Sweats for Vets, a local non-profit assisting homeless veterans, graciously accepted a generous gift of both Boston based sweats shirts and cash from the Marlborough Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). “The Marlborough DAV has always provided a helping hand to our efforts,” exclaimed Mark Vital, President of Sweats for Vets. “This is the fourth year that they have contributed sweatshirts to our homeless veterans,” Vital enthusiastically continued.
The mission of Sweats for Vets is to offer a Boston team’s sweatshirt to the homeless veterans at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans, Vets, Inc., and all of the other New England based homeless shelters serving our veterans. In addition, they also accept smaller gifts of gloves, hats and socks to offer with the sweatshirt.
Anyone interested in donating a men’s size large, or extra-large sweatshirt can drop it off at AMSA (201 Forest St., Marlborough), Julio’s Liquors, (140 Turnpike Rd., Westborough) or email Vital at sweats4vets@yahoo.com and he will pick it up. Ideally, the sweatshirt should be wrapped.
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All collected sweatshirts will be distributed to the anticipated 125 homeless veterans who will be at the veterans’ homeless shelter on Grove Street in Worcester on Christmas Eve morning. If the sweatshirt donations exceed expectations, Vital will take the surplus to transitional homes across New England. “I would like every homeless veteran to have a sweatshirt that has a Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics or Bruins logo on it. It is amazing, even our homeless veterans are proud to be Boston sports fans,” Vital said.
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