Local legionnaire campaigns for homeless veterans
For Marie Mathers, one homeless veteran is one too many.
Mathers, along with other members of the Royal Canadian Legion branches in the province, has been collecting donations for the Legion’s Homeless Veterans Fund. Mathers said she knows of at least nine homeless veterans in Prince Albert.
“A lot of them have the problem of alcohol, which is very sad,” Mathers said. “They were having nightmares and they were drinking and trying to forget about things.”
The issue of alcoholism is especially prominent among homeless veterans, Mathers said.