Veterans’ Closet Filled!

Linens of Love team members, Gada, Maria, Flair, and Phyllis pose with Rhiannon Oakes of the US Veterans Affairs (back row).

Yesterday, we delivered four large boxes of toiletries to our veteran friends at the VA Hospital in West Haven. We helped stock their resource room with shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hand soap, razors, shaving cream, toothpaste and toothbrushes. This "closet” fills the needs of veterans who are in the hospital and in need of basic items. Upon discharge, they are allowed to visit the closet once a month to take one of each item they need. Rhiannon Oakes, Voluntary Services Specialist for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, explained that January through April is the time the closet is most in need of supplies because many organizations who have collection drives for them do so during the holidays. We were so happy yesterday to get a tour of the “closet” and to learn that our donations (and yours) are having a positive impact on those who we are all greatly indebted to - United States Veterans!