Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada) is hosting its second annual coast-to-coast tour of duty in communities across Canada.
The tour of duty is a national walk to raise awareness of veteran homelessness and to locate veterans on the streets or in shelters in need of help. It will be held in Chatham this year and on Saturday, June 10 at 1 p.m.
In fact walks will be led by teams of volunteers in seventeen cities: St. John’s, Sydney, Charlottetown, Halifax, Dartmouth, Fredericton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, Chatham, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver.
VETS Canada, a national charity and service provider of Veterans Affair Canada, has assisted more than 1,600 homeless & in-crisis veterans since 2010.
“At VETS Canada, we are boots on the ground; locating homeless veterans and getting them off the streets and back on their feet,” stated Jim Lowther, VETS Canada co-founder, CEO and president.
“The Tour of Duty allows us to locate veterans in crisis from coast to coast while also raising awareness of the issue of veteran homelessness. We strive to build a better understanding of our mission within the larger community; that help is available. We are here to help.”
For more information, visit: vetscanada.org
