VFW Post 4820 member Jim Rose hands a specialty Navy dog tag for veteran Robert Sanford during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Susan Contreras (left) and Susan Gonzalez with the SETX Civilian Task Force hand out bags filled with supplies during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Members of Veterans 4 Veterans set up duffel bags filled with supplies to give away during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Volunteers with the Southeast Texas Food Bank hand out food boxes and snack bags during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Susan Contreras (left) and Autumn Brown with SETX Civilian Task Force select specialty dog tags for family at the VFW Post 4820 as Dorothy Peyton assists them during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerous veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Volunteers with the Southeast Texas Food Bank hand out food boxes and snack bags during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Susan Contreras (left) and Autumn Brown with SETX Civilian Task Force talk with Jim Rose at the VFW Post 4820 booth as Dorothy Peyton helps them find specialty branch dog tags during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerous veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
VFW Post 4820 member Jim Rose talks with fellow veteran Robert Sanford during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Katie Durio with Stable - Spirit talks with. James Seales of the Orange VFW during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerous veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Susan Contreras (left) and Autumn Brown with SETX Civilian Task Force select specialty dog tags for family at the VFW Post 4820 as Dorothy Peyton assists them during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerous veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Wendy Alvarez (left) and Susan Gonzalez with the SETX Civilian Task Force hand out bags filled with supplies during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday. Numerouse veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center for the event, which aims to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources. A fall event will be held in Beaumont. Photo made Friday, May 14, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Volunteers with the Southeast Texas Food Bank hand out food boxes and snack bags during Southeast Texas Stand Down 2021 in Port Arthur Friday as attendees made their way in and out of the event. Inside, numerous veterans organizations as well as other health and community action services filled the Bob A. Bowers Civic Center to connect veterans and the homeless with needed resources, ranging from food to clothing to health and well-being services. Workers frrom Motiva andd Valero helped distribute boxed lunches and drinks provided by Chick-fil-A.
A similar event will be held in Beaumont this fall.
