Free Legal Assistance for Washington Veterans

Washington’s Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance (OMVLA) announced a

centralized calendar of upcoming free legal aid clinics across Washington. These events are coordinated with community partners, providing qualifying military personnel and veterans with free assistance for a range of civil legal issues. The legal clinic schedule consolidates six months of events from multiple organizations at locations around the state. The schedule is available online at https://www.atg.wa.gov/veterans-military-personnel-calendar/month.

OMVLA created the coordinated calendar of events and opportunities so military service members and veterans have easy access to information about how to find legal help and resources. The calendar covers the first six months of 2020 and will be updated as more events are scheduled. The OMVLA website also features educational resources on laws that offer protections and benefits to military service members and veterans. Legal professionals interested in volunteer opportunities can also find information on how to sign up to serve the state’s military and veteran families. Legal assistance is consistently identified as a top unmet need of veterans, with the Legal Services Corporation recently estimating that over 70 percent of households with veterans or military personnel experience at least one civil legal problem every year. While such problems can be similar to those faced by the general population, military service members and veterans can also experience legal challenges that are the result of or complicated by their military service.

Chapter Scoreboard 2019

JROTC Scholarship Funds (as of 1/1/2020) $727

Legislative Letters, Postcards, & Emails (as of 1/1/2020): 1307

2018 Total: 1131

2019 Drawings:

MAR: Meals on Wheels-$150

APR: MOAA Scholarship-$180

JUN: Union Gospel Mission-$205

SEP: Widows & Wives Wreaths Across America $128

OCT: Spokane Veterans Home $165

DEC: COL Spady Koyama JROTC Scholarships $270

Widows & Wives:

Homeless Vets $485.00, & 6110 items delivered, including canned meat, peanut butter, canned fruit, cookies, personal hygiene products and white T-shirts.

Spokane Veterans Home: $120.00 & 3016 items delivered, including AA batteries, stocking caps, latch hook kits, acrylic paints, paint brushes, glitter, twist up crayons, ornament kits, calendars, magazines, adult coloring books, colored pencils, unfinished wood craft projects, bird seed, and disposable razors.

Meals on Wheels $270.00

Wreaths Across America $675.00 (84 Wreaths)

Christ Kitchen $100.00

5 Star Chapter President’s Message

This month we honor our presidents, past and present. As we enter the season of political campaigning I hope we all maintain our composure as we participate in this important democratic process that our veterans have fought and died for since 1776. Let us all remember that everyone is entitled to their position and must be respected by all.