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Welcome to Disabled Vets Car Donation. My name is Robert Hess. I’m a 90% disabled Vietnam veteran with 80% of my disability combat-related. Almost half of my disability stems from Agent Orange-related prostate cancer. I know first hand the challenges disabled veterans face in getting their lives back on track.
According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, there are roughly 22 million veterans in the general U.S. population. The number of veterans from recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is expected to surge to 3.8 million by 2018, but there are still 7.2 million veterans from the Vietnam war alone.
Roughly 30% of those newest veterans have a service-related disability, while about 8% live in poverty. 16% of other veterans are similarly injured and 7% of that broader group are living in poverty.
There is a huge need in America’s veteran population.
I created the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project 501 c3 charity in 2006 to help veterans with prostate cancer measure their risk and find their cancer while it is still treatment. We expanded our mission to include support for all cancers in 2016 and the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project became the Cancer Journeys Foundation, also a 501 c3 charity, EIN 81-1880936.
The Veterans Administration now provides medical care for over 5 million veterans and more than 40,000 veterans are diagnosed each year with cancer. That’s a staggering number.
DVEN Mission Statement
The mission of this program is to identify veteran organizations that are providing genuine support to the veteran community and provide monetary support to those programs through our vehicle donation program.