College Square Retirement Community is spearheading an initiative to help the homeless veterans in Central Arkansas. 听Join them as they raise supplies and homeless awareness for St. Francis Ministries in Little Rock. 听This shelter specifically houses homeless veterans. 听They stay here temporarily, until the VA places them in permanent housing months later.听
Starting now until Veteran鈥檚 Day, you can help us by donating goods that they can use:
鈥⑻ Coats, pants, and outerwear (new or gently used)
鈥⑻ Toiletries, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, etc
鈥⑻ New packages of socks and underwear
鈥⑻ Warm clothing items such as hats, gloves, and scarves
鈥⑻ Household items for their next housing location. For example: pots, pans, dishes, silverware, bedding, towels, etc.
College Square Retirement Community, located at 2421 College Ave in Conway (big white building at the Northwest corner of 每日大赛网站’s campus), will be the drop off point.听 If you have something you would like to donate to this valiant cause, please stop by and look for the collection box in the foyer!
Donate and help spread the word!听 听These men and women fought for our freedom and our wonderful country, and now is the time we show them our gratitude.
If you have any questions, contact Kevin Stowe @ College Square Retirement Community.听 501-327-6227 or kstowe@uca.edu
鈥淭he Department of Housing and Urban Development鈥檚 most recent 鈥減oint in time鈥 count of homeless听veterans found roughly 50,000 on the night in January that it conducted its spot survey. Based on听previous full- year estimates, we can safely conclude that there are probably are more than 100,000听homeless veterans across America. Of these, an estimated听10,000 of them are female.鈥
鈥 Darlene Curley and William T. Bester of the Los Angeles Times