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I have been involved with the MHVI over the last 14 months first picking up donations from people we know and delivering them to the warehouse. It became obvious that there was no organization to the warehouse at all with bags, boxes and furniture everywhere. My wife and I asked for a set of keys and basically became warehouse managers. We organized the clothing, house wares, bedding and furniture for easy access. We put together kits of bedding by size, towel kits and kitchen kits to make it easy for the drivers to take to vets. The first of February we took over the phone that receives all the incoming calls from veterans that have been placed in apartments as well as anyone wanting to donate items to the MHVI. Since that time up until now 4-11-2013 we have furnished most of the furniture and housewares for 46 veterans that have been placed in apartments and have coordinated some 138-donation pickups. During this time we had to vacate the donated warehouse we had, move to 4 storage units in 2 separate locations in the city and were still able to provide the above services. This could not have been accomplished without the help and dedication of our 3 driver/movers that are themselves veterans giving back to veterans in need. During the course of our short tenure with MHVI we have talked to and met some very wonderful veterans and donors many of whom have become repeat donors simply because of what MHVI does. All we can say is being associated with the people of the MHVI and it’s mission has definitely been life changing for us.

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