KISSIMMEE, Fla. — During National Veterans and Military Families’ Month, Spectrum News 13 is taking a look at the work by nonprofits aimed at helping veterans.

Soldiers’ Angels is a national 501(c)(3) charity. Its goal is to provide aid, comfort and resources to help veterans and their families.

They seek to ensure no veteran gets left behind.

Army veteran Robert Gore recently moved to Kissimmee with his wife to be closer to family.

Soldiers’ Angels is making sure he has a soft spot to land. 

“It’s good to see there are still good people in the world,” Gore said. 

In November, Soldiers’ Angels helped 18 veterans move into a space in the Orlando area. 

The items given in a housing kit, which Gore received, are all provided through donations. They are bedding, bathroom and kitchen items, any household items you can think of.

“They’re so proud to have made it to an apartment that they can call their own, make their own. To be able to have a part of that is so enlightening,” said Cheryl Sims, Orlando area director for Soldiers’ Angels.   

Soldiers' Angels members walk to Robert Gore's apartment. They are getting ready to surprise him with a housing kit. A housing kit consists of household items given to veterans who just moved. (Spectrum News/Benjamin Booker)

Gore enlisted in the Army in 1981 after graduating high school. 

His father encouraged him to do it. 

“He had asked me right before I left, would I salute him when I came home? I said, of course. So, when I got the call of him passing away the following month when I went home, at the funeral, I saluted,” Gore said. 

Things would only get more difficult for Gore. 

He was in Germany during the height of political change. 

“I dreaded having to go up to the border because I knew every time we went there, something always happened,” Gore said. 

What he experienced there still stays with him.

“It was a dose of reality,” Gore said. 

Gore manages his post-traumatic stress the best way he can, through medication.

A lot can weigh on his mind. That’s why what Soldiers’ Angels provides means so much. 

“I’m speechless seeing all this. I was getting ready to cry,” Gore said. 

Soldiers' Angels members embrace Army veteran Robert Gore as they celebrate him moving to a new apartment in Kissimmee. (Spectrum News/Benjamin Booker)

Volunteers with Soldiers’ Angels said they are glad they can make veterans feel appreciated. 

“We never want our veterans to feel like they’ve been forgotten,” Soldiers' Angels volunteer Thomas Gill said. 

Even with a lot on his mind, Gore said he knows he’s not alone. 

“I wake up every day thankful that I have another day,” Gore said. 

If you’re a veteran and would like assistance from Soldiers’ Angels or if you would like to volunteer, visit here.