The Fayetteville Woodpeckers and others are supporting the Big Tiny Project to provide tiny homes to homeless veterans. Here’s the plan. Fayetteville’s homeless and at-risk veterans may soon find space to bridge the gap between the street and permanent housing. The Fayetteville-based nonprofit, Off-Road Outreach, was gifted with three tiny homes after the owner of the…
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One man’s lonely journey through California’s plan to end homelessness
What happens when a chronically homeless veteran gets a chance at permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles. y the lone tent under the cement overpass, just visible from the Hollywood Freeway, Fernando Maya waited with several backpacks stuffed with clothes, electronics and food. Once a constant roar of traffic below his makeshift home, the freeway…
Jon Bon Jovi Foundation Donates $500K to Build Housing for Homeless Veterans
Jon Bon Jovi via his JBJ Soul Foundation has donated $500,000 to help build a new apartment facility in Washington, D.C. for homeless veterans. Source: Jon Bon Jovi Foundation Donates $500K to Build Housing for Homeless Veterans
Group helps homeless vets survive and thrive in society
EUSTIS — Moses, his street name, is one of the many homeless veterans living a rough existence in Lake County. Homeless on and off since 1988, he’s currently living in a makeshift camp not far off a busy road.With the winter weather closing in, Lloyd Thorne with the Veterans Organization of Resource and Recovery for…
Fort Worth Nonprofit Treats Homeless Vets To Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner
Fort Worth Nonprofit Treats Homeless Vets To Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner. Source: Fort Worth Nonprofit Treats Homeless Vets To Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner
Homeless veteran pedals to raise funds for vets pets group
Homeless veteran Harold Palmquist says he’s confident he’ll rejoin the workforce one day. For now, he is happy with his life, bicycling across the country with his canine pal, Daisy, and raising money for the veterans organization that helped the traveling duo. Palmquist, 48, passed through Elizabeth City on Saturday and stopped at Mariners’…
Homeless veteran biking across country for charity
Homeless veteran Harold Palmquist has traveled over 5,000 on his bike with his dog Daisy. Palmquist is raising money for Veterans and Their Pets. The group helped him keep his dog when he wasn’t allowed to bring her into a shelter. “They fostered my dog for me,” he said. “They kept us together, so she had her homeless shelter,…
Backpacks with necessities helping homeless vets
For the past four months, volunteers at the Havasu Community Health Foundation have been covertly dispersing backpacks around town that are filled with bottled waters, shampoos and packaged tarps, among other items. The purpose of the organization’s backpack project is to supply homeless veterans with the supplies they need to survive Lake Havasu City’s harsh…
Formerly homeless veteran gives back at Hines VA pantry
Sunday is the kick-off of National Volunteer Week and all week long you are encouraged to get out into your community and get involved.We caught up with one local veteran that already spends much of his time volunteering and he is making us Chicago Proud.Bob McMahon is counting his blessings because after serving our country…
Homeless veterans keep warm with quilters’ help
Piquette Square in Detroit is a 150-unit apartment complex dedicated to helping homeless veterans get back on their feet. The Farmington Library Quilters are doing their best to make sure the veterans stay warm while they’re doing it. The quilters are about to deliver the latest round of quilts they make for Piquette Square, something…