Dryhootch opens a second location to help area veterans
WISN.com
By Terry Sater
Jun 12, 2014
WEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. —More area military veterans will be getting help transitioning to civilian life.
The expansion of the nonprofit Dryhootch in Milwaukee County came on a day when a local military veteran fatally shot himself.
"Right here is where we serve coffee to veterans who are looking for a cup of joe, just to sit back, relax and find the camaraderie, you know," Dryhootch veteran Dale Maupin said.
Maupin showed WISN 12 News around the newly expanded Dryhootch on National Avenue in West Milwaukee.
The Iraq war Marine veteran is an example of what can go right when people care enough to help. Maupin was addicted to drugs but is now sober.
"They grabbed me by the hand and said, 'Listen, you were willing to put your life on the line for this country so we're willing to put our names on the line for you,'" Maupin said.
A veteran shot himself outside the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee Thursday, right across the street from Dryhootch where they try to prevent that kind of desperation.
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