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Construction is well under way and Valley Brook Village should be completed by Summer 2013.
When you run,
you help us build hope and a home
for 62 New Jersey Veterans
at the Lyons VA Campus
Proceeds from the Flag Day 5K Run supports Valley Brook Village, pictured here under construction, and our 95-bed Hope for Veterans® Transitional Housing Program, both located at the Lyons VA Campus and operated by our nonprofit organization.

Please give as generously as you can to help our troubled and injured veterans rebuild their lives and have a place to call home.

Helping our Heroes


Photo by Brian Gallagher

"The streets are unforgiving, relentless and dangerous," Steven said. "But I believed there was a life beyond being homeless, and there is."
Steven was 17 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1997. After more than nine years, he honorably left the service only to suffer as mental illness and addiction began taking control of his life.

Rising to the rank of Second Class Petty Officer, Steven oversaw 30 cooks and was responsible for feeding 3,000 servicemen and women four times a day. He also saw conflict while transporting Marines and Special Forces into war zones.

By 2006, after completing four tours of duty, he began experiencing anxiety and paranoia. "I didn’t know what was wrong with me," Steven explains.

Unable to work, he found himself homeless and destitute until entering a VA short-term residential and recovery program. Steven then transferred to Community Hope’s Hope for Veterans® Program where he now works at an on-campus café and receives wrap-around services.




"A Link to Ending Veteran Homelessness" appeared in the September/October issue of the national publication of the Disabled American Veterans' magazine and is featured on DAV's website.

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