RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — As winter approaches, the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System hosted its annual Homeless Veteran Stand Down event, providing essential services to hundreds of homeless and underserved veterans. The event, held at the Veterans Outreach Center, marked its 18th year.
“This is our 18th event, actually, so essentially a community of all local, state, and federal entities, organizations come together and hold an event for our veterans,” said Thomas Talamante, the executive director for the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System.
Some of the organizations that went were Feeding Pets of the Homeless, EmployNV and local barbers…