Feb 11, 2025
The Department of Maryland VFW Auxiliary recently donated $6,000 to the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System.
The Salisbury Independent reported that the donation will benefit veterans throughout the “Chesapeake Bay State” by providing things such as creative arts resources, transportation services, adaptive sports equipment, holiday gifts, supplies for new and expecting mothers, and equipment for inpatient care units.
Veterans who receive care at the Baltimore, Loch Raven and Perry Point VA Medical Centers will be directly supported by this donation.
Jonathan Eckman, director of the VA Maryland Health Care System, told the Salisbury Independent that the Department of Maryland VFW Auxiliary donation will allow the health care system to provide enhanced services and programs to veterans and serves as a reminder that veteran patients’ military service has not been forgotten.
More than 58,000 veterans in Maryland are supported by the VA Maryland Health Care System.
This article is featured in the 2025 January issue of Checkpoint. If you're a VFW member and don't currently receive the VFW Checkpoint, please contact VFW magazine at magazine@vfw.org. Article submitted by Madeline Mapes, a freelance writer based in Kansas City, Missouri.