Red Cross filling backpacks to help veterans

Evansville's Red Cross filling backpacks to help veterans
By Richard Gootee
Posted October 28, 2012

EVANSVILLE — The Evansville-Wabash Valley chapter of the American Red Cross again is asking for the public's help for homeless and low-income veterans in honor of Veterans Day through the group's annual "Totes for Hope" campaign."At any given point in time there are nearly 400 veterans (in the area) who are homeless or on the verge of becoming homeless. That is just a heartbreaking number," said Julie Krizen, a Red Cross spokeswoman. "So this is just a way the community can give back (and) help out our veterans who have given so much."

This is the fourth year for the drive. This year's goal is to provide up to 600 veterans with containers full of necessities and other items, which will be distributed at the Evansville Vet Center and the city's Veterans Affairs clinic on Nov. 9. Last week, employees from Vectren Corp. donated 1,200 totes — enough to supply the campaign for two years.
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