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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) A new Support Our Veterans Fund for North Dakota veterans and their families to find emergency assistance is seeking donations during the month of November. The fund is for urgent needs, such as dental care, vision, hearing, transportation to medical care and other critical needs when other veteran support programs haven’t yet started. North Dakota has some 60,000 veterans, with more than 10,500 of them disabled.

“Some examples of how we’ve used the fund include paying unplanned moving expenses for a disabled veteran and to secure a month’s housing for a veteran and his young children, preventing them from temporarily being without a home , ” said Lonnie Wangen, commissioner of North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, who developed the fund with Dakota Medical Foundation and Impact Foundation. Impact provides free administration of the fund and Dakota Medical Foundation will provide matching funds up to $5,000 for all donations in November.

Those who qualify for emergency assistance from the fund are North Dakota veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces or federal active duty for reasons other than training and who have been discharged (not under dishonorable conditions). An eligible dependent is any person who relies on the veteran for support. All donations are 100% tax deductible.

Donations will be taken online at www.impactgiveback.org or by texting NDVETS to 20222. They can also be mailed to Support Our Veterans Fund, Impact Foundation, 4152 30th Ave S, Suite 102, Fargo, ND 58104. For more information about donating, contact 701-356-2655.