POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The All Veterans Center works to make a difference in the community through its free food program, homeless prevention program, and suicide prevention program.
What You Need To Know • The All Veterans Center started in 2017 • They operate in six counties, including Polk, Pasco and Hillsborough • Since starting, they estimate to have fed 360,000 people
Centered in Polk County but active in others, they've helped feed numerous people and say their efforts have prevented eight veteran suicides.
Chief Operating Officer Harvey Engle and others in the organization have been helping vets for years.
Eight years ago, they decided to start their own nonprofit in the All Veterans Center.
"We just started taking care of veterans, doing things that they said, 'You can't d