At SCI Smithfield, employees honored veterans with a special meal for staff and inmate veterans. The meal consisted of a cheeseburger, tater tots (fresh-cut fries for staff), and chocolate cake with frosting. The employee association sponsored ice cream and toppings, and a special cake was made to honor staff veterans. The commissioned officers handed out military service recognition pins to staff veterans. This recognition was part of Gov. Tom Wolf's Executive Order 2019-03.
In addition, the facility's C.O.V.E.R. committed hosted a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs veterans outreach program on Nov. 12 and 13. The outreach program provided information to veterans on applying for veterans health care and eligibility requirements, applying for disability ratings, care giving for veterans, education benefits, points of contacts, priority groups and copays for medications and services, action plans for various issues such as anxiety, depression, smoking chronic pain, insomnia, sexual trauma and suicide prevention.
SCI Smithfield Superintendent Jamey Luther thanked the men and women for their brave service to this country.