Welcome: We Are AllForVets !!!

We are AllforVets, a student group at Northeastern University, who is dedicated to helping less fortunate and homeless veterans in the New England area. Our goal is to help out local shelters and housing services by making it easier for people to donate goods, time and money. We hope you will join us in helping serve our veterans who once put their lives on the line to serve us.

Lets Serve Our Vets!

NU's All For Vets Fundraiser

All For Vets is hosting a fundraiser NOW thru SEPTEMBER 30, 2012.
Our homeless veterans need more than food and shelter. They need toiletries and other necessities for personal hygiene. We want our veterans looking, feeling and smelling good so they can reenter society and find good jobs.

Here is a list of items we are collecting.


Toiletries:
Toiletry travel bags
SOAP DISHES (for toiletry bag to reuse soap)
BARS OF SOAP
RAZORS
DEODORANT
FINGERNAIL CLIPPERS
SHAMPOO
COMBS
BRUSHES

We are also collecting Underclothes which includes T-SHIRTS, SOCKS and UNDERWEAR.

If you are a business and would like to donate any of these items or a kind citizen who would like to buy and/or donate items PLEASE CONTACT Michael Logan (mlogan1259@gmail.com) or Lee Rosmarin (rosmarin.l@husky.neu.edu).

Our Vets have served for us. It's time that we serve them!

¢hange FOR change: Monetary Donations

How to Donate

Veteran Shelters need your help! Funding a shelter takes a great deal of money and each year shelters are depending more and more on the support of generous donations to help keep them up and running. All gifts are Tax Deductible 

To help donate to the Boston VA click here
For more information on the VA Click Here

To help donate to the Massachusetts Veterans' Shelter click here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

To help donate to Habitat PLUS click here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

To help donate to the Southeastern Massachusetts Veteran's Shelter click here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

To help donate to the New England Center for Homeless Veterans click here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

To help donate to Veterans Hospice Homestead Shelters click here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

No $$? No time? No Problem. Donate New & Used Goods

In Kind Donations

Veteran shelters not only rely on monetary donations. They will gladly take in kind donations (new/ used goods). Our vets need clothes, toiletries, and food to survive. Each shelter has it's own 'wish list' that catalogs the things they are in most need of. If you are a business looking to donate goods or a simply generous citizen who has goods to give away please click on the links below to see the wish list for different Veterans shelters in the Massachusetts area.

New England Center for Homeless Veterans Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Boston VA Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Massachusetts Veterans' Shelter Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Southeastern Massachusetts Veteran Shelter Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Habitat PLUS Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Veteran Hospice Homestead  Wish List
For more information on this shelter Click Here

Hands On Help: Volunteering Opportunities

Need some volunteer hours to add to your resume or meet a school requirement? Feeling kind and  want to show love to our veterans? Below is a list of different Volunteer opportunities available. There are verteran shelters all over the Boston Area, and hopefully there is one near you!


For Volunteer opportunities at the Massachusetts Veteran's Shelter Click Here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

For Volunteer opportunities at the Southeastern Massachusetts Veteran Shelter Click Here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

For Volunteer opportunities at the Veteran's Hospice Homestead Click Here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

For Volunteer opportunities at the New England Veteran's Center for Homeless Veterans Click Here
For more information on this shelter Click Here

HERE ARE SOME PICS ALLFORVETS TOOK WHILE WE VOLUNTEERED at the NECHV.

It feels good to volunteer and give back!

If you have or you plan on volunteering to help homeless veterans, tell us all about it. Send us pics and we will create a blog post about your experience. 

Email letshelpourvetsboston@gmail.com

Know a Vet Who Needs a Home?

Here's a list of shelters in Massachusetts that are specifically for Homeless Veterans. If you contact one of these shelters, they will be happy to accommodate you or a veteran you know. Be an advocate for any veterans in your neighborhood! Let them know there beds and meals waiting for them. 

Massachusetts Veterans’ Shelter
69 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 791-5348
Fax: (508) 791-5296

Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc.
20 Willis Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 990-3458
Fax: (508) 999-3909

New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
17 Court Street
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 371-1800
Fax: (617) 371-1755
Web: http://www.neshv.org/

Veterans Hospice Homestead
69 High Street
Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978) 353-0234
Fax: (978) 345-0926

Habitat P.L.U.S., Inc.
516-520 Essex Street
Lynn, MA 01902
(781) 599-8578
Fax: (781) 593-6332

Turner House Center for Veterans, Inc.
825 Simonds Road
P.O. Box 71
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 458-1819
Fax: 458-8234

Boston VA

Boston Veteran Affairs

The Department of Veteran Affairs is one of the most important means for homeless veterans to help remedy their situation. The VA educates and provides a wide range of benefits for veterans including, Disability, Education and Training, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, Home Loan Guaranty, Dependent and Survivor Benefits, Medical Treatment, Life Insurance and Burial Benefits.

In 2009, President Obama appointed Secretary Eric K. Shinseki to lead a massive transformation of the VA into a high-performing 21st century organization that can better serve Veterans. Under the leadership of Secretary Shinseki, the VA has adopted three guiding principles to govern the changes underway, namely being people-centric, results-driven, and forward-looking.

VA Strategic Plan

Services:

Completely free for those who are eligible, a broad Range of medical, dental, mental health, social work, rehabilitation and women’s programs.

For the complete list http://www.boston.va.gov/services/

Eligibility:

Eligibility requires not just having been honorably discharged from the armed services but any one of a few more requirements must be met. An application must be filled out. To check for eligibility.

 http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/Library/Tools/Quick_Eligibility_Check/index.asp

Other programs:
 A great deal of smaller programs helping veterans adjust and be successful exist within the VA. Here are a few. 

Employment Opportunities for Vets - http://www.va.gov/health/NewsFeatures/20120809a.asp

Fisher House (Housing for veterans)
-http://www.boston.va.gov/fisher_house.asp

Here's A List of VAs in The Boston Area. :

Brockton
940 Belmont Street
Brockton, MA 02301

Jamaica Plain
150 South Huntington Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-232-9500

West Roxbury-
1400 Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway
West Roxbury, MA 02132
617-323-7700