By Guy Clifton
A few years ago, the NavyĀ veteran had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease ā a painful and often debilitating disease that affects the digestive tract ā that required surgery, medication and bed rest. He lost his job and his insurance; was going through a divorce; and was trying to care for himself and a young son.
“It got tough,” Whitecloud, 39, said. “It got to the point where I was worried how I was going to make my rent payment. I had friends who came out and helped me a lot. I had one friend who would bring me groceries and I had other friends who came forward and helped me out financially so I could make my rental payments and get by. It took several months.”
Now a case worker for the Reno-based Northern Nevada Veterans Resource Center, Whitecloud’s job and his passion is to help homeless veterans.
In one of his part-time jobs, that of a professional musician and lead singer in the southern rock band Seasons of Insanity, the passion to help veterans carries over.
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