The Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition, a Colorado Springs nonprofit organization, recently received two donations totaling $37,000.
Colorado Veterans Project, a nonprofit that holds fundraising events for local veterans organizations, donated $30,000. Veterans Squaring Away Veterans, a nonprofit that is repurposing its assets due to impending closure, donated $7,000.
Program director Jerome Ford said the money could not have come at a more opportune time for the organization, which is dedicated to getting homeless veterans off the street, into temporary housing and eventually into permanent homes.
The nonprofit, headquartered at Crawford House on South Weber Street, is currently operating three temporary housing units. Board president Sheri Ferguson said the money will go toward “long overdue upgrades” in those locations, including new appliances and flooring.