HVAF BLOG
Check out our latest stories, events, and the best part of the job: our success stories.
February 22, 2016
February 18 at 7:30am was a noteworthy date for Mark B., 51, a native of Houston, Texas. He returned back to work after 10 years of intermittent homelessness, job loss and countless setbacks. Mark currently calls Wheeler Mission home and is an electrician by trade. […]
February 22, 2016
Eight volunteers spent the afternoon of January 27 in the food pantry at HVAF. When the American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters Accounting Team arrived, there were bags and boxes of new food and hygiene donations lining the hallway, with more in the pantry. The donations […]
February 22, 2016
The sound of pick-up trucks could be heard rumbling into the parking lot at HVAF on January 24. You could hear them coming from blocks away. Twenty-three pickup trucks in all converged in the parking lot with a donation for homeless veterans. Fifty members of […]
February 22, 2016
Born in Spencer, Indiana, Roy, 57, served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Before his life fell apart and before drugs and alcohol brought him down, he was a tough and proud soldier. Still, nothing could prepare him for homelessness. In March 2013, Roy sought help at […]
February 17, 2016
An Indianapolis veteran will be breathing a bit easier today thanks in part to the Home Depot Foundation. Daniel M., 56, struggled with breathing problems as a child. At 18, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. But that didn’t stop him from joining the Navy in […]
January 25, 2016
U.S. Army veteran Sam M. desperately wanted to attend his grandmother’s funeral. He did, but immediately following the viewing he was escorted back to his jail cell. He was scared and alone. In 1996, Sam had been convicted of a drug charge and sentenced to […]
January 25, 2016
First time volunteers Lindsey McLelland and five others from Blackbaud, a supplier of software and services, volunteered at HVAF in December. The group sorted and stocked donations in HVAF’s clothing pantry. Lindsey was introduced to HVAF through a co-worker and then researched volunteer opportunities at […]
January 25, 2016
After serving in the Navy stateside for four years, starting a family and having a lengthy career in medicine, Jim. W., 56, found himself homeless and struggling with drugs and substance abuse. “My wife had gotten sick and we went through some rocky times together,” […]
January 25, 2016
Iraq war veteran Chistylee Vickers followed in both parents’ footsteps to serve in the Army but noticed the growing struggles female veterans faced once at home. Chistylee, Commander of the Indianapolis American Legion Women’s Post 438, organized a “Grab & Go” event at HVAF on […]
January 25, 2016
Dewayne’s soft, thoughtful eyes show the hard struggles he has gone through but he has found his way of of homelessness.Born in Indianapolis, Dewayne, who is now in his early 60’s, moved in with friends while he got back on his feet. For years, Dewayne […]
December 29, 2015
The Indiana Podiatry Group donated 1,100 pairs of socks and roughly 60 pair of Crocs shoes to HVAF on Monday, December 28, 2015. The effort originated as an idea from two medical assistants and quickly ended up gaining support and donations among seven Indiana Podiatry […]
December 28, 2015
When Marti MacGibbon isn’t speaking to inspire and encourage behavioral health and medical professionals, or working on her second book or traveling between California and Indiana, you will find her raising awareness and funds for HVAF and other recovery housing programs in Indy. The addiction […]
December 28, 2015
She was an older woman and mother of two, soaked to the skin, standing on a street corner in a heavy rain near 42nd Street in Indianapolis. She was on a mission. She had placed a call from her cell phone, ashamed of her situation […]
December 28, 2015
BidPal employees volunteer at HVAF On a bright Thursday morning in November, volunteers from BidPal rolled up their sleeves to paint the Manchester apartments, one of HVAF’s 13 transitional housing properties. The fifty-one-unit apartment provides housing for veterans who are in need of help. The […]
December 28, 2015
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) presented HVAF with a check for $54,000 to benefit Hoosier veterans and their families who are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless. Funds raised through the IHCDA golf outing support all of these services and programs […]
