VA Heartland Network

Michelle Davis

My father was an US Army Vet. He enlisted at 18yo and continued to serve and volunteer at the VA Hospital in KC, the Vet Center where he taught art and helped many and at the Research Lab among other places that had to do with Veterans. He passed in Dec 2017 and his wish was to give as much back to the VA system as possible. I donated thousands of dollars of art supplies to them so that would go to good use. I have been trying for over a month to donate clothes, coats, shoes, gloves, bedding and more that could/would help homeless vets. They refused to take them because they don't have the room for the things I was donating. Why don't you have a place for homeless Vets to go and get what they need? I finally gave up and took 15 large trash bags full of good items to the City Union Mission because I didn't and my dad didn't want people to have to pay for these items. There were even brand new shoes that the VA had given him in boxes still in the bag. The VA should look into this issue! If you have a place for homeless Vets then you should have a place where they can get clean items to wear and to stay warm. I think its disgraceful that you expect these men and women who have served our country to buy items when they can't afford them. The VA has always taken such great care of my father and I always defended anything negative that I heard about the VA for that reason. This really is not right!! I hope you find a way to fix this!

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