Wednesday the Michigan Veteran Affairs Agency is celebrating their 10th anniversary.

They are celebrating by taking a moment to realize the impact they have made over the years supporting veteran families.

The MVAA was signed into existence as a state agency on January 18th, 2013, with a mission of connecting our more than half a million veterans to federal and state benefits that they earned for their service.

In their first decade they have significantly increased engagement with these families.

The agency's award winning 1-800-MICH-VET call center had handles more than 140,000 cases and last year they had a record of 2,370 cases a month.