Veterans Canteen Service offering free coffee for Veterans Day

Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) is celebrating Veterans Day with exclusive deals for Veteran customers, including a free breakfast meal, free Starbucks coffee and extra savings on orders of tires and contact lenses.

Starting with the most important meal of the day, VCS is honoring Veterans with a free breakfast combo meal and free brewed Starbucks coffee the mornings of Nov. 7 and 8. Veterans can visit their Patriot Café and Patriot Brew to enjoy these benefits.

10% off tires, contacts

Veterans can enjoy an extra 10% off all Firestone and Bridgestone tire orders from Nov. 8 - 15. To place a tire order, Veterans should call VCS Patriot Store Direct at 1-800-664-8258 Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. This special pricing presents the best opportunity for Veterans to replace worn tires or upgrade their existing tires in preparation for winter weather.

Veterans will also get 10% off orders of their favorite contact lenses through the VCS Patriot Vision website powered by Next Day Contacts. The Patriot Vision website offers prescription contact lenses from bestselling brands like Acuvue, Biofinity and Air Optix. Veterans must use the code Take10 at checkout to enjoy the 10% price reduction on their orders.

"The VCS mission is to provide reasonably priced merchandise and services that provide comfort and well-being to America's Veterans," said Jim Leahy, executive director. "For Veterans Day, we strive to step up and provide the best deals and services we can for this hallowed holiday, dedicated to our nation's heroes."

VCS locations will be closed Nov. 11 in observance of Veterans Day, a federal holiday.

The VCS role

VCS is a self-sustaining service embedded in nearly 200 VA medical centers and clinics, providing retail, café, coffee, vending, retail optical and many other customer-facing services. As an integral part of the VA community, VCS is also a benefit for the caregivers, family members, volunteers, visitors and VA employees who all strive to improve the Veteran experience. VCS's 3,000 dedicated employees deliver this benefit to Veterans in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.