DARYL'S STORY

“I was petrified, horrified, and completely out of sorts,” says Daryl, a veteran who found himself in Georgia after leaving Ohio. “What brought me here was circumstance. I was tricked into coming to Georgia.”

Despite his uncertainty and hesitancy about his sudden move to Georgia, this all dissipated when Daryl found The Salvation Army of Macon.

“They help veterans find places to live,” said Daryl. “They addressed any social and mental health issues that could have possibly incurred and provided all the necessities to help one get back into the flow of life.”

Soon after coming to The Salvation Army in Macon, Daryl found steady employment after attending a job fair. He states that the Macon Corps workers did everything from ensuring he had the adequate and proper shelter to transporting him to work every day.

“You don’t have to be on the street anymore,” Daryl states as he speaks about his fellow veterans, “You don’t have to do any of that anymore…you can put your mind at ease knowing that you have a comfort zone here.”

When speaking about The Salvation Army, Daryl urges, “I implore you to, first and foremost, pray and ask God to put in your heart to do whatever you can to help The Salvation Army.”

“They’ve allowed me not to get caught up in the madness or worry about a whole bunch of things. They kept me on the right path, and I thank them for that.”