Womens Veterans Support Services - NC

The Women Veterans Support Services is now a part of the Food Lion Community MVP Rewards Program. The Food Lion Community Awards Program is designed so that you can raise money for a cause when you buy listed items. You enroll by linking your MVP Card(s) to the organization of choice and then every time you shop and present your MVP Card, the amount you spend on qualified items is automatically credited to the local school and or charity. To register your card click here.

According to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, 6,500 (5%) of the 130,000 homeless vets on any given night are women. Female veterans are twice as likely to become homeless as women who never served in the military, the government's latest data show.

"Women veterans are one of the fastest-growing segments of the homeless veteran population," says John Driscoll, who heads the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.

According to official reports, there are nearly 500 homeless veterans of both sexes living in our area. There are also many uncounted homeless veterans living in the wooded areas in and around the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. Our volunteers have spoken with them.