Leave no soldier behind—or out in the cold. That’s been the motto of former U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tom West with each pound of roasted coffee he’s bagged and sold as founder and president of Operation Transition Outside the Wire. Based in Williams, Arizona, the new nonprofit launched in August. Its main purpose is to help struggling veterans stay off the streets and move on to better things. Selling coffee is but a means to helping veterans reach their destination, he said. “It’s really tough. Once you’re out on the streets,” West told The Epoch Times, the challenge is to “get yourself back off the streets.” According to endhomelessness.org, 37,252 veterans were experiencing homelessness in 2020 amid the pandemic caused by the CCP virus. Half of them were living outside of shelters, while the vast majority—more than 90 percent—were men. West and his partner in the nonprofit, Shannon Francis, both have witnessed first hand the plight of …
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