GIVING HOPE TO THE HOMELESS
Veterans Helping Veterans Heal (VHVH) is a nonprofit focused on transforming the lives of homeless veterans and helping them build a secure future. Since our founding in 2012, our holistic approach has helped nearly 300 veterans move from homelessness and despair to permanent housing and a better quality of life.
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2024 CHARITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT
VHVH’s first Charity Bowling Tournament in April 2024 was a rousing success, exceeding our goal of $10,000 for VHVH! Stay turned for an announcement of our 2025 date. Several sponsorship levels are available to businesses and individuals who wish to support our mission!
Learn MoreNeighbors, brothers, fathers, sons and friends – our residents were, and are, all of these. They reflect the diversity of our community in age and race/ethnicity. About 95% have a high school diploma or equivalent. All have suffered hardship.
Unfortunately, U.S. military veterans are discharged with little career counseling or active case management for challenges they are experiencing. Many suffer from serious physical and mental health issues and substance abuse. Without the rigid structure of the military, many struggle to readjust to civilian life and find themselves jobless, homeless and alienated from friends and family.
VHVH provides 24 beds in a safe, secure temporary living environment and three free meals per day. With the stability of having their basic needs met, our clients can then begin addressing their challenges. Case managers — a number of them veterans themselves — assist them in finding the appropriate supportive services and navigating the complicated process of applying for VA benefits. Clients may stay at VHVH up to 24 months while they receive, among other services, mental health and substance abuse counseling, training in life skills, assistance with career planning and securing employment, and exit planning that includes obtaining permanent housing.
Many of our veterans take advantage of educational and job skills training partnerships at Forsyth Technical Community College, Vocational Rehabilitation of Winston Salem, Triad Community Kitchen (Second Harvest Food Bank), NC Works, and Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina.
257
The number of veterans VHVH has helped move homelessness to permanent housing since its founding in 2012
57
Number of veterans that VHVH served in 2022
95%
Percentage of our veterans who have steady employment or income through VHVH Works™ employment partnerships.
85%
The percentage of our graduates who move to permanent housing.
VHVH Advisory Council Member
The Winston-Salem Elks Lodge #449, Board Member
Lifestyle Lending Coordinator, Allegacy Federal Credit Union
“These veterans come to us with barely anything, usually with just the clothes on their backs. They come here and stay, rent-free, for 24 months, and they have different services… Any money we can raise to help with this program is going to make these veterans a part of the community again.”
VHVH Graduate and Advisory Council Member
Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient
“While I was here I got my driver’s license back, I got reinstated with the VA, I was able to buy a car so I could go to (AA) meetings and stay clean… The life skills I learned here, I continue to carry with me today. I’m able to not only help myself, but I’m able to share with other people and help them along the way with my own experience.”
The first ever Veterans Helping Veterans Heal (VHVH) Charity Bowling Tournament in April 2024 was a rousing success, exceeding our goal of raising $10,000 for VHVH. Check back here for an announcement or our 2025 date! Several sponsorship levels are available to businesses and individuals who wish to support our mission.
At VHVH, our goal is to transition our residents from net consumers of services to net contributors to our community. That means a job, earning a living, a W2.
