“I have nothing but respect and reverence for what [veterans] do for this country,” he said.
“And just the thought of them coming home [after their service] and being homeless doesn’t sit right with me,” he said.Tommy Pasquale represents his home state by wearing a T-shirt from Jersey Shore bar Leggett’s while in Venice Beach, California, on Feb. 17, 2023.“I hate to admit it, but I may have gotten a little emotional,” he said. “I felt very accomplished. I felt very relieved.”
The many miles he covered, all while pushing his shopping cart full of essentials, caused him to burn through 10 pairs of shoes, he said. For his overnights, he camped in a tent he was towing with him when he wasn’t crashing at a motel or at the homes of people he knew along the way. At the time, Pasquale was halfway through the trip somewhere near Dallas, Texas — and the weather was “cold as all hell,” he said.Tommy Pasquale’s family met up with him in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 17, 2022.Even with Pasquale’s sometimes daunting and long road ahead — including the western desert landscape, which presented him with physical challenges — he was still able to mentally push through.
While Pasquale’s mission was to raise money and awareness for homeless veterans, he saw for himself the “homeless problems” in each major city he passed through.Tommy Pasquale walked from New Jersey to California on his own to raise money for the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. He has several veterans and active-duty military in his close circles, he said.
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