Jake Steffey started a lemonade stand in Jefferson Hills that raised $415. Walmart matched the amount, and the 8-year-old boy decided to spend the profits on local homeless veterans.
“I’m going to buy stuff for the veterans and give it to them, so they can have food and stuff,” Jake said Tuesday.
Joined by the Warriors of Chaos Veterans Motorcycle Club, Jake went to the Walmart store in West Mifflin and filled a shopping cart with toiletries and non-perishable food to be donated to homeless men and women who served our country.
“I don’t have words for that,” Warriors of Chaos President Tony Ricci said. “I mean, he went out, he did what he did for the community to raise money for a lemonade stand, to raise money for veterans, and I don’t have words to — I’m speechless as to what this young man did.
“Mother and father did an excellent job raising this young man. I wish there could be more young people like him that would come to the aid of the veterans.”
The motorcycle club will give the supplies to homeless vets at a “Veteran Summer Stand Down” event Saturday at Veterans Place on Washington Boulevard in the Larimer section of Pittsburgh.
Robert (Rob) Hamilton, Executive Director of Veterans Place, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in Public Service and is currently completing a masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) in Public Policy and Management. Prior to attending Pitt, Rob served in the United States Army National Guard as a military police officer where he worked in crime prevention and emergency response throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Supervisor/Manager Certificate from Penn State University and a Non-Profit Management Certificate from the University of Pittsburgh. Rob is currently a board member of South Hills Pet Rescue and is an elected official of the Lower Burrell City Council in the Public Works Department. He is the Co-Chair of the leadership portion of the Allegheny County/Pittsburgh Veteran Homeless Boot Camp Committee. Rob received the 2018 prestigious Salute Our Heroes Recognition from the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Who’s Next 2019: Community Leaders & Activists Award from the Under 40 and Making a Difference: The Incline Award. In 2019 Rob received the VA Challenge Certificate of Appreciation.
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