If you show up at the Homer High School pool early in the morning or after school on any weekday, you’re bound to find a group of kids ranging from 5 to 18 learning how to swim, perfecting their strokes and swimming lap after lap after lap to increase strength and endurance.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, what was already a difficult life for homebound seniors across the country became even more difficult. The final days, or weeks, or months, for shut-ins can be dark and depressing, especially in winter months. Isolated from the community at-large, the realities of COVID-19 only exacerbated the problem.