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VIDEO: Agency Helps Homeless Veteran Find Home, Job
Army veteran Ofelia Figueroa-Gaytan was able to find a home and job with help from Veterans Association of North County.
Homeless Army veteran Ofelia Figueroa-Gaytan was able to find a home for her family and a job with help from the —an umbrella group that aims to connect veterans to a network of some 35 organizations.
The agency is raising money to make needed improvements to its resource center at 1617 Mission Ave. in Oceanside. The 10,000-square-foot facility is the former police building leased at no cost to them for 60 years by the city of Oceanside.
It can’t be used for day-to-day operations because it is in disrepair and has no bathroom, no plumbing or electric capabilities, organization president Chuck Atkinson said. So far, the organization has raised $425,000 of the $1.1 million needed to make the necessary improvements, he added.
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The all-volunteer organization will hold a fundraiser golf tournament May 17 in San Marcos.
Figueroa-Gaytan is participating in VANC’s Career Transition Assistance Program. The month-long program is funded by the Armed Forces Interest Group of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation.
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Learn more about Figueroa-Gaytan and the VANC building by watching the accompanying video.
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