Health care from 7:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Easter each day. No appointment is necessary. The VA Medical Center is located at 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Also this year, your Indianapolis VAMC is administering the
Fluad vaccine for patients 65 and older, and AFLURIA for all others.
Also if you can’t be at those two flu shots you can get a flu shot at CVS, Kroger or Walmart.
Free legal representation and advice to low-income Hoosiers veterans, service members and their families in non-criminal cases is available by calling 317-631-9433 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Leave a voice mail message if there is no answer or call the centralized intake line 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday at 844-243-8570.
I am still looking for drivers for the VA. You don’t have to be available all of the time, just as often as you want to.
Joe Ellis is the Montgomery County Veterans Officer. He can be reached at the Montgomery County Office Building, 110 W. South Blvd., Crawfordsville, IN 47933; by email at joe.ellis@montgomeryco.net; by landline telephone at 361-4133; or by cellphone at 765-401-0432.
