On The March To Help Area Veterans
By Al Parker | June 23, 2018
At 22, Michael Roof (pictured) needed a little help. Fresh out of the U.S. Marines, he had a wife and newborn child, but just lost his job. Rent was due and bills were piling up when a veterans’ assistance program stepped up.
“They paid for groceries and the rent,” recalls Roof, who now has a chance to support other needy veterans as the new Director of Grand Traverse County’s Office of Veterans Affairs.
Roof estimates there are about 20,000 veterans in Grand Traverse, Benzie and Leelanau Counties – the area his office serves – but according to data from the Veterans Administration, less than ...
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