SAN DIEGO – Hundreds of San Diego homeless veterans and their families will receive free shelter and social services today during the start of the "Stand Down for Homeless Veterans'' event.
NELVIN C. CEPEDA / Union-Tribune
While at the 21st annual Stand Down for homeless veterans in San Diego, Carlos Hearst gets assisted looking for clothes by Mary Sinquay, a former Marine.
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Now in its 21st year, the event is run by Veterans Village of San Diego and serves about 700 people over three days.
Volunteers will provide medical and dental care, substance abuse counseling, food, clothing, showering facilities, haircuts, legal advice,
veterans benefits and help with job placement, according to organizers.
Participants will stay in a tent community erected on the athletic fields at San Diego High School by active duty military volunteers.
