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The Journey
Home Hosts Victory For Veterans 5K
The Journey Home organizes a run/walk to help end Veteran homelessness
Greenville, OH (April 2, 2018) – The Journey Home, a transitional home
for homeless Veterans, is organizing the Victory For Veterans 5K in
order to celebrate our Veterans and raise awareness for their
struggles. This event will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at
Trinity Wesleyan Church in Greenville, Ohio.
“Many of our Veterans come to us malnourished, under treated or under
diagnosed. We connect these Veterans to VA, and to Non-VA medical and
community resources, and then transport them to needed appointments,”
says Eldon Solomon, Executive Director. “With your charitable
contribution or participation in the Victory For Veterans 5K we stand
together as partners in providing important health resources to our
Veterans.”
The first annual Victory for Veterans 5K is The Journey Home’s first
fundraising event of 2018. The 2018 Spring fundraising goal is to raise
$50,000, all of which will go towards replacing two vans The Journey
Home staff members use to transport veterans to and from essential
medical and VA appointments.
Says Solomon, “Victory For Veterans events are much more than raising
money. It is about celebrating our men and women heroes and coming
together as communities to end Veteran homelessness.”
The run/walk will start at the Trinity Wesleyan Church in Greenville,
Ohio and wind its way through two different city and county communities.
Solomon stated, “Veteran homelessness will end because of communities
that come together to cheer, uplift and support those of our Veterans
that have forgotten what they are capable of.”
“Not only will we have the National Anthem performed, but our Veterans
and current Military runners and walkers will be the first start. As
they leave the starting line everybody in the community will have the
opportunity to cheer, to give support and to thank our Veterans and
military for their sacrifices.”
Check-in for the 5K begins at 7:30AM and lasts until 8:55AM. The event
will begin at 9:00AM with an Awards Ceremony at 10:30AM.
More information here: http://journeyhomevets.org/victory-veterans-5k/
About The Journey Home
The Journey Home is a transitional home for homeless veterans and is
often the 1st step in ending homelessness for each veteran who walks
through the doors. The mission of this organization is “To Make
Veterans our Priority. To end Veteran Homelessness. To provide
stability, support, and interventions so that chronic homeless Veterans
attain housing and independence”. The Journey Home accomplishes this
mission by focusing on the individual and developing a transitional
plan that best fits their needs called an Individualized Recovery Plan.
More information on The Journey Home here: http://journeyhomevets.org
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