Fairborn councilwoman softens hardships for returning military veterans

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So McCauley – a Wright State University grad, longtime defense employee, consultant and now Fairborn city councilwoman – established the “Boots to Books Veterans Support Fund,” a program at Wright State that helps struggling military veteran students make ends meet.

The fund helps degree-seeking students who are veterans or dependents of a veteran meet unmet financial needs that threaten graduation. Special emphasis is placed on circumstances due to administrative or academic complications.

McCauley, elected to Fairborn City Council in November, also plans to make helping veterans part of her political agenda. She wants to establish an Operation Fairborn Cares support program for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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