CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Everyone is invited to Hardknocks Sports Grill of Padre Island for Coastal Bend Heroes' big event. The non-profit organization will be celebrating its first official year with dinner, drinks, and an auction. Dreaming in Color will also be performing live during the party.
The event is on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 5:30 p.m. There will be a crane with an American flag at the Hard Knocks Sports Grill location to mark the spot.
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Proceeds from the event will support Coastal Bend Heroes, a non-profit organization whose mission is to help local veterans.
"This is our major fundraiser of the year," Kristy Jackson, a Navy veteran and one of the founders of Coastal Bend Heroes, said. "It will help to raise money to feed veterans and their families who are in need, for coats, and help with burial services when needed. We also help sponsor tables for resource fairs, community education, and anything that goes hand-in-hand with assisting the veteran community and meeting those gaps."
Coastal Bend Heroes was created under the Veterans Round Table. The Veterans Round Table works to inform, educate, and assist the local veteran population. It offers resources such as veteran health care, insurance, home ownership, spousal benefits, temporary housing, food services and even educational opportunities. Weekly community meetings are hosted at Del Mar College for the Veterans Round Table.
Coastal Bend Heroes was officially established last year as a result of the Round Table's outreach.
Coastal Bend Heroes' official launch party was held last summer. The non-profit was able to raise funds to support it during that event. The goal is to double what was made last year.
"Not only do you help the veteran, right? But you learn about the veteran by doing so. Maybe you don't have any affiliation to the military, but by showing up and supporting that's affiliation there, and you're helping the veteran in their darkest need of time," added J.J. De La Cerda, the Nueces County Veterans Services Officer.
Physicians Premiere ER and Paradigm Wellness are major sponsors of this year's event.
More Veterans In Focus stories are available here, along with resources for local veterans.
Contact Veterans In Focus reporter Michelle Hofmann at michelle.lorenzo@kristv.com
