Niagara County Veteran from Operation Desert Storm Begs for Help on Street Corner to Support Family

A Town of Niagara family is receiving help from a stranger after their financial situation left them living in a motel while a 68-year-old Desert Storm veteran spends long days asking for help on a busy corner--often with little luck.

Christopher Robert - just a regular guy from the community - says he met Peter, a homeless veteran, after repeatedly seeing him sitting on a bus bench at the corner of Military Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard for hours at a time. According to Robert, Peter spends between six and ten hours a day at the location in all weather conditions while trying to support his family.

Robert said he initially gave Peter small amounts of cash when passing by, but eventually decided to stop and speak with him. He invited Peter into a nearby Tim Hortons for coffee and learned more about the family’s situation. What he learned was heartbreaking.

Peter lives in a motel room with his wife, who is disabled and battling cancer, and their 18-year-old son. The family has been relying on his wife’s disability payments to cover housing costs, but the benefits are currently under review and, according to Robert, haven’t been issued for several months.

After meeting his wife and son, Robert created GoFundMe to help them cover living expenses and medical expenses. He describes the family as humble and struggling to stay afloat without assistance. Since their first conversation, Robert says he has brought Peter food, clothing, hand and foot warmers, and transportation to pick up prescriptions.

“After hearing his story and meeting his family, they are just the most wonderful, humble people,” said Robert. “They don’t do drugs or drink. So I took it upon myself to create a GoFundMe for Pete‘s family. And it would mean the world if you can even just share this if you can’t afford to donate. This is a family from the Town of Niagara. Let’s help them out guys!”

The GoFundMe campaign asks for donations to prevent them from losing their temporary living situation, which is already not ideal.

Anyone interested in donating can do so here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-peters-family-through-tough-times

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Niagara County Veteran from Operation Desert Storm Begs for Help on Street Corner to Support Family