Dr. Eowyn:
The thought of so many veterans, who risked their lives for our country, being homeless, just breaks my heart. And at Christmas….
Shame on the Obamas and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for their empty and broken promise.
Be careful with your charity donations to veterans groups, as you should with any and every charity group (source):
“But as a group, veterans charities are prone to abuse, profiteering and outright fraud, say philanthropy watchdogs. Almost half of the 39 veterans charities rated by the American Institute of Philanthropy in its April/May 2011 report received F grades, largely because they devoted only a small ratio of their expenses to charitable programs, in part due to excessive fundraising expenses…. Fisher House Foundation, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and the National Military Family Association, have been praised for assisting thousands of veterans.”
Before you donate, check with websites like Charity Navigator for an evaluation of charity organizations. Click here.
Originally posted on Consortium of Defense Analysts:
In an op-ed titled “Let’s End Veteran Homelessness Once and For All,” published on July 30, 2014 across McClatchy platforms, First Lady Michelle Obama wrote:
At the beginning of June, 85 mayors, governors and county officials from across the country – and across the political spectrum – signed on to the Mayors Challenge to End Veterans Homelessness. Today, we’re announcing that in the two months since then, 97 more state and local leaders have signed on – meaning that a total of 182 local leaders have pledged to end homelessness among the veterans in their communities by the end of 2015.
And although “as a country, we’ve never been able to rally the resources and the public will to get all of our veterans off the streets and into stable housing,” nevertheless Mrs. Obama is confident that things are different today because:
thanks to federal, state and local leadership…
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