Staff report
Central Illinois Veterans Commission
Veterans who are down on their luck will find a welcoming hand up in Lincoln. The Central Illinois Veterans Commission will be breaking ground for the first new home to be built and given to a local veteran at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at the building location on the corner of 6th Street and College. The community is invited to attend.
Joe Schaler, spokesperson for the CIVC, said the homes will help those veterans who are overlooked.
“The particular homeless veteran groups that are largely uncounted are living with someone in the basement, attic the couch surfer. May have employment etc but no home of their own. We are finding about 10 applications for each home, to give you some idea of the uncounted and underserved vet population,” wrote Schaler in a personal message.
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It’s now been a year since I began this weekly column. I am grateful for the opportunity. When I suggested the idea to Jean Ann Miller, our tireless editor, she readily embraced it. The idea was based on a radio show that I used to host in Asheville, NC, called Wild Heart. I interviewed people in the community, inviting them to share their stories their dreams and challenges, their way of life.
As with this column, it was a weekly endeavor. It kept me on task, finding a guest for each show. Only once, did someone not show up. I’d had a funny feeling before I left for the station that day and so grabbed my binder of poetry in case I might need it.
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