- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Challenge Accepted: Helping Female Veterans Find a Safe Place to Call Home https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/34565?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/34565?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/34565?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Challenge Accepted: Helping Female Veterans Find a Safe Place to Call Home&body=ESG News from Home Depot Foundation https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/34565?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Social Impact & Volunteering](/CSR-News/social-impact-volunteering) # Challenge Accepted: Helping Female Veterans Find a Safe Place to Call Home Mar 7, 2013 10:30 AM ET [The Home Depot Foundation Blog-Doing More For Veterans](http://bit.ly/14uhzYu) Just last week, The New York Times featured an [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/us/female-veterans-face-limbo-in-lives-on-the-street.html?_r=0) on the growing challenges for female veterans as they transition back into civilian life. It was a good reminder of the oftentimes forgotten mental and physical effects of war that remain with female military members long after their service is over. According to the article, “returning servicewomen are facing a battlefield of a different kind: they are now the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, an often-invisible group bouncing between sofa and air mattress, overnighting in public storage lockers, living in cars and learning to park inconspicuously on the outskirts of shopping centers to avoid the violence of the streets.” What makes all of this worse: one-third of homeless female veterans live with their minor children, making it difficult to find transitional housing. That’s why we have taken a special interest in this issue. We are partnering with organizations such as U.S.VETS and Volunteers of America and activating Team Depot, our associate volunteer corps, to provide safe and comfortable homes for these veterans who have sacrificed so much to serve our country. One project we are particularly excited about is in partnership with [U.S.VETS](http://www.usvetsinc.org/longbeach/) in Long Beach, California. Together we will help renoate a former naval housing site into transitional housing and supportive services for female veterans and their families. Also, just a couple months ago, Team Depot transformed the home of Tonja Millberry, a veteran, mother of two and cancer survivor. The renovation of her living area, bathroom and flooring not only removed a long-term financial burden, but also increased the family’s overall morale. As we move forward in our efforts, we know that we **all** must continue to work together and leverage our resources to improve housing conditions for female veterans and their families. It’s the right thing to do and a challenge we gladly accept. ***For more information on The Home Depot Foundation, please visit our [website](http://www.homedepotfoundation.org).*** [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/HDF_Logo_std_HiRes_NoTag.jpg)](/profiles/home-depot-foundation) ### More from Home Depot Foundation ###### [Honoring a Fallen Soldier and His Family](/news/honoring-fallen-soldier-and-his-family) May 22, 2014 3:00 PM ET ###### [The Home Depot Responds to Spring Storms with Relief and Recovery Efforts](/news/home-depot-responds-spring-storms-relief-and-recovery-efforts) May 8, 2014 4:00 PM ET ###### [Home Depot Charity Helps Fix or Build 10,000 Homes](/news/home-depot-charity-helps-fix-or-build-10000-homes) Mar 27, 2014 9:30 AM ET ###### [The Home Depot Foundation Improves More Than 10,000 Units of Veterans’ Housing in Effort to Ensure Every Veteran Has a Safe Place to Call Home](/news/home-depot-foundation-improves-more-10000-units-veterans-housing-effort-ensure-every-veteran) Mar 26, 2014 10:30 AM ET ###### [The Home Depot Foundation Launches Second Annual SPRING into Service Campaign](/news/home-depot-foundation-launches-second-annual-spring-service-campaign) Mar 20, 2014 10:40 AM ET ###### [Habitat for Humanity International and The Home Depot Foundation announce 2014 Repair Corps program](/news/habitat-humanity-international-and-home-depot-foundation-announce-2014-repair-corps-program) Jan 16, 2014 5:30 PM ET ###### [The Home Depot Foundation Kicks Off Season of Giving by Saluting Veterans, Donating Up To $100,000 to Operation Homefront](/news/home-depot-foundation-kicks-season-giving-saluting-veterans-donating-100000-operation) Dec 2, 2013 12:00 PM ET ###### [Doing More… A Lot More!](/news/doing-more-lot-more) Nov 20, 2013 11:30 AM ET