Resources
We understand that life during and after military service comes with unique challenges, and our goal is to help connect you with organizations, tools, and support systems that can make a meaningful difference.
Goshen Farms
Goshen Farms is a Christian mission-driven farm and veterans support initiative near Ben Wheeler and Van, Texas, founded by Reverend Gail Bowen and her father, a WWII U.S. Marine, through Abigail International Missions (a 501(c)(3)). The program combines agricultural work with compassionate outreach, offering food, clothing, shelter, and assistance with medical paperwork and VA benefits to veterans facing homelessness, disability, PTSD, or financial hardship. Veterans live and work on the 22-acre farm—helping care for animals and farm operations—in exchange for housing and support while they work toward stability and self-sufficiency. Goshen Farms also provides bunkhouse accommodations, referral services, transportation help, and connections to other veteran resources, all at no cost to those it serves, relying on donations and partnerships to fulfil its mission of giving a “hand up” rather than a “hand out.”
Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial & Visitors Center
To honor the sons and daughters of Van Zandt County and all Military Veterans through education, while providing a place of reflection. Create solutions to maintain and preserve our grounds, museum, veterans’ contributions to the United States, and to positively impact all we serve.
Veteran Service Officer- Tommy Forgue
Tommy was in the Army’s 10th Mountain Division connected with the 5th Special Forces Group. He received TWO Bronze Stars and over 30 Ribbons and Citations, spending two tours in Kuwait and Iraq. His last assignment was to the Medical Corp in Ft. Bliss Texas as a Neurosurgery Surgical Tech.
He was a 23-year-old Captain with the Houston area (ALDINE) Fire Department and a Constable for precinct 5 in Harris County. Tommy owned a Private Investigation Company and was certified with the Texas Supreme Court to serve all of the 254 counties in Texas.
Last year he accepted the position of our next VSO, Veterans Service Officer of Van Zandt County
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Military Museums within 50 miles of Canton, Texas
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