Swords to Plowshares continues helping veterans in person through pandemic lockdown

Despite the pandemic shutting down most in-person gatherings and services, staff and volunteers with the veterans services group Swords to Plowshares are still on the ground. In the streets and in drop-in centers, they’ve continued to offer support with housing, employment, mental health and food for local vets. In addition to some 400 veterans it had already housed permanently, the organization has been able to secure temporary stays in hotel rooms for about 200 people during the pandemic, says executive director Michael Blecker.