The Tennessee Department of Veterans’ Affairs, in partnership with the Pickett County Veterans Service Office, will conduct a Veterans Outreach Event on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Byrdstown Community Center on 105 South Main Street in Byrdstown, TN. The event will serve Pickett, Clay, Fentress, Overton, and Clinton counties and is open to Veterans of the Armed Forces, their survivors and dependents.

Free assistance in applying for:

• VA Healthcare

• Federal and State Veteran Benefits

• Disability Compensation and VA Pension

• GI Bill Benefits

• Survivor Benefits

• Benefits for Homeless Veterans

You may be entitled to benefits and not be aware of it. Please stop by and see us. We thank you for your service to our nation!

Sarah Tinch, TDVA Veterans Benefit Representative (931) 526-6929

Earl Claborn, Pickett and Clinton County Veterans Service Officer. In Pickett County, call (931) 864-8240. In Clinton County, call (606) 387-9447.

Bill Phipps, Fentress County Veterans Service Officer (931) 879-7213

Jack Watkins, Overton County Veterans Service Officer (931) 823-2570

The Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs is organized to accomplish its mission of serving Tennessee’s veterans and their families with dignity and compassion, and being their principle advocate in ensuring they receive the care, support, earned entitlements, and recognition they earned in service to our nation.

For more information, visit the department’s Web site at http://www.state.tn.us/veteran/index.html.