Keyword: OSDRI
3 results total, viewing 1 - 3
CHILLY NOVEMBER MONRING: OSDRI’s staff lined up shivering in the driveway as they awaited U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis R. McDonough’s arrival. The New England air is cooling fast, and veterans living unsheltered in the Ocean State have run out of time. (Cranston Herald Photo by Rory Schuler)
Federal VA Secretary visits OSDRI, calls veteran suicide data ‘startling’
The federal government estimates more than 17 American veterans took their own lives each day of 2021. And more than a 100 more veterans committed suicide in 2021, than the year before. The … more
|
EMPTIED SHELVES: Tyrone “Ty” Smith, Director of Employment and Housing for Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI), surveys the organization’s food bank shelves. The group needs help collecting food for the region’s veterans.
‘This food has to last our veterans through the year’
Most of the shelf space was bare. A few scattered year-old cans of green beans and corn niblets dotted the metal shelving. Tyrone “Ty” Smith walked into the food pantry and surveyed … more
|
Johnston-based Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI)
OSDRI launches holiday collection drive for grocery gift cards and food items
Operation Stand Down RI is putting out a call to action to the local community in the days leading up to Veterans Day. On Friday, Oct. 21, OSDRI began seeking support from the local community to … more
|
© Copyright 2024 Beacon Media
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions