Jackson Rotary Club donates $500 to West Tennessee Veterans Coalition

JACKSON, TENN (WNBJ)-

The Jackson Rotary Club presented the West Tennessee Veterans Coalition with a $500 check.

The donation will go to find the new Veteran's Crisis Fund.

“If a veteran has an immediate need for money, for gas, for rent, for groceries and doesn't have time for

It to go up through all the channels to come back down for his, or her benefits, then we'll be able to

Step in as a stopgap measure and give them money to tide them over until their benefits begin,” said Jackie Utley.

The program will begin helping veterans at the first of the new year.

To learn more about or to donate to the Veteran’s Crisis Fund you can email the

Coalition at wtnvetscoalition@gmail.com