The Fountain Hills Elks couldn’t have done it without you. Sheets 4 Vets was a big success because of the collaboration with our many residents who donated sheets and $5 McDonald’s gift cards for U.S. Veterans Inc., one of the few organizations that reach out to our Phoenix homeless street vets.

Special thank you to Bealls, who collected and promoted the project; the VFW Consignment Shop, who volunteered to be a collection center; American Legion Post 58, who held a happy hour and 50/50 raffle; and the Shepard of the Hills Quilting Club, who donated new, handmade with love quilts.

Partnering with the community and the generous residents of our town makes a big difference for our veterans. Each homeless vet who enters the U.S. vet’s rapid re-housing program receives their own sheet set and pillow. The McDonald’s cards are handed out to the street vets by the two Outreach U.S. Vets coordinators. It’s their calling card for building trust with the vets and, since they lost their $500,000 grant, they are in dire straits.

The Elks says thank you, as do the vets.