Photo By Mark Olsen | Public health officer 1st Lt. Gyasi J. Mann, 108th Medical Group, New Jersey Air...... read more read more
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Airmen from the 108th Wing provided medical assistance to homeless veterans during Stand Down 2012 at the National Guard Armory in Cherry Hill on Sept. 28.
New Jersey National Guard Airmen and Soldiers have been major participants alongside the numerous groups of volunteers working with the homeless veterans. Stand Down is co-hosted by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Stand Down of South Jersey Committee, Inc.
The event was created to provide homeless veterans with access to healthcare, mental health screening, substance abuse counseling, social services - food stamps and unemployment, legal services, religious counseling, a hot meal, a haircut and winter clothing.
Since 1996, the South Jersey Stand Down has served as a catalyst that enables homeless veterans to re-enter mainstream society. Stand Down is a military term referring to exhausted combat units that were removed from the battlefront to a place of security and safety for rest and recovery.
Today, Stand Downs are grass roots, community based intervention program to help veterans’ battle life on the streets.
| Date Taken: | 10.26.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 09.14.2015 16:09 |
| Story ID: | 175998 |
| Location: | CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY, US |
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