Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

Another Veteran’s Day activity in our back yard!

Drop by 101 Green Lane off of River Road between 10:30 am and 1 PM to check out a Veteran’s Housing Project in action.  Green Lane is the street on the south side of the former Santa Clara school site.

In a fitting Veterans Day salute to local military vets, Carl’s Jr. and the Eugene Realtors Young Professionals Network will present donations to the Veterans’ Housing Project in a ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at one of the organization’s latest housing projects at 101 Green Lane off River Road .

Executives from Carl’s Jr. will present a $20,000 gift to Veteran’s Housing Project, which aims to prevent returning veterans from becoming homeless by providing them with affordable temporary housing. The Realtors Young Professionals Network also will present a $2,000 donation.

The presentations will be made as VHP volunteers put the finishing touches on a home that will soon provide affordable housing to returning military veterans. The “LTD home,” donated by the Lane Transit District, is set for completion by Dec. 1. By the end of this year, the VHP will have nine homes available for homeless vets. The units are managed by the St. Vincent de Paul, which also provides veterans living in them with case management and social services.

You don’t have to travel far this Wednesday to be actively involved in Veteran’s day.

Luper Cemetery – 9 to 4.

Flags will be placed on the graves of veteran’s. Kyle Sorensen and Boy Scout Troop 182 have been working on Kyle’s Eagle Scout project for the cemetery. They have cleared the hawthorn thicket on the west side of the cemetery and installed two new benches this fall. Kyle has put a lot of work into planning and organizing the job along with fundraising for finances. The benches are made with slabs cut from the large maple that broke during an ice storm.

Luper Cemetery gate will also be open Saturday, November 14th from 9 to 4.  More at Luper Cemetery .