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Recently, a William, a Veteran Hero you helped house reached out to us to give us an update on his new life made brighter because of your ceaseless love and compassion. Here’s what he wrote: Greetings — My name is William. I am writing to thank you for your help in May of 2018. My…

A veteran worked on his feet every day, challenged by neuropathy while working in shipping, receiving and deliveries. After getting laid off when the company downsized, the veteran began to experience increased marital problems, primarily due to financial hardship. Shortly thereafter, the veteran foreclosed on the home he had lived in comfortably for seven years.…

Joel had been living in his car with his dog for two months when he met Shawn Dowling, his local VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans program coordinator. Dowling introduced Beach to Ken Leslie, founder of the VA partner organization Veterans Matter, and within a week, Beach had an apartment. “This place is awesome,” Beach said of his…

In October of 2020, you housed your 4000th homeless Veterans in 25 states. Here’s the story of that Hero: Patrick Lufkin, a Texas Army veteran, was experiencing difficulty with maintaining housing due to his income, health, and family dynamics. . . and became homeless. Unfortunately, the only shelter in the local area had limited services…

As of December 2016, you had housed over 1,250 veterans nationwide. Sadly, we rarely get to meet any of the formerly homeless Heroes or their families in person. We had been busting serious hump with the VA nationally to try to get as many veterans home for the holidays as we could. One of those veterans…

In January or 2019, a VA Caseworker reached out to us to give us an update on one of the Heroes you helped house. Here’s what she wrote: Mr. R. is 72-year-old Veteran. He served in the Army for 6 years. He was very stable in his community but had outlived his relatives and friends. Mr. R. has a…

National Vietnam War Veterans Day 2021 National Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed every year on March 29 and is a way to thank and honor our nation’s Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. There are 5 objectives with Vietnam Commemoration and the other four are: Highlight the service of our…

Veterans Matter is Hiring Thanks to Americans who rallied up nationwide, our record 2020 allowed us to expand to housing veterans in 29 states. We are moving into Q2 2021 with significant momentum and seek to expand to house our unhoused veterans across the rest of the nation. To accomplish this, we want to find…

Five years ago, on Christmas Eve, YOU housed your 1,250th Veteran. That Veteran had three children and a spouse. On Christmas morning, because of your love, they woke up knowing that they are not alone, that despite everything, there was hope for a better tomorrow for their family. “I’m blessed. You know my wife and…

KO Supply, a pipe trading company headquartered in Houston, Texas has been helping Texas Veterans since the foundation of Veterans Matter. Kevin Maley, owner of KO Supply, brought his friends together in 2014 his friends together: Dave and Sheri Henderson, Kathy Walton, Steve and Maybeth Gilbert, Buddy Johnson, Mark LaCour . With just a handful…