The local VFW post Commander Rick Boop, said that his organization donates money to the community each month and it is important that they give money to organizations that help the community.
He said money allocated to the VFW post for charity can only be used for that purpose and those funds usually go to organizations such as the Salvation Army, which received a similar donation last year.
Ryan Ray, with the local Salvation Army, said the money donated by the VFW this year would go towards helping residents with utility, rent and mortgage assistance.
“Some of them are barely hanging on. We want to keep people in their homes. Prevent homelessness, that is what we are big on,” he said.
Ray also called the VFW post champions that help the community and he said the money would also go towards the Salvation Army’s Pathway to Hope program that aims to break the cycles of poverty.
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