by Chris Pfohl | May 10, 2023 | Appeal
Friends, An Army veteran living in his old car in a field for two and a half years. A homeless Air Force veteran in the beginning throes of Parkinson’s Disease. Another Army veteran, with an unaddressed medical condition so severe, that he was in danger...
by Chris Pfohl | Mar 24, 2023 | Daily Life, Residents, Success Stories
Not too long after opening our doors, we took in a veteran who was well into his seventies. He had become vulnerable to homelessness and the availability of a bed with us was preemptive to that. His former military service was one of tension having spent time in the...
by Chris Pfohl | Feb 23, 2023 | Daily Life, Residents, Success Stories
One of our earliest residents was quite expressive with words and had a seemingly unlimited supply of them on any given day. But, he had one particular statement on repeat and if I heard it once, I heard it a thousand times. That was, “I’ve always wanted...
by Chris Pfohl | Feb 23, 2023 | Residence
My earliest memory of adulting, was voluntarily engaging with a Marine Corps recruiter, when I turned nineteen. He seemed welcoming enough, and his crisp professional military demeanor appealed to me in a strange way. I wasn’t sure I would like the Marine Corps,...
