Congratulations to the newly elected & appointed Toms River NJ VFW District 12 Officers!

Congratulations to incoming 2025-2026 NJ VFW District 12 Commander Carmine ‘Chops’ Czapla and incoming 2025-2026 NJ State VFW Commander Jon Hinker as NJ VFW State President.

Both are also O.C.E.A.N., Inc. Veterans Transportation staff and look forward to helping as many veterans as possible. Their goal in 2025-2026 is to continue the great Veteran Outreach & Advocacy that has been accomplished to date.

The O.C.E.A.N., Inc. Veterans Transportation Program provides a monetary credit in the veterans EZ Ride account that once approved, is used by the veteran to book Uber/Lyft rides to and from medical appointments, prescription pickups, grocery/retail shopping, military, organizational, social and any other community events. A spouse/caregiver can ride with the veteran.

Once the application is completed, it takes EZ Ride three to four weeks for enrollment into the program. The program has expanded to three (3) counties including Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May County residents who are honorably discharged or retired and meet income guidelines. The purpose of this program is to provide independence to veterans.

Please contact Carmine ‘Chops’ Czapla at (732) 496-3704 or via email at cczapla@oceaninc.org for registration. Veterans must own a cell phone for this program.

Reminder: To review all upcoming O.C.E.A.N., Inc. outreach events throughout the region, be sure to visit the agency 'Calendar of Events' with updates continuously posted on the following site: https://oceaninc.org/calendar-of-events