thank them for their service. The lodge also provided nearly 2,000 lunches to community members who attended and marched in the event.
Yuma, AZ, Lodge members dedicated a corner of the lodge as a memorial to honor veterans who are prisoners of war or missing in action.
Fayetteville-Springdale, AR, Lodge donated 90 pairs of reading glasses and 90 30-minute phone cards to the Fayetteville VA medical facility.
North Little Rock, AR, Lodge mem- bers visited the Eugene J. Towbin VA Healthcare Center on three occasions and held bingo games, each of which was attended by 190 veterans. Lodge members also visited the center and gave Christmas presents to 100 veterans being treated there. In other news, lodge members distributed 490 60-minute phone cards to veterans at the Eugene J. Towbin VA Healthcare Center. The lodge also donated $120 that was raised through popcorn sales to the VA Voluntary Services.
Phoenix, AZ, Lodge held its annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner-Dance, which featured food and live music and which 167 people attended, and honored more than 50 veterans, two active-duty troops who had just returned from service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and two families who had lost loved ones in the current conflict. Pictured with US Merchant Marine veteran Fred Hughes (seated) are (standing, from left) US Army 1SG Joe Alvarado, US Marine Corps veteran Nick Gervase, and lodge member and US Army veteran Peter Haas.
During the dinner, lodge members collected two pickup truckloads of food, clothing, and toiletries, which were donated to MANA House.
Sedona, AZ, Lodge donated $8,000 worth of baby food, diapers, toiletries, toys, and baby clothing to the Phoenix VA medical facility’s New Mother Program. The lodge also donated $6,000 worth of household goods, clothing, reading materials, bedding, kitchen items, and toiletries to the Madison Street Veterans Association to support the association’s work with homeless veterans.
Tempe, AZ, Lodge sponsored a Veterans Day Parade for thousands of participants and spectators to honor the sacrifices of US veterans and
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Bellflower/Long Beach, CA, Lodge members treated 18 veterans from the Villages at Cabrillo, a VA facility that provides transitional housing for homeless veterans, to lunch at the lodge following the Greater Long Beach Veterans Day Parade. Pictured are (from left) US Air Force veteran Charles Anderson, and US Army veterans Jamie Anderson, Wendall Patt, and Brian Bauhs.
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Atascadero, CA, Lodge held its annual Veterans Dinner, which more than 200 veterans, family members, and caregivers attended, and treated more than 125 veterans and care-
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