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Supporting Veterans with more than a meal

By John Lew, Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Public Affairs Office

June 9, 2026

alt="A person wearing medical scrubs stands at the open doorway of a blue home, speaking with a Veteran seated on a bench outside. Grocery bags containing food for a meal sit on the bench, and a small dog rests on the ground near the doorway."

Each month, social worker Jennifer Edwards, a Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) case manager with the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS), starts her morning by loading her car with bags of donated food from The Coffee Bunker, a Tulsa nonprofit dedicated to supporting Veterans. What looks like a simple delivery route is, for Edwards, one of the most meaningful parts of her work.

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