Detour Continues Support of Homeless Veterans Through Goodwill’s Patriot Place
Proceeds from “Soldier’s Sorrow” and “Homeless of the Brave” Benefit the Organization
L-R Jeff Rose (Detour), John Bratten (Veteran, Recipient of Patriot
Place Good Move Award 2014) and Kathleen Arndt (Patriot Place Program
Director)
Place Good Move Award 2014) and Kathleen Arndt (Patriot Place Program
Director)
Detour is proud to announce they have presented additional funds to Goodwill’s Patriot Place Project from proceeds of the sale of their songs “Soldier’s Sorrow” and “Homeless of the Brave.” Yesterday, band member Jeff Rose presented Kathleen Arndt,
Patriot Place Program Director, a check in the amount of $2,000. An
additional $3,000 in matching funds will also be donated from Detour’s
fans along with future donations from the band’s record label, Mountain
Fever Records.
Patriot Place Program Director, a check in the amount of $2,000. An
additional $3,000 in matching funds will also be donated from Detour’s
fans along with future donations from the band’s record label, Mountain
Fever Records.
“Soldier’s Sorrow” appears on the Detour’s current album, GOING NOWHERE FASTon Mountain Fever. “We are honored to be able to be part of this effort
to assist homeless Veterans. All of the friends of Detour have been so
supportive of this effort and we thank them for buying our music to
make these donations possible. You just can’t beat the Bluegrass Music
family,” said Rose.
Mountain Fever Records President, Mark Hodges
certainly agrees saying, “Bluegrass is the most personable genre of any
music. It’s more like one big family and when you have such big hearted
and humble people like Jeff Rose and Missy Armstrong along with the
rest of Detour, it’s easy to see how their fans and friends are so
willing to help out and get involved with this great cause that they
have chosen to support. I’m proud to know them and honored to work with
them.”
Several years ago, Rose wrote “Homeless of the Brave” (from their previous album A BETTER PLACE)
as a direct response to a story that he heard on the radio about the
plight of homeless veterans. He was stunned to learn that there are
approximately 70,000 homeless veterans in this country and over 600 in
northern Michigan alone. He then made the decision to donate
proceeds of the sale of the song to Goodwill’s Patriot Place that is a
transitional housing community for Northern Michigan’s homeless
veterans.