Veterans Coming Home

Vietnam vet provides safe passage for San Francisco children

Vietnam veteran Stephen Tennis finds joy in giving back to his community as a Corner Captain with the Safe Passage program in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, where he escorts children to their after school activities. “Just in case, when I go before St. Peter at the gates, I want to make sure that the ledger has something on the positive column,” Stephen says.

Vietnam vet provides safe passage for San Francisco children

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Vietnam veteran Stephen Tennis finds joy in giving back to his community as a Corner Captain with the Safe Passage program in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, where he escorts children to their after school activities. “Just in case, when I go before St. Peter at the gates, I want to make sure that the ledger has something on the positive column,” Stephen says.

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