Rutigliano Hails Donations To Help Local Veterans In Trumbull

TRUMBULL, CT – State Rep. David Rutigliano, in conjunction with Stop and Shop and Homes For The Brave, collected a truckload of items to benefit local veterans on Sunday.

According to a news release provided by Rutigliano, enough non-perishable food items and toiletries were collected during the two-hour drive to fill the Homes for the Brave cargo van.

Those items will be donated to local veterans in need outside the Stop and Shop store in Trumbull, Rutigliano said.

"The Trumbull community, as usual, came up big with generous donations for local veterans, making sure no veteran will go to bed hungry," Rutigliano said in a news release. "Thank you, Trumbull for your caring spirit. I want to give a special shout out to the kids, teachers and Principal [Jennifer] Neumeyer at Tashua Elementary School for their donations."

According to Rutigliano, Homes for the Brave has provided housing, vocational training and life skills coaching to help veterans experiencing homelessness since 2002. To date, they have worked with nearly 1,200 men and women, most of whom are veterans.

In 2011, Homes for the Brave opened Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes, a community-based transitional home exclusively for homeless female veterans and their young children.

A complete list of needed items can be found here.