Veterans: learn more about VA benefits at these 2 events

Local veterans have two opportunities in January to learn more about benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a news release from the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission

On Wednesday, the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital outreach team will stop at Channahon Village Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Village hall is located at 24555 Navajo Drive in Channahon.

Then from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, the outreach team and the Grundy County Veterans Assistance Commission will be at the South Resource Center of the Community Foundation of Grundy County at 229 Liberty St in Gardner.

Flu shots for eligible veterans will also be available, the release said.

Ken Buck, superintendent of the Grundy County VAC, said in a news release, said the VA health care is not health insurance but actual health care.

“With VA health care, you can do regular checkups with your VA primary care provider or seek out specialty care from specialists – like cardiologists, gynecologists, and mental health providers,” Buck said in the release. “You can access veterans’ health care services like home health and geriatric – elder – care, and you can get medical equipment, prosthetics, and prescriptions.”

For more information, call Patrick Grimes at 708-904-1473.