206: Veteran finds healing, magic in the mundane with Eric Yanes

The Do Gooders Podcast

The Salvation Army has a long history of serving those who have served our country.

It all began with donuts and coffee for soldiers during World War I, and it only grew from there. Today, The Salvation Army offers a range of veterans services, providing comfort, support, counseling and a home to thousands of veterans in need each year.

Did you know veterans make up 8 percent of the population of those experiencing homelessness in the U.S.?

In many cases, housing insecurity, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), self-medication and substance abuse disorders can cause those who gave everything to lose everything.

It happened to Eric Yanes—but Eric didn't give up hope.

And it wasn't the end of his story.

Eric got connected to The Salvation Army Veteran Grants Per Diem program in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which provides individualized case management and furnished apartments for veterans and their families. Like many of The Salvation Army's programs, it aims to address the immediate symptoms of food insecurity, poverty and homelessness but is also designed to help identify and treat its root cause and find healing.

This Veterans Day, allow me to introduce to you a veteran who will tell you he is embracing the magic of every mundane moment in his ordinary, beautiful life.

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