Homeless veterans most devoted to helping build for others

Homeless Veterans Help Build 'Homes For Our Heroes'
WFMY
Meghann Mollerus
August 19, 2014

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The 'Homes 4 Our Heroes' project in Winston-Salem continues to garner community participation, including that of two veterans who are working to curb a situation they understand firsthand--veteran homelessness.

Whole Man Ministries' project has had several setbacks--including rotted floor joists and lead abatement--but now is back on track to be completed by Veterans Day. The five duplexes on Cameron Ave. will house at least 10 homeless veterans, who have been asked to apply and have not yet been selected.

"I started coming out here because I needed something to do. And it infused in me. I have to be here. Even on the days [the project] has paperwork, I want to come out and work," said volunteer Myron Smith.

Prior to staying with a friend, Smith was among the 57,000 veterans estimated to be homeless on any given night. He is one of two veterans in Whole Man Ministries' apprenticeship program, in which homeless individuals from local shelters can come work on the project.
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