Milwaukee VA Medical Center

07/22/2025

Just because the barbecue lasts all day doesn’t mean the macaroni salad will. Keep cold foods below 40 degrees to help prevent foodborne illnesses. Learn more about food safety in VA Healthy Teaching Kitchen classes!
https://www.nutrition.va.gov/Healthy_Teaching_Kitchen.asp

07/22/2025

Milwaukee VA's Cancer Survivor Celebration gave Veterans an opportunity to share their own cancer journey. Veterans, like Dominic who discussed his experience in this short video: https://youtu.be/qcQQ0Oo###g?si=o566HcSddFTDDeQx

07/22/2025

GETTING HOMELESS VETERANS OFF THE STREETS: As part of a national initiative, the Milwaukee VA is conducting surge events to make contact with unsheltered Veterans and take steps to move them immediately into housing. The first event was July 17; subsequent events are July 24 and 31. Learn more here: https://www.va.gov/milwaukee-health-care/stories/surge-events-aim-to-get-unsheltered-veterans-off-the-streets/

07/22/2025

There’s a lot of truth to the old saying, “Slow and steady wins the race,” especially when it comes to weight loss. Read how a U.S. Air Force Veteran, with coaching from Milwaukee VA's MOVE! program dietician, took control and made the right choices to lose 60 pounds. He's no longer prediabetic and has the energy and ability to be more mobile, despite chronic hip pain. Read the full story here: https://www.va.gov/milwaukee-health-care/stories/this-is-a-lifestyle-change-not-a-diet-veteran-sheds-pounds-with-help-of-telemove/

07/21/2025

Having a home is life changing. Through the HUD-VASH program, Veterans facing homelessness receive not just housing, but hope. By combining HUD housing vouchers with VA support services, Veterans get a stable place to live and the help they need to rebuild their lives. It's more than a roof—it's a fresh start. https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/for_homeless_veterans.asp

07/21/2025

Are you a Veteran at-risk of homelessness, or do you know a Veteran who is experiencing homelessness?

The Milwaukee VA's Community Resource & Referral Center invites Veterans to stop by for a resource event 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on July 24 and 31 at 1818 N. Martin Luther King Dr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Same day shelter and housing resources
Showers
Laundry facilities
Computers

Questions? Call CRRC at : 414-263-7673, press 2.

07/21/2025

🏅Represent, Wisconsin!🧀🐮

07/21/2025

07/21/2025

The Veterans Self-Check Assessment is a free, private way to see where you stand.
Learn more: vetselfcheck.org.

Things feeling off? Don’t wait for it to get worse. The Veterans Self-Check Assessment is a free, private way to see where you stand.
Learn more: vetselfcheck.org.

07/21/2025

On July 21, 1930, Executive Order 5398, consolidated three agencies administering Veterans benefits programs into a single entity called the Veterans Administration. While Veterans' benefits have been provided by the federal government since the American Revolutionary War, a Veteran-specific federal agency was not established until 1930. To learn more about the history of VA, click here: https://department.va.gov/history/

07/19/2025

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, but given its rarity, Air Force Veteran Annette Negron wasn’t thinking about cancer when a persistent pain developed in her right side. In her role as a social worker assisting Veterans experiencing homelessness at Reno VA, Negron is familiar with VA’s health care system, leading her to seek out cancer care there. What first felt like sore muscles or like her appendix might have burst, turned out to be a mass between her liver and kidney. A biopsy revealed Negron had spindle cell sarcoma, a rare form of bone and connective tissue cancer. Read more about Negron’s care here: https://news.va.gov/133512/veterans-spindle-cell-sarcoma-across-boundaries/

07/19/2025

This Veteran said they have always been treated with respect, from all at the Clinic in Appleton. This lines up with VA's I CARE values. Learn more: https://department.va.gov/icare/