Helping homeless Veterans has been a passion of mine for my whole life. My father was a Navy Seal for 8 years and once he was out of the military, it took him around 15 years to get back on his feet.
He started an Organization called Operation Build Veterans that I have been a part of since I was little. My father was the root of my desire for a positive change for Veterans. Through the organization, I helped build off-grid container homes into livable and sustainable homes for Veterans to live in.
This project is still being continued to this day. I wanted to bring more awareness to others so I started a club called HeroesAid. Through this club I led a group of young students to understand and bring light into lives of Veterans. I gave presentations on suicide prevention and started events like thank you notes, making stress relievers, and even a soap drive.
I started this club not only to bring awareness and start a drive for change but, to also be the change. I had visited the VA Domiciliary and was able to have a conversation with the advisor. I learned that there was a maximum of around 60 Veterans who were able to live there and who were struggling mentally. I also learned that the advisor had to buy them bars of soap out of his own pocket.
Who knew that a place that should be receiving simple items like soap, were not being provided. This is why I and my group made thank you notes, started a soap drive, and more. I hope that every day my group was able to see the positive impact that they had for Veterans and created a drive for this cause just like the drive that I had for it. This made me feel blessed and grateful that such a passion to help was instilled in others and I was able to give back to Veterans that I think deserve much more than what they have.
Lifting up others is a core value of who we are as Americans because since the start we have fought for each other and to help one another live is something that no one can take for granted.
He started an Organization called Operation Build Veterans that I have been a part of since I was little. My father was the root of my desire for a positive change for Veterans. Through the organization, I helped build off-grid container homes into livable and sustainable homes for Veterans to live in.
This project is still being continued to this day. I wanted to bring more awareness to others so I started a club called HeroesAid. Through this club I led a group of young students to understand and bring light into lives of Veterans. I gave presentations on suicide prevention and started events like thank you notes, making stress relievers, and even a soap drive.
I started this club not only to bring awareness and start a drive for change but, to also be the change. I had visited the VA Domiciliary and was able to have a conversation with the advisor. I learned that there was a maximum of around 60 Veterans who were able to live there and who were struggling mentally. I also learned that the advisor had to buy them bars of soap out of his own pocket.
Who knew that a place that should be receiving simple items like soap, were not being provided. This is why I and my group made thank you notes, started a soap drive, and more. I hope that every day my group was able to see the positive impact that they had for Veterans and created a drive for this cause just like the drive that I had for it. This made me feel blessed and grateful that such a passion to help was instilled in others and I was able to give back to Veterans that I think deserve much more than what they have.
Lifting up others is a core value of who we are as Americans because since the start we have fought for each other and to help one another live is something that no one can take for granted.