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News Aug 28, 2014
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THE VET HUNTERS PROJECT DRIVES HOME COMMITMENT TO HELPING HOMELESS VETERANS
WITH CAR DONATION TO UNEMPLOYED VETERAN AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE
Fueled By Non-Profit’s “No Red Tape System” Speedy Labor Day Weekend
Car Donation Takes Place At Almost Home Transitional Housing In West Covina
On Saturday August 30, 2014 At 11:00am
There are no days off when it comes to helping homeless veterans in need and the Vet Hunters are hard at work, this Labor Day weekend, making a difference in a young homeless family’s life.
On Saturday August 30, 2014 at 11:00am, Veteran Steven Curtis and his nine months pregnant wife, Elena, will become the official owners of a 2003 Jaguar Sedan donated by Vet Hunter John at Hye-Tech Auto. Complete with a new transmission, battery, tires, smog, registration, six months insurance and a gas card, funded in part by Linda Logan at “Covina Rotary Field of Valor.”
The event, which is taking place at “Almost Home Transitional Housing” at 1123 S. Walnut Avenue in West Covina, where Curtis and his wife are temporarily housed,
not only to highlights the generous car donation, but also shows how quickly the Vet Hunters are able to rally resources and move forward without red tape as they create their “own new system.”
“They say it takes a village to raise a child. In this case, like many others, it has taken a community to make this miracle happen. It is very hard and almost next to impossible to house military families let alone one with a wife who is expecting,” said Vet Hunters founder Joe Leal, who was contacted by the Employment Development Department on a Friday, requesting help for a veteran client, when no other agencies answered. “Now, more than a car donation, this moment marks a vehicle of change for Army SGT Steve, who will now be able to get to and from a job and provide for his growing family.”
Along with members of the Vet Hunters Project, Hye Tech Auto, Field of Valor, Hookup Resource Center and the Armenian Brigade Motorcycle Club, who will be escorting the car to the event, will be local representatives of the EDD who know that they have a job for Steve once he has transportation.
This marks the ninth car given away to deserving Veterans and their families by the Vet Hunters to date. Other organizations that solicit vehicle donations with the proceeds going to your favorite charities, keep part of the profits once the car is sold. The “Vet Hunters Project” gives 100% of all donations back to the Veteran community.
About The Vet Hunters Project:
The Vet Hunters Project is a San Gabriel Valley based non-profit that was founded by Joe Leal, an Iraq combat veteran and tireless advocate for America’s homeless heroes.
Together, with a dedicated and determined army of Vet Hunters, Leal is shedding light on a population that oftentimes tries to remain hidden while changing the lives of hundreds of underserved and neglected veterans across the country. His team conducts daily search and rescue missions of our displaced veterans throughout the country and connect them to the resources and knowledge they need by bringing it to where they are, whether it be on the streets, by railroad tracks, under bridges or in broken down cars. More information can be found at www.vethunters.org or on Facebook at The Vet Hunters Project.
