Are you a veteran or a spouse of a veteran?

Perhaps you are homebound and in need of food assistance?

If the answer to either of those is yes, then the Valor Homebound Veterans Food Program can help.

The organization provides free food deliveries and services in Carbon, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Pike and Luzerne counties.

Kevin Cope, manager, Community Outreach & Volunteers, said the Homebound Veterans Food Program was started a little over a year ago.

“We want to get the word out to any veterans or families who may not be aware that it’s out there,” Cope said. “It’s very similar to going to a food pantry, but we’re actually bringing the food to them.”

Cope added the program “is a good way that Valor Clinic can really connect with a veterans family to see if we can assist, or if there are any other services we can offer them,” he said.

The group is trying to get the word out.

“It’s been doing wonderful, but as (it’s) a new service we’re providing, the key is to get the word out to the community at large, other nonprofits, basically food pantries because food pantries are a key resource to us; they do a wonderful job.”

Some veterans can’t get out to the food pantries, Cope said. “We bring the food to them.”

Cope said that the Homebound Veterans Food Program was started in the six counties, “but if we do get calls from other counties, we’ll look at assisting them as well.”

To date, he said the Homebound Veterans Food Program has served about 20 veterans, and added they’re looking at branching out into additional counties.

“The biggest thing is all our services are free; there’s no cost to veterans or their family,” Cope said.

He added, “We don’t say no. We find solutions to the problem.”

Cope noted that the Homebound Veterans Food Program is just one of several services it provides for free.

For more information, contact Cope at 484-274-3245, or kcope@valorclinic.org, or visit www.valorclinic.org.