Homeless vets won't be forgotten on Veterans Day

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Homeless vets won’t be forgotten on Veterans Day

By Karen Jowers
Navy TimesStaff writer
November 10, 2006

In honor of their service, homeless veterans are being served up everything from food and gifts to karaoke for Veterans Day on Saturday in areas around the U.S.  U.S. VETS and the National Collaboration for Homeless Veterans AmeriCorps Program will conduct several programs:

• Hawaii — At U.S. VETS-Hawaii, the Mustang Club of Honolulu will put on a car show at 1 p.m. with more than 50 Mustangs and Corvettes on display for vets as well as the general public to see. A barbecue will be held in the afternoon for veterans. In the evening, a banquet dinner and gift bags will be provided for the veterans by Our Lady of Perpetual Help. A Secret Santa project will be launched that day, with both groups adopting veterans and providing gifts for them.

• Las Vegas — Events have been held all week, including a suit drive, leading up to a Veterans Day parade at 10 a.m. that will feature a U.S. VETS float with veterans, staff and members marching alongside. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the U.S. VETS dining hall, a post-parade Veterans Day barbecue will be held, serving up karaoke on the side. The Gold Coast Hotel and Casino has offered a free buffet for all veterans, with veteran service centers providing rides to veterans to the local casino for the buffet.

• Washington, D.C. — AmeriCorps members will help serve a luncheon to honor homeless veterans at the Central Union Mission on Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those in the community who want more information about how to help at the Central Union Mission. Members will serve up a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Veterans Day for the formerly homeless vets living in Ignatia House. Events will also be held at the U.S. VETS sites in California, Arizona and Texas.

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YNCS Don Harribine, USN(ret)