Hello, My name is Raeford Smith, Sr. I was born and raised in North Carolina. My childhood was rough to say the least and growing up, all I wanted was to get as far away from home as possible, as fast as possible. I joined the Marine Corps right out of high school on July 21,…
This article was posted by Just Jared on November 6, 2019. Wilmer Valderrama and Jay Ellis walk the red carpet together while attending the U.S.VETS Salute Gala on Tuesday night (November 5) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The guys were joined at the event by stars like Veep‘s Tony Hale, Sister Sister‘s Tia Mowry, Star Trek‘s Ethan Peck, and Animal Kingdom‘s Christina Ochoa. Ethan’s…
Leadership Council Chaired by United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Includes City National Bank’s Kelly Coffey, The Home Depot Foundation’s Shannon Gerber, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, HBO’s Amy Gravitt and NBCUniversal’s Ron Meyer U.S.VETS, the nation’s largest veteran services nonprofit, today announced the launch of a $10-million capital campaign, The Veterans Fund, to build…
This article was posted by Yahoo! Entertainment on October 28, 2019. United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer will chair a new campaign from nonprofit U.S. Vets called The Veterans Fund, which will raise money in order to build what it says will be the nation’s largest veteran housing community. The nonprofit announced a $10 million…
This article was posted by Curbed on October 24, 2019. The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve up to $24.3 million in funding to repurpose a building on the Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles for housing for veterans. That represents about 70 percent of the cost for the project, called…
This article was posted by azfamily.com on October 15, 2019. By Maria Hechanova October 15, 2019 PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – The U.S. veterans facility that gives homeless veterans temporary housing while they go through job placement and counseling programs got a major makeover Tuesday. The Home Depot Foundation and HandsOn Greater Phoenix donated all the supplies…
Hello, My name is Elliott McKenzie. I am a 34-year-old Marine Corps veteran who served my country for eight years during the Iraq war. My issues transitioning back to civilian life became obvious as soon as I came home. A year after my discharge, I was homeless and facing a tough battle with PTSD, depression,…
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This article was posted by ktar.com on July 3, 2019. PHOENIX – U.S. Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona told reporters on Tuesday it was “nauseating” to read about offensive posts made by border agents in a secret Facebook group and said “people need to be held accountable for their actions.” The group’s page had posts…
This article was posted by The Grunion on June 20, 2019. In the first real home she’s been able to call her own in about a decade, Army veteran Melissa Degnan apologizes for the narrow entryway, blocked by a couple of cardboard boxes stacked there, noting that she’s still getting organized after moving in a…