Addressing homelessness among veterans

All right, time now is 5.35, and happy Veterans Day to all of our veterans out there. Make sure you guys go out to those local restaurants and get some of those freebies. I know a lot of restaurants are offering a free lunch or a free dinner, so go out there and collect what is rightfully yours, right? But, you know, we definitely want to celebrate our veterans here today, but the reality of it is some of them really struggle to keep a roof over their head. And it's a difficult task, but you can also help out. And we have a really good organization doing some good work, but there's a lot going on, and they can use some additional resources and volunteers, right? Joining us now at U.S. Vets in northwest Houston to tell us more about it. McKenna. Yeah, Anthony. Leaders here tell me that across all of their housing facilities, they are at 94% capacity, and while Houston has made huge strides in fighting veteran homelessness, there's still a long way to go. They tell me the demand is growing every single day. Now, US Vets helps folks with everything from resume building to housing to mental health resources. They tell me they're seeing veterans from all generations, from retirees all the way All the way down to young troops who are just coming out of the barracks and are looking for... Somewhere to go or some sort of support system. The biggest focus right now, they say, is stopping veteran homelessness before it even begins. As far as do we take our foot off the gas? No, because we know exactly where the next veteran that needs our help is, and that's on active duty. And on a daily basis, there are veterans that are calling every day that need some type of service, some type of support system, and we want to be there to help. The amount of veterans that we're serving grows every year. Matter of fact, just in this one facility we're running at capacity with everything that we're doing. So it's a constant really a look at how we expand our services into our community that they're getting them in any way that we can grow, which we can't do without our community. We are running their Make Camo Your Cause campaign all month long to help expand capacity and fund job training so no veteran gets left behind. And if you want to do more than just say thank you this Veterans Day, you can go to usvets.org where you can donate. And in case no one told you today, thank you for your service and thank you for my freedom if you're a veteran watching at home. Anthony, I'm going to retweet, like and share those comments. McKenna, I agree with you 100 percent, right? Thank you to all of our vets out there. And hey, McKenna was talking about that action, right? You guys say thank you to our veterans as you should today, but we want action. We need you to act in a way that can really make some tangible changes. And Make Camel Your Cause is one of them, right? So we have partnered yet again with U.S. vets to try to do what we can. So in honor of America's 250th birthday, we are looking to raise $250,000 to help our vets here and battle and fight back against veteran homelessness. Like McKenna just outlined the the The problem, U.S. vets here in the Houston area, they're at 94% capacity, but we know there's more work to be done. So if you scan the QR code, you can make a donation, but you can also purchase some pretty cool gear. I got a hat from there two years ago. You can get a hat, T-shirt, sweater, long sleeve, pullover, whatever it is. Make Camel your cause. Support our U.S. vets in a real tangible way by making a donation, and we're making it easy for you. Just go ahead and scan that QR code and do just that. All right, again. If you've got a vet in the house, find the local Olive Garden or restaurant and get them that freebie. A lot of organizations and businesses are offering freebies here for vets. So have a good time.