Posted on Nov 21, 2015
Do you have any idea of what life is like for a homeless veteran?
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Before my father-in-law died I would have lunch with him at least once almost every week. As we walked the streets of Los Angeles and were approached by a homeless person seeking a handout he would always give a little something. I scoffed thinking that it was a waste, probably to be spent on drugs or booze. Then he died and for some inexplicable reason I took up his habit. Indeed I now feel guilty if I don't have something in my pockets to give (I seldom use cash anymore). After seeing this, I'm going to make sure that I always have a little change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvoWBbYxdwc
I defy you to watch the whole thing without a tear in your eye. And don't tell me that's what we pay taxes for. Look at this Administration attempting to care for refugees from other countries while homelessness among US veterans is endemic and primed to get worse as they downsize the military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvoWBbYxdwc
I defy you to watch the whole thing without a tear in your eye. And don't tell me that's what we pay taxes for. Look at this Administration attempting to care for refugees from other countries while homelessness among US veterans is endemic and primed to get worse as they downsize the military
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In the late 1990's from 1995 to late 1999 CPT Jack Durish I was homeless after my first wife had a no-contact order served to me while I was undergoing my first heart catheterization. I kept my children in the house where they were growing up while she remarried. By the grace of God I spent only a couple night sleeping in a car and slept in spare rooms or basement or a few years. Each time one place fell though, God arranged for another place just at the last possible moment in seemed.
My wife [married in December 1999] and I were evicted from our home last summer [2014]. We are taking care of my 93 year-old mother-in-law in her home.
I am generally careful around homeless people since I walk with a cane. I try to treat each person with respect and help homeless people when I can. In our previous home we took in young men who were in trouble and had no place to go.
I concur with you about the improper priority of the "Administration attempting to care for refugees from other countries while homelessness among US veterans is endemic and primed to get worse as they downsize the military."
My wife [married in December 1999] and I were evicted from our home last summer [2014]. We are taking care of my 93 year-old mother-in-law in her home.
I am generally careful around homeless people since I walk with a cane. I try to treat each person with respect and help homeless people when I can. In our previous home we took in young men who were in trouble and had no place to go.
I concur with you about the improper priority of the "Administration attempting to care for refugees from other countries while homelessness among US veterans is endemic and primed to get worse as they downsize the military."
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You LTC Stephen F. are a blessed man. I am so happy and proud that I am connected to you. May you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving.
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CPT Jack Durish
You, sir, are an indomitable. God bless and keep you and all others who walk your path.
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I serve on a board for homeless and it is a difficult road to walk. There are a million reasons for why someone ends up in that situation but sadly few answers.
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CPT Jack Durish
Please share sometime the kinds of things your "board for homeless" is doing. You can make a question of it here or I'd be more than happy to post it on my weblog and my VFW post website to help inspire others.
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CPT Richard Riley
CPT Jack Durish I can do that and will make time for it. I serve on a Religious Community Services board where homelessness and abuse are worked with on a daily basis. While some would say there is a religious taint to the process, no one is forced to 'practice a religion' but they are held accountable for their actions while in the program as it should be. Country wide homelessness is a lurking devil. As I stated above, there are a million reasons why life takes a turn and someone or a family end up homeless. In that same breath, there are not a tremendous amount of solutions out there - but communities are attempting to build their own success stories one area at a time.
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT Richard Riley - I just responded on another RP discussion that I had little hope for the VA correcting its deficiencies any time soon (if ever) and that possibly local posts/chapters of veterans organizations should begin devising community level solutions. Again, keep me in mind if you want me to broadcast your ideas. My website is easy to find and there is a contact form
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It truly is not the things you receive but the things you give that created the real Sphere of (positive) Influence. As 1LT S. Doyle stated, it is heartbreaking to see the way a veteran is treated.
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