'Absolutely unbelievable' new building opens to help veterans in south Minneapolis

A few years ago, Tom McKenna was in a bit of a pickle.

A decade earlier, McKenna, a Marine Corps veteran, had started an organization to help homeless and struggling veterans after driving past a homeless veteran at an Arden Hills intersection. He took the man to a Walmart and bought him the simplest of things that he needed most: underwear and socks.

McKenna wanted to keep doing more. He started making monthly loops around the city, handing out 10 backpacks per trip with socks, underwear and hygiene items to homeless veterans. Then he filled a trailer with clothes and other necessities and handed them out the third Saturday of every month at the Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center parking lot.

https://www.startribune.com/new-building-veterans-resource-empowerment-center-south-minneapolis-every-third-saturday-tom-mckenna/600176514/