By Lois Healy | CEO
One of the Veterans we served is now struggling with Dementia. She can't remember if she has paid her bills, Her water and electric are consistently being shut off. We have been paying her bills monthly because one Saturday on one of my monthly phone calls to her I discovered her phone had been disconnected so I drove to her home. She was sitting in the dark with no electric, no running water and no food. Because her electric and water were off and it was a Saturday there was no way to get the utilities turned back on over the weekend. Understanding she had been without food for days, I went to the local grocery store and bought her a cooler, some food and a case of bottled water and some sweet tea and a lantern so she would have light.
I checked on her until Monday and then had her utilities reconnected. I contacted her nephew and we are working to help get her placed in a long term recovery facility. Because of the donations we receive for this fund we are able to help her and other struggling Veterans with every day needs. Thank you so much for your help!
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