Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Homeless vets' office won't open in Puyallup
Posted by Scott Fontaine @ 11:34:15 am
Robert Boyd is discovering helping people isn’t always easy.
The former Air Force veteran hoped to open an office in Puyallup that would serve homeless vets. He founded the Homeless American Veterans Relief Fund, which he said will complement the veterans’ services already in place through government agencies, earlier this year.
It’s an issue close to Boyd, who fought in Vietnam and was homeless for a time after leaving the Air Force.
“I just hoped to get a place where people could go to start over,” he said. “It can get tough when you’re on the streets.”
John Aldrich, a friend who owns a transmission shop, offered to provide free space from which Boyd could operate.
But a problem with insuring the building has sidelined the office’s opening – but only after he cleaned up the office, built new counters, accepted donations of free furniture and painted the room, Boyd said.
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