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An ongoing project to turn a hotel into a shelter for local veterans continued Saturday at the Villager Lodge Hotel.
Volunteers from a group called the American Riders of Georgia, a veteran's service organization, came out in honor of Memorial Day to create 30 ready-to-move-into units--completing phase one of the project.
Major George Brown
An ongoing project to turn a hotel into a shelter for local veterans continued Saturday at the Villager Lodge Hotel.
Volunteers from a group called the American Riders of Georgia, a veteran's service organization, came out in honor of Memorial Day to create 30 ready-to-move-into units--completing phase one of the project.
Major George Brown, a United States Marine Corps retire, started the project, and spoke about what drove him to do it.
"If I don't start crying than you'll know that it's very personal for me. Because I had a friend who shot himself--suffered from PTSD," Brown said. "And to see this come together and to see these veterans come to help veterans meant a whole lot."
Brown also said that in order to finish the project, he will need financial help from other corporations.
Granger Corporation of Macon contributed a grant of $5,000 to help cover expenses.t the amazing people on your team.
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A Personal Story
My involvement with the problem within the American Veterans problem began one evening in February 2015 as I was sitting at my computer and received a cell phone call from a number that I had programed in the phone. It was a call from the only daughter of my friend for more than 40 years, Tamarian Rogers. She was crying
A Personal Story
My involvement with the problem within the American Veterans problem began one evening in February 2015 as I was sitting at my computer and received a cell phone call from a number that I had programed in the phone. It was a call from the only daughter of my friend for more than 40 years, Tamarian Rogers. She was crying hysterically but was able to say “my father just shot himself”. As I drove from my home in Macon, Georgia to Starkville, Mississippi for the funeral, I asking myself many questions, the most potent of which was why? After the funeral, I started to do research to get an answer and landed in the middle of the “Veterans Problem” in America; emotional problems, phycological problems and homelessness problems. My business association with Vankat Sanjeev and John Davis evolved into the development of HomePortMaconGA, Inc. and the rest of the story.
From the heart
George M. Brown
Major USMC (Ret.)
President
HomePortMaconGA, Inc.
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A former hotel has been remodeled into housing for veterans
Major George Brown USMC (Ret.), John Davis and Venkat Sanjeev are partnering together to revamp the old Ramada Inn in Macon, Georgia to house homeless veterans in the area. The facility will house 100 veterans and their families. There is no limit on how long the veterans can r
A former hotel has been remodeled into housing for veterans
Major George Brown USMC (Ret.), John Davis and Venkat Sanjeev are partnering together to revamp the old Ramada Inn in Macon, Georgia to house homeless veterans in the area. The facility will house 100 veterans and their families. There is no limit on how long the veterans can reside in the facility. It is available until they are able to get back on their feet.
For anyone who would like to volunteer or donate for the cause they can contact HomePortMaconGA, Inc. at 478-361-4861 or visit homeportmaconga.org.
The new facility will house 100 veterans and their families.
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