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The groundbreaking ceremony in New Jersey as a brand new veterans village is being constructed to help our military heroes who are struggling with homelessness
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All right, it's all part of an effort by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to assist our vets in need
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Fox 5's Antoine Lewis gives us a preview. Groundbreakings are always special
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This one even more so for Tunnel to Towers chairman Frank Siller. This one will address the homelessness of U.S. veterans
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It's going to be a multiple story building. It's going to house, I believe it's 126 veterans
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On this spot in Bayville, New Jersey, will eventually be Bayville Veterans Village
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As these renderings show, the village will feature 98 single-occupancy apartments. The ground floor of the apartment complex will offer support services that include job training
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legal services, and mental health support and counseling. The complex will also have a gym, multipurpose room, game room, and lounges
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24 standalone comfort homes like this one will also be a part of the village
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The foundation says these will be for elder veterans who applied for assistance Veterans that are a little bit older can have a little bit more trouble reintegrating back into the community and they looking for a permanent place to call home and live out their golden years
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has been building veterans' villages across the country
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This is video from the groundbreaking of the village in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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The foundation says they will continue to build as many as they can, adding it's the least they can do to those who've defended our homeland
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but have found themselves without a home of their own. own. There are homeless veterans that are unseen and they need a good place to spend their lives
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This is not a shelter. I want to make that very clear. They need that dignity and that hope
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back into their lives and this is what this project here in Bayville is going to do
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Bayville Veterans Village is expected to be completed in 2026. Antoine Lewis, Fox 5 News
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And be sure to catch our Fox 5 special Tower of Heroes for the inspirational stories behind the annual
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Tell to Tower Foundation's Tower Climb at One World Trade Center. You can watch it Thursday, May 22nd at 1030 in the evening, then again on Memorial Day at 1230 and 530 p.m
