Veteran survives cancer, overcomes homelessness with VOA Michigan

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Army veteran overcomes cancer and homelessness

VOA Michigan helped local veteran Brian Branch rebound from cancer and overcome homelessness. 

Brian Branch is a Michigan Army veteran who has also survived cancer and homelessness. 

Organizations like VOA Michigan are working to support service members like Branch. 

What they're saying:

Branch says VOA Michigan helped him in his journey through counseling, conversations and opportunities. 

One of those opportunities is the Homeless Veterans Re-integration Program. It helps veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to help them with employment.

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If you'd like to help VOA Michigan transform more lives, you can go to www.voami.org for more information. 

Make Camo your Cause

Dig deeper:

FOX and its employees are partnering with the U.S.VETS "Make Camo Your Cause" campaign by spreading awareness and wearing camo to support the cause on Veterans Day.

But the campaign is not exclusive to FOX employees. 

U.S.VETS encourages every American to:

  • Shop exclusive camo apparel at shop.usvets.org to benefit U.S.VETS.
  • Wear camo on Veterans Day, November 11.
  • Share camo through social media using #HONORUSVETS on Veterans Day.
  • Donate on or before 11/11 to help prevent and end veteran homelessness.

Get more information here. 

The Source: Information in this article was taken from an interview with VOA Michigan and a Michigan veteran.

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