Food Security United States Project #25884

SavingOurVets Survival Packs for Homeless Veterans

by American Homeless Families Foundation

SavingOurVets Survival Packs for Homeless Veterans

Project Report | May 30, 2017
Homeless Veterans receive Survival Packs

By Cheryl Jones | Founder/CEO

Betty is a homeless female Veteran in Richmond, VA

On our journey to help homeless Veterans we chose to go to Virginia. On November 11, 2015, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced Wednesday that Virginia is the first state to meet the federal definition of effectively ending homelessness among military veterans.

We went down one street in Richmond for 5 miles and found these homeless Veterans, where we gave them a Survival Pack. Here are the YouTube video links...

JT Stone https://youtu.be/u7r6xYNDHvo

Frank https://youtu.be/UUxU4P7u7-g

Tazwell https://youtu.be/_TqS0pHg0OE

Allen https://youtu.be/MqHbOlTmldw

Steve https://youtu.be/1a_LvTr03bw

Andy https://youtu.be/_V2R73nKJNQ

Mark https://youtu.be/teGPzZ_hYoQ

And Betty, a homeless female Veteran, photo added.

It is obvious that Virginia still has homeless Veterans and they need our help too.

We handed out 8 Survival Packs to Virginia homeless Veterans.

You made it possible for homeless Veterans to eat for 30 days and receive a wool blanket, hat and gloves! Thank you for caring about our Veterans!!!

Mark and his dog homeless Vet in Richmond, VA

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Mar 2, 2017
Homeless Veterans receive SavingOurVets Winter Survival Packs

By Cheryl Jones | Founder/CEO

Mike, emotional & can't speak at I20 off ramp

Homeless Veterans in Texas receive SavingOurVets Survival Packs

Your donations are bringing tears of happiness to the homeless Veterans living in the woods and on the streets of Texas. Here are links to a few videos:

https://youtu.be/64BF-B1YSag Larry is a homeless Veteran that lives in his car at an old rest area on the I 20. Larry's so thankful that SavingOurVets is helping him and his fellow Veterans that he wanted to Thank You personally with this video.

https://youtu.be/sU-2WqBSqT4 Rocky is a young homeless Marine Veteran with invisible medical issues. The nearest VA is over 70 miles away. Rocky is thankful for your gift.

https://youtu.be/8cxJH8JEAZE Forest is a homeless Army Reserve Vietnam Veteran that lives in the same camp that Rocky lives in, just on the outskirts of town. Forest was very thankful for your gift and asked if he could donate the gift card to Rocky because Rocky deserves it more than he does. Here's a video of Rocky receiving Forest's donation.

https://youtu.be/u-oqHQaLOek Gary is a homeless Vietnam Veteran teary eyed he says "I can't even get food stamps!"

https://youtu.be/nho1L9O7Y6w Tim is a homeless Veteran that has been living in the woods across the street from Walmart for 117 days now. He was very emotional when we gave him his survival pack. Tim was crying when he said "Thank You! The first thing I'm gonna do is get 3 cans of spaghetti and cook it over my camp fire...I'm so hungry! Thank you so much!!! God Bless You!!!"

So far your donations have helped over 20 homeless Veterans with 30 days of food and warmth they feel they can survive the winter. This is just the beginning, we have 1,000's homeless Veterans that need help. You can help more Veterans with your donation today. Help us spread the word...Share with family and friends! Thank You!!!

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