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According to 2005 Oregon Department of Human Services Center for Health Statistics, 19 Oregonian service personnel died in combat. That same year saw about 153 Oregon Veterans who died by suicide.

Suicide Prevention

On August 31, 2012, President Barack Obama signed an executive order, called “Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members and Military Families." Full Story

Fred, who is blind working in the Kitchen at the VA SORCC

For the past few months, Fred Garnett has worked in the kitchen at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC) in White City, Oregon. His job is to help prepare meals for the hundreds of veterans housed at the facility. He likes his job and does it well. Full Story

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The Hope Box: Can it work?

The VA Medical Center in Portland, Ore. has become the testing site for an interesting new approach to helping Veterans cope with thoughts of suicide: the self-soothing box, or “hope box.” Full Story