Event hosts veterans and homeless

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Veterans and homeless from around the community received special care at the Veterans Stand-Down and Project Homeless Connect event Friday.

The event , at Cape Fear Community College’s Schwartz Center, provides free health screenings, meals and informational services.

Veteran Larry Farmer said the events are something that need to be done multiple times of the year.

“That’s not somebody we can ignore,” Farmer said. “That tends to happen nowadays, you know, a lot of people are very self-centered,  but that’s not the way the world’s supposed to be in my opinion.”

The American Red Cross also assists veterans in putting on the event.