20170515 - LCJ Vet Foundation (hrb)

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bob Gorman, veteran peer specialist, talks with Daniel Sheline, volunteer and Navy veteran, at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation's Dryhootch Drop-in Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bob Gorman, veteran peer specialist, talks with Nick Jones, of Waukegan, an Army veteran, at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Michael Hughes, of Wildwood, veteran peer specialist and Marine veteran, talks with other veterans at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Michael Hughes, of Wildwood, veteran peer specialist, sits with his service dog, Xena, as he talks with other veterans at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation's Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake. Hughes is a Marine veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Paul Baffico, founder and president, talks with student veterans from the College of Lake County at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake. Baffico is an army veteran who served during the Vietnam War.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Matteo Lopez, of Waukegan, Justin Culliton, of Burlington, Wis., and Jessica Lopez, of Waukegan, student veterans from the College of Lake County, talk about planning a Ruck March in September as Michael Hughes, of Wildwood, a veteran peer specialist, sits close by with his service dog, Xena, at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation's Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Matteo Lopez sits near Jessica Lopez, both of Waukegan, as he pets Xena, an Australian Shepherd-mix service dog, at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake. Xena's owner, Michael Hughes, is a veteran peer specialist at the center.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Volunteers Carl Marro, of Gurnee, "The Chief," and Daniel Sheline, both Navy veterans, pass the time as they wait to welcome visitors at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Bob Gorman, of Barrington, veteran peer specialist, talks about what Dryhootch stands for: dry meaning sober, and hootch meaning any place that you sleep, at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation's Dryhootch drop-in center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Resource guides for veterans and their families are available at the Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation’s Dryhootch Drop-In Center in Grayslake.

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Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation's Dryhootch Drop-In Center at 100 South Atkinson in Grayslake.