G.I. Go Fund helps veterans in need

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Welcome back everybody.

A special group of friends have been leading big night missions to help our nation's homeless veterans get back on their feet.

And now this program could be coming to a city near you.

And a climate has more.

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Hey there -- of the GI go fund of the charitable groups started by two patriotic Brothers and a friend who lost a high school buddy while serving in Iraq.

The tragedy inspired them to give back and now volunteers walk city streets helping homeless veterans get back on their.

Feet.

-- ninety.

-- -- to sit down and homeless for almost a decade.

-- Anderson served on a gunship during the Vietnam War but couldn't find a job would he return I was honored when others -- -- Had lives that they came home.

You kind of backs on me put those in Vietnam it's homeless vets liking Anderson the GI go fund is helping with their midnight missions.

My goal is to make sure that we're getting them off the streets find them housing and help them connect them to -- front door key in their pocket.

Before they died.

Volunteers offer a bag of food and clothing to anyone in need.

If -- of that.

Information about veterans affairs housing and jobs programs is given.

As well as health care numbers are hard to gauge but according to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the -- 2011 on any given night.

67495.

Veterans were homeless on the streets.

Veteran's account for 14% of the entire US adult homeless population.

That's are vulnerable because of the inability to find jobs home for closures in many dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Most almost people who -- and -- in different directions so I'm pretty much alone.

Our obligation back here at home is to protect their families while they're deployed they carry them when they come back home.

Hats off to this group each night volunteers get out of dozens of supplies bags.

The GI go fund has plans in the works currently to expand their midnight missions the Baltimore Philadelphia.

And Washington DC in -- back to you know it's a great effort and inspiring program indeed and I thank you very much.

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