Sacramento
Stand Down Association
Standdownsacramento.org
916-389-8917
P.O.
Box 601536
Sacramento,
CA 95860-1536
Do you want to help homeless veterans?
Do you know someone who has or is serving our country in
the military? Can you imagine what you would think if they were
homeless? Most Americans would find the situation of homeless veterans to
be mentally and emotionally jarring.
If you feel like most Americans, the Sacramento Stand Down
needs your help.
For the past 22 years, approximately 350 homeless veterans
have received vital assistance at the Sacramento Stand Down on a three-day
weekend in mid-September.
A “stand down” is a historic military term for a place
behind the front lines of combat where an exhausted war fighter gets medical
attention, hot meals, and sleeps off the ground while temporarily recuperating
from the rigors of military conflict.
The Sacramento Stand Down is similar to the “stand downs”
in prior wars, this time with veterans receiving vital services while sheltered
from the hostilities of street.
We have a goal of finding up to 925 volunteers to operate
a three-day Stand Down. There are many different jobs during the year as
well as a wide variety of four-to-eight hour shifts on September 11 – 14
(Thursday – Sunday).
If you would like to help
us achieve our Vision: End Homelessness for Veterans in
Sacramento County, please go to our new website at standdownsacramento.org and
click on Registration Forms in blue ink on the
upper-right side of the page to select your choice of (1) an
electronic form which can be emailed out our inbox where it will be checked
daily, or (2) a .pdf form which you can print out for inputting your
information and mail it to our snail mail box (SSDA, PO Box
601536, Sacramento, CA 95860-1536). We will be in touch with you
about your job interests and time(s) you are able to serve.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact either:
•
Bud Lee, Secretary of the Board of Directors at 916-774-9744 or ejbudlee@msn.com , or
•
Mike Montogomery, SSDA Volunteer Coordinator at 916-746-4701 or GeneralMLM@yahoo.com
Bud Lee, Secretary
Sacramento Stand Down Association
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