Event benefits homeless veterans transitioning to permanent housing
San Diego County CA— Volunteers of America Southwest (VOASW), a nonprofit, faith-based organization with a mission to change the lives of vulnerable individuals by providing services and tools to improve their quality of life, held the “Adopt a Room” volunteer event to benefit homeless veterans transitioning to permanent housing on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the Hawley Veteran Services Center.
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Photos courtesy VOASW
VOASW opened its Hawley Veteran Services Center (HVSC) for McGriff Insurance volunteers to refurbish program bedrooms and enhance the quality of life for veterans with disabilities. About 30 volunteers from McGriff Insurance worked together in four hour shifts to refurbish 12 Hawley Veteran Services Center bedrooms. Volunteers painted walls of all resident rooms and distributed newly purchased furnishings including dressers, lamps, bed tables, chairs, artwork and bedding.
Volunteers of America Southwest’s Hawley Veterans Services Center is a transitional housing program for homeless veterans with mental health diagnoses. This transitional housing program extends 20 beds to single male veterans who are homeless and are moving toward permanent housing. Veterans can reside in the program for approximately 90 days as they wait for their permanent housing opportunities to become available. Veterans receive intensive support to help them find housing. To learn more, please visit https://www.voasw.org/hawley_veterans_services_center.
About Volunteers of America Southwest
Volunteers of America Southwest is a nonprofit, faith-based organization that is part of the national Volunteers of America. The organization operates more than 22 programs in five counties—San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Imperial—with a mission to transform lives from vulnerable to vibrant by providing services and tools to individuals in need to help them improve their quality of life. They strive to create a safe, healthy, and productive community where families are strengthened, people live with dignity and human potential is realized. For more information, please visit www.voasw.org.