Cavan McIntyre-Brewer is a soldier’s child who delivers warmth and comfort to veterans and wounded warriors.
The 15-year-old runs Socks for Vets, an organization that gives socks, blankets, rain ponchos, and other comfort items to veterans in nursing homes or who live on the streets.
“We serve about 15,000 people a year,” Cavan, of Duncannon, Pennsylvania, tells People. “I really like helping them.”
The youngster got the idea for his project in 2009, while his dad, Army Captain Steven Brewer, was deployed.
“I was feeling lonely. I missed him a lot,” Cavan says.
To help fill the void, then-eight-year-old Cavan went...
The 15-year-old runs Socks for Vets, an organization that gives socks, blankets, rain ponchos, and other comfort items to veterans in nursing homes or who live on the streets.
“We serve about 15,000 people a year,” Cavan, of Duncannon, Pennsylvania, tells People. “I really like helping them.”
The youngster got the idea for his project in 2009, while his dad, Army Captain Steven Brewer, was deployed.
“I was feeling lonely. I missed him a lot,” Cavan says.
To help fill the void, then-eight-year-old Cavan went...
- 12/11/2016
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan
- PEOPLE.com
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