Nearly 150,000 kits have been shipped in just two months.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie discusses the steps being taken to protect America’s veterans from COVID-19.Mark Kaleimamahu, 62, moved into the Alpha Lofts, a housing facility for veterans who have experienced homelessness in San Diego, just over a year before coronavirus cases began sweeping across the United States., Kaleimamahu, who lives with multiple sclerosis, said he had little room to"take chances" amid the outbreak and mostly avoided outside visitors.
Kaleimamahu and hundreds of thousands of veterans across the country receive kits from Help Heal Veterans, a nonprofit that provides arts-and-crafts materials free of charge to recovering veterans.Crafting, according to Joe McClain, a retired Navy Captain and the CEO of Help Heal Veterans, is"just a really versatile tool that we provide for free, that can really make a big difference."
"Let's say you have a [traumatic brain injury] patient -- maybe it's fine motor skills or the ability to concentrate that's helpful for the clinician when treading a patient," McClain added."For PTSD, it may be creativity and task accomplishment -- the sense that 'I can accomplish something small, I can take on the more stressful things in life.'"Retired Navy Captain Joe McClain runs Help Heal Veterans.As the U.S.
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